This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Economics > Principles > Agricultural Economics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Economics Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While agriculture remains a ..... industry, it is a ..... industry, especially in the realm of the smaller operations. A) Non profitable, declining. B) Profitable, declining. C) Profitable, increasing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profitable, declining. 2. Which among the following is most important for agricultural productivity? A) Irrigation. B) Rainfall. C) Land area. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainfall. 3. According to Von Thunen, what type of agriculture is produced closest to market? A) Plantation farming. B) Ranching. C) Dairying. D) Grain agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dairying. 4. Crop rotation & the enclosure movement were hallmarks of: A) The Third agricultural revolution. B) The Second agricultural revolution. C) The First Agricultural Revolution. D) The Green revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second agricultural revolution. 5. Among the following which Indian state produces the largest quantity of pulses? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Rajasthan. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh. 6. Approximately, what percentage of total workforce of India is engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities? A) 65. B) 55. C) 75. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 55. 7. Which agency is responsible for procurement, distribution and storage of food grain production in India? A) Food Corporation of India. B) TRIFED. C) Ministry of Agriculture. D) NAFED. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food Corporation of India. 8. In ..... farming the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing the livestock. A) Separate farming. B) Plantation agriculture. C) Nomadic herding. D) Mixed farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed farming. 9. Imports are products..... A) Imported from another country to the US. B) All are correct. C) Ex: Honda van imported from Japan. D) Ex: Coffee beans imported from Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All are correct. 10. What does Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? A) Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. B) Total value of all goods and services made by one person. C) Something that is really yucky at home. D) Total value of a country's exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. 11. Production of agricultural products for the market is called: A) Hunting and gathering. B) Sedentary cultivation. C) Subsistence agriculture. D) Commercial agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial agriculture. 12. Which of the Agricultural Revolutions did not include increased usage of complex machines? A) Third Agricultural Revolution. B) First Agricultural Revolution. C) Second Agricultural Revolution. D) Green Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First Agricultural Revolution. 13. Who regulates the markets in agricultural products in India? A) Essential Commodities Act, 1955. B) Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937. C) Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act enacted by States. D) Food Products Order, 1956 and Meat and Food Products Order, 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act enacted by States. 14. The invention of farm machinery led to the ..... revolution. A) Agricultural. B) Plantation. C) Industrial. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural. 15. What is "support price" for an agricultural commodity A) The minimum price at which Government is prepared to buy it. B) Money paid to agriculturist for cause damaging crops due drought. C) Subsidy paid by the government. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The minimum price at which Government is prepared to buy it. 16. Life Expectancy is a factor in a country's..... A) Human Development Index. B) Gross Domestic Product. C) Literacy Rate. D) Human Division Indigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human Development Index. 17. Agriculture, Irrigation and Power Projects were given highest priority in which among the following plans? A) Fourth Five year plan. B) First Five year plan. C) Third Five year plan. D) Second Five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First Five year plan. 18. The Freedom to Farm Act of ..... ended price supports and acreage allotments for many farm products. A) 1996. B) 1906. C) 1706. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1996. 19. Which of the following statement is not correct? A) India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world. B) India is the biggest producer of vegetables in the world. C) Production of fruits, vegetables and spices called horticulture. D) Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of the wheat in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India is the biggest producer of vegetables in the world. 20. Which of the following is not a primary economic activity? A) Carpenter. B) Lumberjack. C) Orange grower. D) Police officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Police officer. 21. Perhatikan pernyataan dibawah ini . Manakah yang termasuk potensi ekonomi Maritim Indonesia dalam segi Pariwisata?a) Budidaya Lobster, b) Industri galangan kapalc) Wakatobi, Bunakend) Pembangkit listrik tenaga arus laut A) D. d). B) A. a). C) C. c). D) B. b). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. c). 22. Farmers have been given subsidies since: A) 1850. B) 1930s. C) 2020. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1930s. 23. Pastoral farming is A) Growing crops commercially. B) Raising cattle. C) Nomadic farming. D) Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raising cattle. 24. Farms can be..... A) Small. B) All are correct. C) Family-based farms. D) Large, multi-national conglomerates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All are correct. 25. In India National Food security Act(NFSA) was introduced in the year A) 2017. B) 2014. C) 2013. D) 2019. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2013. 26. Perhatikan pernyataan berikut!1) Penggunaan teknologi sudah modern2) Alih fungsi lahan menjadi lahan non pertanian3) Ketersediaan benih yang melimpah dan bermutu4) Tidak dipengaruhi musim5) Modal terbatas6) Pasar hasil pertanian sebagian besar dikuasai oleh pedagang-pedagang besarDari pernyataan di atas yang merupakan hambatan pengembangan agrikutur di Indonesia adalah ..... A) C. 3, 4, 6. B) B. 2, 5, 6. C) A. 1, 2, 5. D) D. 4, 5, 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 2, 5, 6. 27. What is the rank of India in fruit production? A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 28. What is a cause of desertification? A) Cutting down trees. B) Dumping a sand box. C) Flooding. D) Dehydration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting down trees. 29. Which of the following describes the enclosure movement of the eighteenth century? A) The land was divided into long, narrow strips that were not enclosed by fences or hedges. B) The land was not divided but worked communally as villages labored in large fields side by side. C) The land was divided into plots bounded by fences to farm more effectively. D) The land was not divided, so the lord of the manor could directly control agricultural techniques and introduce farming innovations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The land was divided into plots bounded by fences to farm more effectively. 30. A surplus in farming could be growing too much corn that is not needed. What can be done to prevent this? A) All answers are correct. B) Restrict supply with acreage allotments (can only farm 40 acres). C) Use corn to make gasohol and biodiesel and ethanol. D) Will create higher food prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All answers are correct. Next →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesAgricultural Economics Quiz 2Agricultural Economics Quiz 3Principles Of Agriculture Economics Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books