This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > Soil > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A loam soil structure allows for seeds that are planted in it to grow and flourish. the plants roots has adequate space that allows for the passage of ..... in the soil. The soil is described as having good ..... A) Water retentionpore space. B) Waterwater holding capacity. C) Microorganismair. D) Earthwormswater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waterwater holding capacity. 2. Movement of soil and rocks from one place to another is called ..... A) Weathering. B) Humus. C) Erosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 3. What are the types of weathering that the soil undergo? A) Physical, chemical and traditional. B) Chemical, physical and hydration. C) Biological, parent material, chemical. D) Biological, physical and chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological, physical and chemical. 4. Types of farming meet farmer's family is known as A) Intensive farming. B) Subsistence farming. C) Mixed farming. D) Commercial farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistence farming. 5. What grows well in black soil? A) Wheat. B) Cotton. C) Rice. D) Groundnut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 6. GM foods are engineered to resist herbicides so that A) Insect pests will avoid the crops. B) The crops will grow more efficiently. C) Farmers can use heavier doses of pesticides for weeds without killing the crop plants. D) Humans won't be put at health risk from pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans won't be put at health risk from pesticides. 7. To solve the problem of climate faced due to scarcity of rain, Government is helping by? A) Lending money. B) Providing tractors. C) Building canals. D) Cooperative farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building canals. 8. In which soil crops cannot grow? A) Black soil. B) Desert soil. C) Mountain soil. D) Red soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain soil. 9. Which of the following is NOT considered as Macronutrients? A) B. B) C. C) Ca. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 10. When a farmer has to use many different pesticides to keep the same bug out of his crop we call it ..... A) Pesticide syndrome. B) The chemical effect. C) Pesticide overuse syndrome. D) The treadmill effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The treadmill effect. 11. What are the two ways nitrogen gas is turned into a form plants and animals can use? A) Bacteria & fungi. B) Bacteria & worms. C) Lightning & worms. D) Lightning & bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lightning & bacteria. 12. You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of? A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Humus. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 13. Organic Farming ..... A) Increases biodiversity. B) Reduces soil erosion. C) Improves soil fertility. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. Place kept for grazing of animals such as Goats and Sheep is known as? A) Breeding. B) Estate. C) Plantations. D) Pastures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pastures. 15. Topsoil contains the nutrients for plants to grow and it is located in this soil horizon A) O. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 16. Plant food element responsible for early root formation and growth. A) N. B) P. C) K. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P. 17. Which is NOT a factor in soil texture? A) Clay. B) Precipitation. C) Silt. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 18. Decayed organic material turns into dark colored material called ..... A) Humus. B) Clay. C) Litter. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 19. Choose the option that best describes food security A) A nation should be able to to feed itself first and foremost. B) Encouragement of local production and supplementing with importation. C) Access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. What is the repeated movement of nitrogen compounds between the atmosphere, the soil, and living organisms? A) The carbon cycle. B) The water cycle. C) The nitrogen cylce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nitrogen cylce. 21. ..... is recognised as a powerful supplement in inventing new hybrid varieties of seeds. A) Food Corporation of India. B) Genetic Engineering. C) Cash Crop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic Engineering. 22. What does monoculture mean? A) A game to acquire as much money and property as possible. B) The growing of multiple crops in one particular area over many years. C) The growing of multiple types of animals in one particular area over many years. D) The growing of a single crop in one particular area over many years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The growing of a single crop in one particular area over many years. 23. The organic matter in soil is ..... A) Humus. B) Bits of rock. C) Minerals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Which of the following is a secondary plant food element? A) N. B) P. C) Mg. D) Mn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mg. 25. Which farming technique is often used on sustainable farms? A) Heavy pesticide use. B) Natural pest control. C) Monocultures. D) Plowing and tilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural pest control. 26. What is the movement of soil from one place to another? A) Erosion. B) Discharge. C) Deposition. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 27. Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other pests A) Salinization. B) Biological pest control. C) Genetic engineering. D) Pesticide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pesticide. 28. Genetic engineering relies on place in a gene that codes for a desired trait into the ..... of a different organism from the organism where the gene was originally harvested. A) Amino acid. B) Helix. C) Protein. D) Genome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genome. 29. What are some things that you can add to a compost pile? A) Leaves, apple core, and tin foil. B) Grass clippings, banana peel, and newspaper. C) Egg shells, plastic spoon, and ziploc bags. D) Metal fork, rubber spatula, and shoelaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass clippings, banana peel, and newspaper. 30. What are the three components of soil? A) Insects, sand, topsoil. B) Clay, sand, humus. C) Topsoil, subsoil, bedrock. D) Earthworms, sand, silt. 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