This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which occupation is regarded as the backbone of Indian economy. A) Engineering. B) Agriculture. C) Doctors. D) Lawyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 2. The Tuareg people of the Sahara and their animals seasonally migrate no the higher lands in the summer and the valleys in the winter. This is an example of what? A) Livestock fattening. B) Pastoral nomadism. C) Transhumance. D) Livestock ranching. E) Dairy farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transhumance. 3. Most practiced farming in India is A) Intensive. B) Extensive. C) Primitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensive. 4. Which of the following is least likely to be produced in Mediterranean agriculture? A) Butter. B) Cereal grains. C) Olives. D) Grapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Butter. 5. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, which of the following fish are "best" choices for sustainability? I. Wild Alaskan SalmonII. Chilean Sea BassIII. Farmed Rainbow Trout A) I. B) I and II. C) II and III. D) I and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 6. Why do farmers use silos? A) To protect grain and hay. B) For water transportation. C) To replace human labor. D) To communicate a company's policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect grain and hay. 7. What is the full form of HYV? A) High-Yielding-Value. B) Heavy-yielding-vaccum. C) High-Yielding-Variety. D) Heavy-yielding-vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-Yielding-Variety. 8. A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing A) Subsistence farming. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Vegetative planting. D) Intensive agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence farming. 9. The most widely produced grains in the world are A) Rice, maize, and oats. B) Wheat, rice, and maize/corn. C) Wheat, corn and oats. D) Rice, wheat, and barley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat, rice, and maize/corn. 10. Plants should be weeded . It often harbor pests and disease while getting nutrients and water from the soil. A) Regularly. B) Once a month. C) Every week. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regularly. 11. Which statement accurately describes the recent trend(s) in agriculture in the United States? A) The average size of farms s decreasing. B) The number of family-owned farms continues to increase. C) The total revenue of agricultural sales is becoming more concentrated in fewer large corporate farms. D) The cost of converting a conventional farm into a farm growing certified organic crops is relatively quick and easy. E) Sustainable farms make up only a small percentage of total agricultural sales and their numbers declining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The total revenue of agricultural sales is becoming more concentrated in fewer large corporate farms. 12. A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is particing A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Crop rotation. D) Slash-and-burn agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 13. What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm? A) Commercial. B) Maize. C) Cash crop. D) Subsistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 14. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in area of ..... A) Deserts. B) Thick forests. C) High population. D) Low population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High population. 15. Seedlings are so delicate and tender, so we need to provide to protect them from excessive sunlight and heavy rains A) Fertilizer. B) Shade. C) Water. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shade. 16. One of the inputs most required in farming is A) Seeds. B) Human Resource. C) Slope. D) Machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeds. 17. Typically, slash-and-burn agriculture leads to: A) Pastoralism. B) Aquaculture. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Plantation farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifting cultivation. 18. In the United States, which of the following would most likely NOT come from a local producer? A) Bread. B) Electricity. C) Milk. D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheese. 19. Bt toxin requires which medium to become active A) Acidic. B) Alkaline. C) Neutral. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alkaline. 20. Which US corporation is most responsible for the rise in GMO foods and increased pesticide use? A) Monsanto. B) General Mills. C) Kellogg. D) Frito-Lays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsanto. 21. What is a main characteristic of Commercial Farming? A) Main goal is to make a profit. B) Main goal is to only feed their family. C) Uses basic hand tools. D) Has many small farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main goal is to make a profit. 22. The first group to integrate seed agriculture with domestication of herd animals was probably in A) Southwest Asia. B) Ethiopia. C) Northern China. D) Western India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwest Asia. 23. Which crop is the major crop of Rabi? A) Mustard. B) Wheat. C) Peas. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 24. All of the following are associated with the second agricultural revolution Except .. A) The Industral Revolution. B) Improved food and storage capacity. C) The invention of a barbed wire. D) The enclosure movement. E) Recombinant DNA splicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Recombinant DNA splicing. 25. Diary farming originated in A) Africa. B) Australia. C) Europe. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 26. Supplies other businesses A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 27. Which of the following market usually exist for foodgrains? A) Regional market. B) Terminal market. C) Local market. D) National market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regional market. 28. ..... is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world. A) China. B) Brazil. C) India. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 29. Which one of these is NOT an area of study in agriculture? A) Biotechnology. B) Forestry. C) Aquaculture. D) Coal Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal Mining. 30. The type of commercial agriculture which is practised on a large estate for growing of a single crop continuously for several years is known as A) Livestock ranching. B) Extensive agriculture. C) Organic farming. D) Plantation agriculture. 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