This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following crops would least likely be found in plantation agriculture? A) Palm oil. B) Cacao beans. C) Corn. D) Coffee beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corn. 2. It is a school that offers a course related to Agriculture and other plant studies. A) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. B) Department of Environment and Natural Resources. C) Agricultural Training Institute. D) Commercial Nursery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Training Institute. 3. Intensive subsistence farming practiced in area of A) Low population. B) Thick Forest. C) Desert. D) High population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High population. 4. If someone starts rearing silkworms, this practise is called A) Horticulture. B) Agriculture. C) Viticulture. D) Sericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sericulture. 5. Cereal grains such as wheat and barley are thought to have originated in Asia around A) 10, 000 years ago. B) 1, 000, 000 years ago. C) 10 million years ago. D) 1, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10, 000 years ago. 6. An example of post transcriptional gene silencing is A) Molecular diagnosis. B) Gene therapy. C) Bioinformatics. D) RNA interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RNA interference. 7. Maize grows well in which type of soil? A) Black soil. B) Laterite soil. C) Well drained alluvial soils. D) Arid soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well drained alluvial soils. 8. Rearing of silkworms for the production of silk fibre is known as ..... A) Sericulture. B) Apiculture. C) Floriculture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sericulture. 9. Which of the following is NOT a form of commercial farming? A) Grain farming. B) Fruit farming. C) Mediterranean agriculture. D) Livestock ranching. E) Slash-and-burn-Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Slash-and-burn-Farming. 10. The largest producer and consumer of pulses in the world is ..... A) India. B) Japan. C) China. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 11. Which of the following statements accurately applies to agribusiness? I-Agribusiness is associated with vertical and horizontal integration of the processes involved in the agricultural processII-Agribusiness involves the increasingly global division of the agricultural production processIII-Individual farmers do not play a role in agribusiness, only corporate conglomerates.IV-Agribusiness is contributing to agricultural industrialization. A) I and II. B) I, III, and IV. C) II, III, and IV. D) I, II, and IV. E) I, II, III, and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II, and IV. 12. The region of producing milk that can supply a market area without spoiling is known as the A) Ecumene. B) Swidden. C) Threshold. D) Milkshed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milkshed. 13. Feedlots are an example of which kind of farming? A) Intensive farming. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Extensive farming. D) Free-range farming. E) Subsistence farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensive farming. 14. An example of biotechnology being used as a nutritional application is ..... A) Golden rice. B) Xenotransplantation. C) Industrial strength fibers. D) Biodegredable plastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden rice. 15. According to von Thunen, which of the following activities would take place in the outermost ring around a market center? A) Market gardening. B) Dairy farming. C) Forestry. D) Animal grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animal grazing. 16. The green revolution today is under controversies. it is being alleged that it has ..... A) Caused land degradation due to overuse of chemicals. B) Drying aquifers and vanishing biodiversity. C) Severe toxic consequences. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 17. If you are walking through rubber plantation, you are probably in the state of A) Karnataka. B) Assam. C) Kerala. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerala. 18. The ultimate aim of agricultural development is to increase ..... A) Farming. B) Plantation agriculture. C) Food security. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food security. 19. Which of the following phrase would best fit the Second Agricultural Revolution? A) The Second Agricultural Revolution saw the beginning of seed agriculture. B) The Second Agricultural Revolution brought mechanization into the farming process. C) The Second Agricultural Revolution prompted farmers to develop new crops. D) The Second Agricultural Revolution allowed farmers to redesign crops to grow in nonnative climates. E) The Second Agricultural Revolution meant more profits for farmers due to less human capital being needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second Agricultural Revolution brought mechanization into the farming process. 20. "Fair Trade" is A) When companies in developed countries pay fair prices to producers. B) When LDCs pay fair prices for products from MDCs. C) When governments reduce trade restrictions across international borders. D) When MDCs reduce tariffs and sanctions on other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When companies in developed countries pay fair prices to producers. 21. Mostly done in MDCs A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 22. The farther a dairy farm is from a large urban area, the lower the percentage of output devoted to fresh milk. This occurs primarily because: A) Land costs are lower farther from the urban area. B) Transport costs are greater farther from the urban area. C) The quality of soil is lower near an urban area. D) Processed milk is less perishable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Processed milk is less perishable. 23. Which of the following about organic farming is correct: A) It does not use organic manure. B) It uses a lot of chemicals and pesticides. C) Organic farming is unpopular these days. D) Organic farming uses manure natural pesticides no fertilisers chemicals or Gentic modifications. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organic farming uses manure natural pesticides no fertilisers chemicals or Gentic modifications. 24. The two most important staple food crops of the world are ..... and ..... A) Millets & Maize. B) Tea & Coffee. C) Rice & Wheat. D) Ragi & Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice & Wheat. 25. China, the U.S., Russia, and India are the leading producers of: A) Wool. B) Corn. C) Commercial grain. D) Milk products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commercial grain. 26. Ranching is practiced in the climate region most similar to that of which other type of agriculture? A) Grain. B) Dairying. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Pastoral nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pastoral nomadism. 27. What is the process called of splitting existing plants into two and replanting both parts to propagate crops? A) Vegetative planning. B) Plantation agriculture. C) Subsistence agriculture. D) Aquaculture. E) Seed agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetative planning. 28. The ..... is run by private individuals usually selling trees and fruit trees seedlings A) Bureau of Plant Industry. B) Department of Agriculture. C) Agricultural Training Institute. D) Commercial Nursery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial Nursery. 29. A raw agricultural material that can be bought and sold is called a ..... A) By-product. B) Commodity. C) Product. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commodity. 30. How many people does the average farmer produce food & fiber for? A) 155. B) 5. C) 20. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 155. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOverview QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesGeneral Agriculture Quiz 1General Agriculture Quiz 2General Agriculture Quiz 3General Agriculture Quiz 4General Agriculture Quiz 5General Agriculture Quiz 6General Agriculture Quiz 7General Agriculture Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books