This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The practice of growing and harvesting fish in controlled conditions is called ..... A) Pig iron. B) Aquaculture. C) Harvest. D) Natural material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquaculture. 2. Which of the following countries is not a major exporter of beef? A) Argentina. B) United Kingdom. C) Uruguay. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United Kingdom. 3. The fact that meat accounts for one-third of all protein intake in developed countries but only one-tenth in developing ones suggests A) Developing nations are vegetarians by choice. B) There is a cultural taboo against meat in developing nations. C) Developed nations can afford more meat per capita. D) Developing nations do not have sufficient grazing land. E) Developed nations do not produce sufficient grains to replace meat consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed nations can afford more meat per capita. 4. The most important piece of tilling equipment is the ..... A) Transportation. B) Volatile organic compound. C) Ship. D) Plow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plow. 5. The art and science of soil cultivation to rear crops is called A) Horticulture. B) Agriculture. C) Sericulture. D) Viticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 6. Mixing crops and livestock allows farmers to A) Distribute the workload of the crops and livestock so that farmers hardly need to work during the summer season. B) Generate 90 percent of their income from the sale of livestock. C) Doublecrop. D) Create a system where crops provide food for livestock and the livestock provide manure for crop fertilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Create a system where crops provide food for livestock and the livestock provide manure for crop fertilization. 7. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is: A) Pastoral nomadism. B) Transhumance. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Livestock ranching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transhumance. 8. Geographer Ester Boserup would most likely agree with which of the following statements? A) The food supply is adapted by farmers to meet the changing population. B) Population growth is unrelated to the food supply. C) Subsistence farmers exist in isolation rather than a community. D) Farmers cannot affect the level of the food supply. E) Population growth will outpace the growth of the food supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The food supply is adapted by farmers to meet the changing population. 9. Which is a negative result of the use of biotechnology in agriculture? A) Reduction in pesticide use. B) Increased crop yields. C) Higher nutritional values. D) Unknown side effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unknown side effects. 10. First Indian insect museum was inaugurated in which state? A) Haryana. B) Kerela. C) Tamil Nadu. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu. 11. What would a biotechnology engineer not work with? A) Pharmaceuticals. B) Astronomy. C) Crime. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 12. All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT A) Grapes. B) Apples. C) Dates. D) Figs. E) Olives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apples. 13. Commercial Gardening and Fruit agriculture in the United States takes place mostly in A) The Corn Belt. B) The Bible Belt. C) The Sun Belt. D) The Wheat Belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bible Belt. 14. The seasonal movement of people and livestock over short distances for the purposes of grazing is A) Commercial ranching. B) Pastoral nomadism. C) Transhumanance. D) Mixed crop and livestock farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transhumanance. 15. Mixed farming is practised in ..... A) New Zealand. B) Zambia. C) Egypt. D) Belarus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Zealand. 16. Agriculture is a A) Primary activity. B) Secondary activity. C) Tertiary activity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary activity. 17. Food security refers to: A) The protection of food from physical and chemical harm at all times'. B) The availability of safe, nutritious food at all times to anyone one needing it, at an affordable cost. C) The use of safe chemicals at all times when growing crops or livestock for human consumption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The availability of safe, nutritious food at all times to anyone one needing it, at an affordable cost. 18. Which is NOT a potential health concern associated with consuming high fructose corn syrup? A) Obesity. B) Heart Disease. C) Skin Cancer. D) Type II Diabetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin Cancer. 19. Which of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area? A) Intensive agriculture. B) Horticulture. C) Plantation agriculture. D) Shifting Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantation agriculture. 20. What state produces the most Crops? A) Nebraska. B) Iowa. C) Florida. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 21. An enclosed area where livestock are held and fattened before slaughter is known as a A) Milkshed. B) Feedlot. C) Pasture. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feedlot. 22. Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation? A) Slash and burn. B) Sawah. C) Commercial agriculture. D) GMO crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slash and burn. 23. Bt toxin genes were isolated from A) Bacillius thuringenesis. B) Mushrooms. C) Yeast. D) Beetle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacillius thuringenesis. 24. Which of the following is not true of Pastoral Nomadism A) Survive primarily on animals as opposed to seed agriculture. B) Size of the herd measures their power. C) Primarily in arid climates. D) Practices a debt for nature swap. E) All are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practices a debt for nature swap. 25. Which of the following made up the tools used by early farmers? A) Metal. B) Wood and Stone. C) Steel. D) Animal bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wood and Stone. 26. What type of agriculture requires a lot of labor and focuses on a small plot of land? A) Pastoralism. B) Commercial agriculture. C) Intensive subsistence agriculture. D) Extensive agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intensive subsistence agriculture. 27. Jowar, Bajra and Ragi-together is called A) Fiber crops. B) Millets. C) Beverages. D) Fodder crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millets. 28. What type of agriculture uses the largest percentage of the world's land area? A) Plantation. B) Mediterranean. C) Dairying. D) Shifting cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shifting cultivation. 29. Which of the following are some of the schemes introduced by the government of India for the benifit of the farmarsi)Kissan Credit Card(KCC)ii)Personal Accident Insurance Scheme(PAIS)iii)Minimum Support Price(MSP)iv)Remunerative and Procurement Price A) (i) and (iii). B) (i) and (ii). C) (iii) and (iv). D) (i) and (iv). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (i) and (ii). 30. It is also known as "Monoculture" , i.e. single crop grown over a large area. A) Commercial Grain Farming. B) Mixed Farming. C) Multiple Farming. D) Plantation Farming. 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