This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Growing ..... is a type of plantation. A) Wheat. B) Coffee. C) Maize. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coffee. 2. Jhumming is practised in ..... India. A) West. B) South. C) South-west. D) North-East. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North-East. 3. After corn, what is the most important crop in the U.S. mixed commercial farming region? A) Soybeans. B) Wheat. C) Barley. D) Sorghum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soybeans. 4. Which of the following is an annual crop? A) Cucumber. B) Sugarcane. C) Rice. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugarcane. 5. Centigrade temperature, medium loam soil and ample rainfall are ideal for the growth of A) Rice. B) Sugar cane. C) Cotton. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 6. To increase crop yield, rice farmers in China commonly practice: A) Shifting cultivation. B) Double cropping. C) Threshing. D) Transhumance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Double cropping. 7. The term swidden refers to a plot of land formed by what type of agriculture? A) Transhumance. B) Truck farmin. C) Open-lot systems. D) Double cropping. E) Slash and burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Slash and burn. 8. Considering the importance of agriculture in India, which of the following were given priority for improving Indian agriculture? A) Establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). B) Development in the field of meteorology and weather forecast. C) Establishing agricultural universities, veterinary services and animal breeding centres. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Biotechnology, or the process of using living organisms to produce or change a plant or animal product, is a part of which agricultural revolution? A) Second agricultural revolution. B) First agricultural revolution. C) Open-lot system. D) Plantation agriculture. E) Third agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Third agricultural revolution. 10. ..... is practised in the semi arid and arid regions of the world. A) Shifting cultivation. B) Mixed farming. C) Plantation agriculture. D) Nomadic herding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nomadic herding. 11. The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes. A) Commercial agriculture. B) Corporate geopolitical transactions. C) Eco-cultivation. D) Agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agribusiness. 12. The majority of the world's population that is involved in agriculture is involved in which type of agriculture? A) Plantation agriculture. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Mediterranean agriculture. D) Subsistence farming. E) Pastoral nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence farming. 13. Which statement describes a benefit of biotechnology in the field of agriculture? A) Development of plants that do not require oxygen. B) Development of tools that improve soil quality. C) Development of crops that are disease resistant. D) Development of plants that do not require water for growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of crops that are disease resistant. 14. 'Slash and bum' agriculture is a ..... A) Shifting Agriculture. B) Intensive Agriculture. C) Commercial Agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting Agriculture. 15. An example of biotechnology used in agriculture is A) Cloning. B) Embryo transfer. C) Transgenic crops. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 16. In which type of farming does genetic modification is not done to increase the yield of the crop? A) Commercial. B) Organic. C) Subsistence. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic. 17. Which statement BEST describes what the Biotechnology Industry does? A) Using organisms and cells to makeproducts or solve problems. B) Health care of animals is the primaryfocus of this industry. C) Making scientific equipment which supports DNA research. D) Study the safety of new drugs and approve their use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using organisms and cells to makeproducts or solve problems. 18. After corn, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is: A) Soybeans. B) Wheat. C) Barley. D) Sugar beets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soybeans. 19. The use of large amounts of land to grow food to feed only the farmer's family is A) Intensive commercial agriculture. B) Extensive commercial agriculture. C) Intensive subsistence agriculture. D) Ranching. E) Extensive subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Extensive subsistence agriculture. 20. The crop that is used both as food and fodder A) Gram. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maize. 21. Rice is a Kharif crop that requires high temperature (above 25$^ \circ$C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above ..... A) 100 cm. B) 150cm. C) 200cm. D) 50cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 cm. 22. Hunting and gathering societies A) Include about 15 percent of the world's people. B) Are found in very isolated places in the world. C) Are characterized by large concentrations of people. D) Occur nearly everywhere but are especially common in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are found in very isolated places in the world. 23. Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants? A) Wheat. B) Taro. C) Soybeans. D) Millet. E) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Rice. 24. Monoculture agriculture is characterized byI. slash and burnII. agrochemical usageIII. large scale production A) I and II only. B) I and III only. C) II and III only. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) II and III only. 25. What is growing of grapes called? A) Viticulture. B) Sericulture. C) Horticulture. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viticulture. 26. The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia A) 1, 000 years ago. B) 10, 000 years ago. C) 10 million years ago. D) 1.1 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10, 000 years ago. 27. Farmers in Asia primarily primarily practice A) Pastoral nomadism. B) Intensive subsistence. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive subsistence. 28. Which of the following is NOT a main commercial use of corn? A) Paper Products. B) Animal Feed. C) Ethanol. D) Corn Syrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper Products. 29. What is the most productive agricultural region of India? A) Deccan Plateau. B) Thar Dessert. C) Ganges Plain. D) Western and Eastern Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges Plain. 30. Name the crop from the following features giveni)It is a crop which is used both as food and fodderii)It is a khariff crop which requires temperature between 21$^ \circ$c to 27$^ \circ$ciii)It grows well in old alluvial soiliv)In some states like Bihar this is grown in rabi season. A) Wheat. B) Sugarcane. C) Rice. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugarcane. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books