This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which agricultural product does the US import the most of? A) Rice. B) Sugar. C) Coffee Beans. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffee Beans. 2. Which one of the following is a rabi crop? A) Jowar. B) Bajra. C) Wheat. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 3. Which of the following is not a cereal crop? A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotton. 4. Agriculture is important in the Caribbean region for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT A) Agroprocessing. B) National security. C) GDP. D) Livelihoods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National security. 5. Identify the correct pair of extensive agricultural practices A) Cattle ranching and Mediterranean agriculture. B) Plantation agriculture and specialized horticulture. C) Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding. D) Intensive rice cultivation and subsistence farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding. 6. Which of the following is not a strategy for increasing food supply? A) Expanding arable land area. B) Ensuring sustainable land productivity for future generations. C) Identifying new food sources. D) Increasing tariffs on grain exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing tariffs on grain exports. 7. The land on which crops are grown is known as ..... A) Arable Land. B) Wet Land. C) Dry Land. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arable Land. 8. The Bhoodan-Gramdan movement initiated by ..... is also known as the Bloodless Revolution. A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Vinoba Bhave. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vinoba Bhave. 9. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October? A) Rabi. B) Kharif. C) Zaid. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kharif. 10. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding agriculture and the United States? A) Agriculture is no longer an important piece of the U.S. economy. B) The number of farms in the United states has decrease in the last 50 years. C) United States food exports have declined steadily since World War II. D) Farming is now an outsourced process in the United States, where nearly all foodstuff are imported from foreign farms. E) Wheat production in the United States has remained stagnant since the start of the 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of farms in the United states has decrease in the last 50 years. 11. Leading producers of coffee A) Brazil. B) India. C) Russia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 12. The type of agriculture practiced near large cities, which includes producing fruits and vegetables, is called A) Truck agriculture. B) Subsistence agriculture. C) Truck hybridization. D) Sawah. E) Truck farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Truck farming. 13. Unlike other forms of commercial agriculture, plantations are A) Owned by people in less developed countries. B) Situated in densely populated locations. C) Found primarily in less developed countries. D) Part of agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found primarily in less developed countries. 14. Where is shifting cultivation found? A) Tropical regions with relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall. B) Developed countries with a low number of farmers. C) Less developed countries with a heavy reliance on subsistence agriculture. D) Societies that rely on hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical regions with relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall. 15. Which crop requires more human labor for separation of grain from chaff? A) Rice. B) Cotton. C) Wheat. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 16. Statement 1-Indian farmers should diversify their cropping pattern and grow bio diesel crops. Statement 2-These crops are high value crops . Statement 3-These crops requires more irrigation . Statement 4-They reduce environmental degradation A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct but 4 is incorrect. B) 2, 3 and 4 are correct but 1 is incorrect. C) 3 is incorrect but 1, 2 and 4 are correct. D) 2 is incorrect but 1, 3 and 4 are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 is incorrect but 1, 2 and 4 are correct. 17. Oranges are mainly produced in the state of ..... A) Tamil Nadu. B) Maharashtra. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 18. Can create problems for the natural environment A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 19. Dirwent Whittlesey divided the world into how many agricultural regions? A) 4. B) 20. C) 12. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11. 20. Which project is MOST LIKELY to be worked on by a biotechnician? A) Developing plants with resistance to high temperatures. B) Developing architectural designs for houses in floodplains. C) Discovering different isotopes of existing elements in the periodictable. D) Designing lightweight, strong metallic alloys for use in carmanufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developing plants with resistance to high temperatures. 21. The following pair of crops is grown in plantations A) Rice and wheat. B) Jute and cotton. C) Tea and coffee. D) Millets and Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tea and coffee. 22. A farmer in China is most likely to be a(n) A) Extensive subsistence farmer. B) Nomadic herder. C) Intensive subsistence farmer. D) Shifting cultivator. E) Hunter and gatherer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intensive subsistence farmer. 23. This type of farming is practised to meet the need of the farmer"s family. A) Plantation. B) Commercial. C) Subsistence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subsistence. 24. Any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season is known as A) Subsistence Agriculture. B) Agriculture. C) Crop. D) Commercial Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop. 25. Which of the following BEST describes subsistence farming? A) Producing enough for personal consumption. B) Large scale, monoculture. C) Practiced for profit. D) Few persons employed, highly mechanised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producing enough for personal consumption. 26. Who was declared as spiritual heir of Gandhiji? A) Subhash Chandra Bose. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Vinoba bhave. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vinoba bhave. 27. What population of India is engaged in agricultural activities? A) 3/4th. B) 1/4th. C) 2/3rd. D) 2/4tg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2/3rd. 28. In which months the Kharif crops are harvested? A) June-July. B) September-October. C) April-June. D) January-February. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) September-October. 29. Which of the following is not one of the most commonly produced GMO crops? A) Corn. B) Soy. C) Wheat. D) Sorghum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorghum. 30. Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world? A) Commercial farming. B) Slash-and-burn. C) Plantation. D) Shifting cultivation. E) Mediterranean. 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