This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Biotechnology > Agricultural Biotechnology – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many agencies make up the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)? A) 19. B) 29. C) 20. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. 2. What is the most important primary sector activity? A) The nap. B) Fishing. C) Cattle raising. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 3. Which of the following is defined by-Provisions of small loans and financial services to individuals and small business in developing countries A) Gross Domestic Product. B) Microfinance. C) Primary sector. D) Structural adjustment programs. E) World Systems theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microfinance. 4. Overgrazing and overfarming pasture areas has contributed to which problem? A) Desertification. B) Soil loss. C) Acid rain. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 5. The action of ethylene is effectively inhibited by..... ion. A) Ca. B) Mg. C) Mn. D) Ag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ag. 6. What type of soil predominates in missions with 35%? A) Clayey. B) Stony. C) Sandy. D) Franco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stony. 7. Early tools used by Neolithic people were mostly for..... A) Building homes. B) Doing farm work. C) Catching fish. D) Creating better weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing farm work. 8. In agriculture ..... They are plants, animals, insects, microbes or other unwanted organisms.These can bite, destroy food crops, damage property, or make our most difficult lives. A) Diseases. B) Herbicides. C) Pests. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pests. 9. What type of CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE given"A potato farmer faces a logistical challenge due to the harvested potatoes. The potatoes take up a significant amount of space in storage and transportation, requiring specialized equipment and facilities to handle the volume efficiently." A) Heterogeneity of produce. B) Perishability. C) Bulliness. D) Processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bulliness. 10. This pathway includes scientists, graders & sorters, packagers, and safety specialists. A) Natural Resource Systems. B) Plant Systems. C) Power, Structural & Technical Systems. D) Food Products & Processing Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Products & Processing Systems. 11. One way that farming changed the way people lived was..... A) They no longer were nomads. B) Life expectancy was shorter. C) They had to move around to new farms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They no longer were nomads. 12. Focusing on a single profession or skill A) Specialization. B) Surplus. C) Domestication. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specialization. 13. All of the following can contribute to desertification EXCEPT A) Overgrazing. B) Slash and burn agriculture. C) Deforestation. D) Extensive pastoralism. E) Soil sanitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slash and burn agriculture. 14. What is the term used to describe a sudden, complete, or marked change in something? A) Agricultural. B) Revolution. C) Selective. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 15. As the very name of these functions implies, they involve neither transfer of title to goods nor handling of the product but help in the smooth discharge of the other functions. The function of classification and grading helps in classification and sorting out of commodities according to size, quality colour, weight, etc A) Exchange Functions. B) Physical Functions. C) Facilitive Functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facilitive Functions. 16. ..... eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food. A) Fishing. B) Farming. C) McDonald's. D) Scavaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 17. Which of the following is a form of subsistance agriculture? A) Grain farming. B) Mediterranean agriculture. C) Livestock ranching. D) Slash and burn farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slash and burn farming. 18. This pathway includes lab technicians, recycling engineers, scientists, and waste disposal workers. A) Natural Resource Systems. B) Plant Systems. C) Environmental Service Systems. D) Food Products & Processing Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Service Systems. 19. Consists of improvements to agriculture brought about by the application of modern scientific methods to the development of new crop varieties and agricultural inputs. A) Green Revolution. B) October Revolution. C) Blue Revolution. D) French Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green Revolution. 20. Of the sectors of the economy agriculture is part of: A) The primary sector. B) The secondary sector. C) The tertiary sector. D) The quaternary sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The primary sector. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Biotechnology Quiz 1Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 2Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 3Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 4Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 5Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 6Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 7Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 8Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 9Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books