This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Principles > Agricultural Economics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Economics Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While agriculture remains a ..... industry, it is a ..... industry, especially in the realm of the smaller operations. A) Non profitable, declining. B) Profitable, declining. C) Profitable, increasing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profitable, declining. 2. Which among the following is most important for agricultural productivity? A) Irrigation. B) Rainfall. C) Land area. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainfall. 3. According to Von Thunen, what type of agriculture is produced closest to market? A) Dairying. B) Grain agriculture. C) Ranching. D) Plantation farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dairying. 4. Crop rotation & the enclosure movement were hallmarks of: A) The First Agricultural Revolution. B) The Second agricultural revolution. C) The Third agricultural revolution. D) The Green revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second agricultural revolution. 5. Among the following which Indian state produces the largest quantity of pulses? A) Maharashtra. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh. 6. Approximately, what percentage of total workforce of India is engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities? A) 45. B) 55. C) 65. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 55. 7. Which agency is responsible for procurement, distribution and storage of food grain production in India? A) Ministry of Agriculture. B) Food Corporation of India. C) NAFED. D) TRIFED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food Corporation of India. 8. In ..... farming the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing the livestock. A) Mixed farming. B) Separate farming. C) Plantation agriculture. D) Nomadic herding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed farming. 9. Imports are products..... A) Imported from another country to the US. B) All are correct. C) Ex: Honda van imported from Japan. D) Ex: Coffee beans imported from Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All are correct. 10. What does Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? A) Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. B) Total value of all goods and services made by one person. C) Something that is really yucky at home. D) Total value of a country's exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. 11. Production of agricultural products for the market is called: A) Hunting and gathering. B) Sedentary cultivation. C) Subsistence agriculture. D) Commercial agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial agriculture. 12. Which of the Agricultural Revolutions did not include increased usage of complex machines? A) First Agricultural Revolution. B) Second Agricultural Revolution. C) Third Agricultural Revolution. D) Green Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Agricultural Revolution. 13. Who regulates the markets in agricultural products in India? A) Essential Commodities Act, 1955. B) Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937. C) Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act enacted by States. D) Food Products Order, 1956 and Meat and Food Products Order, 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act enacted by States. 14. The invention of farm machinery led to the ..... revolution. A) Industrial. B) Plantation. C) Agricultural. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural. 15. What is "support price" for an agricultural commodity A) The minimum price at which Government is prepared to buy it. B) Money paid to agriculturist for cause damaging crops due drought. C) Subsidy paid by the government. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The minimum price at which Government is prepared to buy it. 16. Life Expectancy is a factor in a country's..... A) Human Development Index. B) Human Division Indigo. C) Gross Domestic Product. D) Literacy Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human Development Index. 17. Agriculture, Irrigation and Power Projects were given highest priority in which among the following plans? A) First Five year plan. B) Second Five year plan. C) Third Five year plan. D) Fourth Five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Five year plan. 18. The Freedom to Farm Act of ..... ended price supports and acreage allotments for many farm products. A) 1996. B) 1906. C) 1706. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1996. 19. Which of the following statement is not correct? A) India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world. B) India is the biggest producer of vegetables in the world. C) Production of fruits, vegetables and spices called horticulture. D) Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of the wheat in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India is the biggest producer of vegetables in the world. 20. Which of the following is not a primary economic activity? A) Carpenter. B) Lumberjack. C) Orange grower. D) Police officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Police officer. Next →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesAgricultural Economics Quiz 2Agricultural Economics Quiz 3Agricultural Economics Quiz 4Principles Of Agriculture Economics Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books