This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Soil > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is recognised as a powerful supplement in inventing new hybrid varieties of seeds. A) Food Corporation of India. B) Genetic Engineering. C) Cash Crop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic Engineering. 2. What does monoculture mean? A) A game to acquire as much money and property as possible. B) The growing of multiple crops in one particular area over many years. C) The growing of multiple types of animals in one particular area over many years. D) The growing of a single crop in one particular area over many years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The growing of a single crop in one particular area over many years. 3. The organic matter in soil is ..... A) Humus. B) Bits of rock. C) Minerals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Which of the following is a secondary plant food element? A) N. B) P. C) Mg. D) Mn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mg. 5. Which farming technique is often used on sustainable farms? A) Heavy pesticide use. B) Natural pest control. C) Monocultures. D) Plowing and tilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural pest control. 6. What is the movement of soil from one place to another? A) Weathering. B) Deposition. C) Discharge. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. 7. Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, and other pests A) Salinization. B) Pesticide. C) Biological pest control. D) Genetic engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pesticide. 8. Genetic engineering relies on place in a gene that codes for a desired trait into the ..... of a different organism from the organism where the gene was originally harvested. A) Protein. B) Amino acid. C) Helix. D) Genome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genome. 9. What are some things that you can add to a compost pile? A) Leaves, apple core, and tin foil. B) Grass clippings, banana peel, and newspaper. C) Egg shells, plastic spoon, and ziploc bags. D) Metal fork, rubber spatula, and shoelaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass clippings, banana peel, and newspaper. 10. What are the three components of soil? A) Insects, sand, topsoil. B) Clay, sand, humus. C) Topsoil, subsoil, bedrock. D) Earthworms, sand, silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay, sand, humus. 11. As a farmer, you would be most concerned with the quality of the soil in the A) O horizon. B) A horizon. C) E horizon. D) R horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A horizon. 12. What is cultivation of vegetable and ornamental plants called? A) Horticulture. B) Pisciculture. C) Sericulture. D) Viticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horticulture. 13. What is the required amount of organic matter in organic agriculture A) 50%. B) 40%. C) 30%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20%. 14. Fish farming is also known as? A) Pisciculture. B) Cattle breeding. C) Dairy farming. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pisciculture. 15. Which soil type is the best at retaining water? A) Loam. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 16. Date and Palm trees can be grown in which soil? A) Alluvial soil. B) Red soil. C) Mountain soil. D) Desert soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert soil. 17. What soil is best for growing plants? A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Mud. D) Topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topsoil. 18. Moisture content of organic fertilizer. A) 35%-40%. B) 25% -40%. C) 30%-40%. D) 25%-35%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30%-40%. 19. As an agriculture science student, explain to a group of farmers THREE ways in which global warming is likely to affect their crops and animal production. A) Disrupt food availability. B) Increase in temperatures and extreme weather conditions. C) Changes in rainfall patterns. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. The average food item in the United States travels 2400 km to reach the buyer. One alternative to this energy-inefficient practice is A) Treating the food with preservative chemicals. B) Buying locally produced food. C) Buying organic food. D) Buying GM food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buying locally produced food. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesSoil And Agriculture Quiz 1Soil And Agriculture Quiz 2Soil And Agriculture Quiz 3Soil And Agriculture Quiz 4Soil And Agriculture Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books