This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Von Thunen's model would best fit which statement? A) Agricultural products need to be close to market to minimize transportation costs. B) Raw materials need to be close to market to minimize transportation costs. C) Lower-income countries are considered periphery locations. D) Farmers practicing subsistence agriculture need to sell their products to market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural products need to be close to market to minimize transportation costs. 2. Which of the following is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India? A) Jowar. B) Bajra. C) Wheat. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice. 3. The "world's breadbasket" is located in A) The coastal areas of India. B) Northern China. C) The pampas of South America. D) The prairies of North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The prairies of North America. 4. All of the following are criticisms of GMOs except A) Claims that pesticides used are carcinogenic. B) Crops produce higher yielding rice grains. C) Fertilizers polluting the local water supplies. D) Deforestation to make room for more crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crops produce higher yielding rice grains. 5. Mediterranean agriculture is found as a primary agricultural practice in all of the following regions EXCEPT ..... A) Southern Europe. B) The Western U.S. C) Central America. D) The Chilean coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central America. 6. India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses in world . A) Pulses. B) Rice. C) Wheat. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulses. 7. Which of the following is not an important platation crop of india? A) Tea. B) Coffe. C) Rubber. D) Betel nut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Betel nut. 8. Which of the following is an important agricultural hearth? A) Ethiopia. B) North America. C) Southwest Asia. D) All Answers are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southwest Asia. 9. Farming varies around the world because of ..... across space. A) Cultural and environmental factors. B) Cultural and economic factors. C) Farmers' personal preference and environmental factors. D) Weather and climate. E) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural and environmental factors. 10. Destructive Insects Pest Act came into existence in? A) 1912. B) 1914. C) 1918. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1914. 11. What climate is associated with pastoral nomadism? A) Humid-low latitude. B) Arid/semi arid. C) Warm mid-latitude. D) Cold mid-latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arid/semi arid. 12. Which type of commercial agriculture is primarily found in LDCs? A) Mediterranean. B) Plantation. C) Truck farming. D) Commercial gardening and fruit farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantation. 13. Which of the following is not a type of subsistence agriculture? A) Shifting cultivation. B) Plantation agriculture. C) Pastoral nomadism. D) Intensive subsistence wet rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantation agriculture. 14. No longer practiced on a large scale A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 15. Bt toxin is coded by which genes A) Cry. B) Iac. C) Lap. D) Noy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cry. 16. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Agriculture Revolution of the 18th century and the Industrial Revolution? A) Failed attempts at technological advancements decreased agricultural production. B) Advancements in agricultural production helped feed the expanding population. C) Transportation improvements made more less expensive to urban populations. D) Population declined during the Industrial Revolution making food production easier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advancements in agricultural production helped feed the expanding population. 17. Technology essential for intensive subsistence agriculture is/are A) Forms of irrigation. B) GMOs. C) Advancements in pesticide research. D) New herbacides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forms of irrigation. 18. Land prepared for agriculture using the slash and burn method A) Fallow. B) Swidden. C) Shifting agriculture. D) Fertile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swidden. 19. In arid climates, like Southern California and the Middle East, ..... can cause the soil to become salty and infertile. A) Erosion. B) Topsoil loss. C) Salinization. D) Droughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salinization. 20. What area of the world first incorporated domestication of both plants and animals which led to civilization? A) Ethiopian Highlands. B) The Middle East/Fertile Crescent. C) Southeast Asia. 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