This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is known as father of WHITE REVOLUTION A) Verghese Kurien. B) Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel. C) Raj Reddy. D) Rupinder Singh Sodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verghese Kurien. 2. The overgrazing of pasture areas in arid climates has caused which problem? A) Global warming. B) Mass starvation. C) Desertification. D) Soil loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desertification. 3. What percentage of America's population is engaged in agriculture today? A) Less than 1%. B) Less than 2%. C) More than 10%. D) More than 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 2%. 4. Market-Gardening activities occur in which zone of von Thunen's model? A) First Zone. B) Second Zone. C) Third zone. D) Fourth Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Zone. 5. Alpine is a breed of? A) Goat. B) Poultry. C) Cattle. D) Sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goat. 6. Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations. A) Cash cropping. B) Terraced Farming. C) Sustainability. D) Agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agribusiness. 7. Arable land is A) Land where crops are grown. B) Land where trees are cut. C) Land which is cleared for agriculture. D) Land where mining takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land where crops are grown. 8. According to von Thunen, the regional geography of agriculture is determined by A) Land area. B) Rent. C) Availability of material input. D) Cultural preferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rent. 9. What percentage of Americans work in Agribusiness? A) 2%. B) 45%. C) 60%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45%. 10. Which of these types of agriculture is not like the other? A) Mediterranean. B) Ranching. C) Livestock. D) Pastoral nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mediterranean. 11. The process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as A) Chain migration. B) Emigration. C) Immigration. D) Step migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chain migration. 12. Agriculture contributes to GDP. This abbreviation stands for: A) Gross Domestic Product. B) Good Development Practices. C) Good Domestic Product. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross Domestic Product. 13. Nomadic Herding is practised in which of the following states A) Rajasthan. B) Tamilnadu. C) Kerala. D) Telangana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajasthan. 14. "The produce from the farm is sold to higglers who then sell the food locally." This statement applies to: ..... A) Commercial Farming. B) Extensive Farming. C) Peasant Farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peasant Farming. 15. The United States had about 60 percent fewer farms and ..... percent fewer farmers in 2000 than in 1900. A) 85. B) 52. C) 15. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 85. 16. Globally, the four largest population concentrations are located in A) Europe, North America, and East Asia, Latin America. B) East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Western Africa. C) Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe. D) Europe, South Asia, SE Asia and East Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Europe, South Asia, SE Asia and East Asia. 17. Are there hunters and gatherers in the world today? A) Sentinelese from the Andaman Islands. B) Tribal nomads from Papua New Guinea. C) Aborigines from Central America. D) Sudanese tribes in South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentinelese from the Andaman Islands. 18. What are the two branches of agriculture? A) Earth Orbit and Space Travel. B) Crop production and animal husbandry. C) Barnes and Noble. D) Technology and We. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop production and animal husbandry. 19. Bloodless revolution refers to A) White Revolution. B) Green Revolution. C) Bhoodan Movement. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhoodan Movement. 20. The four agricultural processes that use technology are planting, growing, harvesting, and ..... A) Mechanical processes. B) Spraying. C) Direct-wave systems. D) Storing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Storing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral Agriculture Quiz 1General Agriculture Quiz 2General Agriculture Quiz 3General Agriculture Quiz 4General Agriculture Quiz 5General Agriculture Quiz 6General Agriculture Quiz 7General Agriculture Quiz 8General Agriculture Quiz 9General Agriculture Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books