This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of agriculture is practiced near large cities and produces mainly fruits and vegetables. A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Truck farming. C) Truck agriculture. D) Sawah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truck farming. 2. Which occupation is regarded as the backbone of Indian economy. A) Engineering. B) Lawyers. C) Doctors. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 3. The Tuareg people of the Sahara and their animals seasonally migrate no the higher lands in the summer and the valleys in the winter. This is an example of what? A) Pastoral nomadism. B) Livestock ranching. C) Livestock fattening. D) Dairy farming. E) Transhumance. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Transhumance. 4. Most practiced farming in India is A) Intensive. B) Extensive. C) Primitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensive. 5. Which of the following is least likely to be produced in Mediterranean agriculture? A) Cereal grains. B) Grapes. C) Olives. D) Butter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Butter. 6. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, which of the following fish are "best" choices for sustainability? I. Wild Alaskan SalmonII. Chilean Sea BassIII. Farmed Rainbow Trout A) I. B) I and II. C) II and III. D) I and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 7. Why do farmers use silos? A) To protect grain and hay. B) For water transportation. C) To replace human labor. D) To communicate a company's policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect grain and hay. 8. What is the full form of HYV? A) High-Yielding-Value. B) High-Yielding-Variety. C) Heavy-yielding-vegetables. D) Heavy-yielding-vaccum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High-Yielding-Variety. 9. A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing A) Shifting cultivation. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Vegetative planting. D) Subsistence farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence farming. 10. The most widely produced grains in the world are A) Rice, maize, and oats. B) Wheat, rice, and maize/corn. C) Wheat, corn and oats. D) Rice, wheat, and barley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat, rice, and maize/corn. 11. Plants should be weeded . It often harbor pests and disease while getting nutrients and water from the soil. A) Regularly. B) Sometimes. C) Once a month. D) Every week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regularly. 12. Which statement accurately describes the recent trend(s) in agriculture in the United States? A) The average size of farms s decreasing. B) The number of family-owned farms continues to increase. C) The total revenue of agricultural sales is becoming more concentrated in fewer large corporate farms. D) The cost of converting a conventional farm into a farm growing certified organic crops is relatively quick and easy. E) Sustainable farms make up only a small percentage of total agricultural sales and their numbers declining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The total revenue of agricultural sales is becoming more concentrated in fewer large corporate farms. 13. A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is particing A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Crop rotation. D) Slash-and-burn agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 14. What is 'boro? A) Kharif crop. B) Zaid crop. C) Rabi crop. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kharif crop. 15. What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm? A) Commercial. B) Subsistence. C) Cash crop. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 16. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in area of ..... A) High population. B) Low population. C) Deserts. D) Thick forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High population. 17. Seedlings are so delicate and tender, so we need to provide to protect them from excessive sunlight and heavy rains A) Water. B) Sunlight. C) Shade. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shade. 18. One of the inputs most required in farming is A) Slope. B) Seeds. C) Human Resource. D) Machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seeds. 19. Typically, slash-and-burn agriculture leads to: A) Shifting cultivation. B) Plantation farming. C) Aquaculture. D) Pastoralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation. 20. In the United States, which of the following would most likely NOT come from a local producer? A) Milk. B) Cheese. C) Bread. D) Electricity. 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