This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One of the negative effects of GMO use is A) Increased exposure to pesticides. B) An increase in crop production. C) Depletion of soil nutrients. D) Increase risk of birth defects from GMOs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased exposure to pesticides. 2. The total value of goods and services produced within a country is called: A) Gross National Product. B) Grass Domestic Product. C) Gross Domestic Production. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass Domestic Product. 3. Around ..... of Indian population depends on agriculture. A) 2/3. B) 1/5. C) 4/5. D) 1/3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2/3. 4. Which of the following was NOT a positive result of the Green Revolution? A) Increased crop yields from industrial fertilizers. B) Global expansion of organic and sustainable agriculture. C) A global increase in food security due to reduced crop failure. D) Increased crop yields from hybridized seed varieties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global expansion of organic and sustainable agriculture. 5. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the global industrialization of agriculture initiated by the Green Revolution? A) An increase in energy investment of crops. B) Occasional, unpredictable, massive crop failures. C) A dependence on fossil fuels to produce food and sustain the human population. D) Increase in pollution of watersheds worldwide by leaching of chemical fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occasional, unpredictable, massive crop failures. 6. What event helped geographers and other scientist determine when the first Agricultural Revolution occurred? A) The population of the world began to grow rapidly. B) There are farming artifacts left behind in early agricultural settlements. C) Written records. D) Cave paintings depict scenes of early agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The population of the world began to grow rapidly. 7. The result of terracing on landscapes in Southeast Asia could best be identified as A) Terracing. B) Ethnocentrism. C) Mutliculturalism. D) Cultural landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural landscape. 8. The practice of raising agricultural products or goods for sales to outside markets or for profit is known as ..... A) Commercial agriculture. B) Subsistence agriculture. C) Seed agriculture. D) Vegetative Planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial agriculture. 9. Rearing of silk warm for the production of silk is known as A) Horticulture. B) Sericulture. C) Pisciculture. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sericulture. 10. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY DR. NORMAN EARNEST BOURLAUG A) FERTILIZERS. B) IRRIGATION. C) MACHINERY. D) HYV SEEDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HYV SEEDS. 11. Many scientists argue that worldwide fisheries are declining, yet the worldwide number of fish harvested continues to increase. What would best explain this discrepancy? A) Fisheries are collapsing only in the areas that the scientists are studying. B) More people are reporting the fish that they catch. C) Only apex predator populations are collapsing. D) An increase in fishing technology and increased fishing effort are leading to an increase in catch despite the declining populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An increase in fishing technology and increased fishing effort are leading to an increase in catch despite the declining populations. 12. Where is the U.S. Corn belt centered? A) South Dakota. B) Iowa. C) Kansas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iowa. 13. The single most important factor contributing to rural land use patterns for most of the Great Plains in the United States is a result of the A) Township and Range land survey. B) Metes and Bounds land property division. C) Physical geography of the region. D) Capitalist economic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Township and Range land survey. 14. Which one of the following fibre is grown on black soil? A) Cotton. B) Jute. C) Silk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 15. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an important skill for professionals in environmental services? A) Physical stamina. B) Problem-solving skills. C) Communication skills. D) Analytical skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical stamina. 16. What is the purpose of crop rotation? A) Maintaining fresh products for market. B) Maintaining price supports. C) Maintaining fertility of fields. D) Reducing transportation costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintaining fertility of fields. 17. Which of these is a tertiary activity? A) Manufacturing wool. B) Selling grocery. C) Agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selling grocery. 18. Root knot disease of tobacco is caused by A) Agrobacterium tumificians. B) Meloidegyne incognitia. C) Bacillus thuriengiensis. D) Thermus aquiticus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meloidegyne incognitia. 19. Roca is an agricultural practices followed in A) Brazil. B) Indonesia. C) China. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 20. "Simple tools, methods of using irrigation and artificial fertilizers are used." This statement applies to: ..... A) Commercial Farming. B) Extensive Farming. C) Peasant Farming. D) None of above. 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