This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shifting cultivation A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistance. 2. In the winter wheat area, the crop is planted in: A) Autumn and harvested in summer. B) Winter and harvested in spring. C) Winter and harvested in autumn. D) Spring and harvested in summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autumn and harvested in summer. 3. Which of the following was the main focus of our first five year plan? A) Land reforms. B) Industrialisation. C) Cost of food grains. D) Globalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land reforms. 4. Identify group of transhumance A) Bedouins, Maoris, Kirghiz, Yakuts. B) Gonds, Bhils, Santhal, Khasi. C) Gujjars, Bakarwals, Gaddis, Bhotiyas. D) Zulus, Pygmies, Kaffris, Hamites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujjars, Bakarwals, Gaddis, Bhotiyas. 5. The group of plant having maximum water use efficiency? A) C4. B) CAM. C) C3. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CAM. 6. In Maryland, soil preservationists produced a new composite map by combining in their GIS A) Soil quality, environmental, and economic maps. B) Maps on soil quality and proximity to market. C) Dry harvest climate, wet harvest climate, climate change, and soil maps. D) Maps on habitat for endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil quality, environmental, and economic maps. 7. The word 'agriculture' has been derived from Latin word A) Ageri. B) Ager. C) Agri. D) Agar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ager. 8. The enclosure movement first began in ..... in the 1800s A) France. B) China. C) Britain. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 9. Which of the following statements are true about drug crops impact on food supply? A) Farmers in LDCs grow drug crops for great profit. B) Drug crops use up arable land that could be used for food. C) MDC's produce a majority of the worlds Drug Crops. D) Drug Crops are a parasitic and invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drug crops use up arable land that could be used for food. 10. Dogs, pigs, and chickens were first domesticated in A) Western Africa. B) Central America. C) North America. D) Southwest Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Southwest Asia. 11. About what year did the first Agricultural Revolution occur? A) 3000 BCE. B) 8000 BCE. C) 1000 CE. D) 20000 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8000 BCE. 12. .....is a scheme introduced by Government of India for the benefits of farmers. A) Mudra yojana. B) Jan dhan yojana. C) Farmer scheme. D) KCC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) KCC. 13. A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops. A) Herbacide. B) Pesticide. C) GMO. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pesticide. 14. Agriculture is the ..... provider of jobs in the world. A) #2. B) #5. C) #1. D) #3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) #1. 15. GDP means ..... A) Gross Domestic Product. B) Growing Domestic Penny. C) Gross Dominion Power. D) Gross Domestic Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross Domestic Product. 16. All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT A) Cotton. B) Tea. C) Sugarcane. D) Rubber. E) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wheat. 17. An Indian farmer does not want his son to become a farmer.Reason 1-Challenges from international competition Reason 2-Reduction in govt expenditure on agricultureReason 3-Subsidy on fertilizer has increasedReason 4-Increase in import duty on agricultural products A) 1, 2 3 correct but 4 incorrect. B) 1, 3 and 4 are correct and 2 is incorrect. C) 1, 2-incorrect and 3, 4 correct. D) 1, 2-correct and 3, 4, incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 2-correct and 3, 4, incorrect. 18. The seasonal movement from highlands to lowland pastures is known as.. A) Slash-and-burn agriculture. B) Mediterranean agriculture. C) Transhumance. D) Mixed crop and livestock farminf. E) Crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transhumance. 19. According Carl Sauer, why did vegetative planting first start in Southeast Asia? A) The predictable annual flooding of rivers provided needed irrigation. B) The humid continental climate was ideal for experimentation. C) The extensive river valleys provided excellent soil for cultivation. D) The region's high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary, which naturally led to experimentation with plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The region's high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary, which naturally led to experimentation with plants. 20. Man learnt ..... by understanding nature. A) Food. B) Agriculture. C) Eating. D) None of above. 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