This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the leading cause of hunger in the world in 2015? A) Crop failure. B) Overpopulation. C) War and political instability. D) Global Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) War and political instability. 2. We also get our food from animals. A) No. B) Yes. C) Never. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 3. Which is an example of an activity one would find in the primary sector? A) Transforming raw materials into manufactured goods. B) Drawing raw materials from the natural environment. C) Involves services rather than goods. D) Service jobs concerned with research and development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drawing raw materials from the natural environment. 4. Source of complementary RNA in RNAi is A) Retrovirus. B) Transposons. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 5. Which of the following types of agriculture products are examples of informal economies? A) Luxury crops such as coffee, tea, sugar, and Cacao. B) Local organic market vegetables. C) Illegal drugs from Mexico and Southeast Asia. D) Non-pasteurized dairy products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illegal drugs from Mexico and Southeast Asia. 6. ..... refers to that part of the agriculture produce which is sold in the market by the farmers after meeting their own consumption requirement. A) Overall production. B) Self-sufficient surplus. C) Marketable Surplus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marketable Surplus. 7. More human power A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistance. 8. This is a fruit. A) Maize. B) Apple. C) Rice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apple. 9. Which country introduced plantation farming in the 19th century A) British. B) America. C) Germany. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British. 10. Nematodes may be free living or parasitic.A parasitic Nematode of Tobacco plants is A) Meloidogyne incognita. B) Agrobacterium tumefaciens. C) Bacillus thuringiensis. D) Caenorhabditis elegans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meloidogyne incognita. 11. Agriculture contributes ..... to the national income of India. A) 33%. B) 22%. C) 40%. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 12. Shifting Cultivation is known as ..... in Malaysia. A) Kharif. B) Jhumming. C) Ludang. D) Rabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ludang. 13. Ranching has declined in the southwestern U.S. primarily because: A) Crops yield more income per area. B) The predominant breed of cattle has changed. C) Long-distance cattle drives are no longer practical. D) Of export tariffs on beef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops yield more income per area. 14. Which of the following is a beverage crop? I)Wheatii)Sugarcaneiii)Teaiv)Coffee A) (i) and (ii). B) (ii)and (iii). C) (iii)and (iv). D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (iii)and (iv). 15. Someone who studies soils and field crops is a/an A) Agronomist. B) Entomologist. C) Marine biologist. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agronomist. 16. The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between those of what two types of regions/countries? A) Africa and Asia. B) MDC and LDC. C) Eastern and Western Hemispheres. D) Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MDC and LDC. 17. Small farm size A) Commercial. B) Subsistence. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistence. 18. Identify the characteristic(s) of shifting cultivation A) Land is cleared by slashing the vegetation. B) Leftover debris is burned & ash is used to provide the soil with nutrients. C) A new site is designated every few years once nutrients are depleted on the initial plot of land. D) All of the above are characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are characteristics. 19. Which of these is not a plantation product? A) Rubber. B) Coffee. C) Rice. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice. 20. ..... involves growing crops on a large scale and getting a major portion of the income from agricultural produce. A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Crop Rotation. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive agriculture. ← 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