This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General Agriculture – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One major difference between shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers is that commercial farmers ..... A) Make less use of fertilizers. B) Are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow. C) Do not feed crops to their animals. D) Do not raise livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow. 2. The important ..... of agriculture are machinery, seeds, chemicals etc A) Processes. B) Outputs. C) Inputs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inputs. 3. Fishing is an example of A) Primary activity. B) Secondary activity. C) Tertiary activity. D) Agriculture activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary activity. 4. A type of millet rich in iron, calcium, other micro nutrients and roughage is A) Bajra. B) Rajma. C) Jowar. D) Ragi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ragi. 5. Soilfertility reduces with continous A) Manuring. B) Watering. C) Ploughing. D) Cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultivation. 6. Green revolution lead to increase in the production of which two crops A) Wheat, Jowar. B) Jowar, Bajra. C) Jowar, Rice. D) Rice, Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice, Wheat. 7. ..... is the application of techniques to grow, harvest, and process plant and animal products including sensors, devices, machinery, and information technology. A) Agricultural technology. B) Commodity. C) Food supply chain. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural technology. 8. In the United States, many farms are integrated into a large food production industry, known as A) Agribusiness. B) Commercial farming. C) Food processing. D) Mechanized farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agribusiness. 9. Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia? A) Flooding the plowed fields with water. B) Growing seedlings in a dry nursery. C) Transplanting seedlings into the flooded field. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Growing only enough food to feed your family or community is an example of A) Vegetative planting. B) Market gardening. C) Extensive commercial agriculture. D) Subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence agriculture. 11. Jalpaiguri in ..... is a major tea producing district in India. A) Karnataka. B) Assam. C) West Bengal. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal. 12. Specifically, how do farmers clear the land for shifting cultivation? A) Farmers use machines to cut the trees down and clear the debris. The debris is then burned and the ash is used to fertilize the next rotation of crops. B) Farmers slash the vegetation and burn the debris. C) Farmers rotate crops every year to make sure that the land remains productive and does not go fallow. D) Farmers use modern technology and advanced farming techniques to maximize production on their farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmers slash the vegetation and burn the debris. 13. Fodder crops are types of A) Rabi. B) Kharif. C) Zaid. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zaid. 14. Which invention revolutionized the transportation of meat over long distances? A) Commerical canning. B) Barbed wire. C) Refrigeration. D) Airplanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrigeration. 15. Which of the following crops would least likely be found in plantation agriculture? A) Palm oil. B) Cacao beans. C) Coffee beans. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 16. It is a school that offers a course related to Agriculture and other plant studies. A) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. B) Department of Environment and Natural Resources. C) Agricultural Training Institute. D) Commercial Nursery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Training Institute. 17. Intensive subsistence farming practiced in area of A) High population. B) Low population. C) Desert. D) Thick Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High population. 18. If someone starts rearing silkworms, this practise is called A) Horticulture. B) Viticulture. C) Agriculture. D) Sericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sericulture. 19. Cereal grains such as wheat and barley are thought to have originated in Asia around A) 10, 000 years ago. B) 1, 000, 000 years ago. C) 1, 000 years ago. D) 10 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10, 000 years ago. 20. An example of post transcriptional gene silencing is A) Gene therapy. B) Molecular diagnosis. C) RNA interference. D) Bioinformatics. 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