This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which would least likely be a result of biotechnology in agriculture? A) Increase in soil erosion. B) Decrease in use of pesticide. C) Increase in nutritional value of food. D) Decrease in amount of land used for farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in soil erosion. 2. ..... is also known as a paddy A) Wheat. B) Jowar. C) Rice. D) Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice. 3. Has increased its production by 20% per year for the last twenty years. A) Viticulture. B) Chicken production. C) Organic agriculture. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic agriculture. 4. 'Slash and burn' agriculture is a- A) Shifting agriculture. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Commercial agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting agriculture. 5. Which of the following is NOT responsible for low yield (unhealthy crops)? A) Droughts. B) Inappropriate temperature. C) Soil erosion. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 6. Rubber is an important industrial raw material. It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of ..... A) Sikkim. B) West Bengal. C) Assam. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meghalaya. 7. Which type of agriculture will benefit the GDP of Pakistan? A) Subsistence. B) Commercial. C) Small scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commercial. 8. Both sense and antisense RNA together form A) DsRNA. B) SsRNA. C) CRNA. D) SiRNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DsRNA. 9. Cotton grows well on A) Black and alluvial soil. B) Red and alluvial soil. C) Laterite soil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black and alluvial soil. 10. ..... is a harvest festival celebrated mostly in Punjab in India. A) Pongal. B) Christmas. C) Makar Sankranti. D) Baisakhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baisakhi. 11. What name is given to the soil conservation technique used on steep slopes? A) Terrain Cultivation. B) Crop Rotation/ Shifting. C) Terracing. D) Soil Creep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terracing. 12. Which one of these is NOT a fiber used to make clothing? A) Cotton. B) Flax and Hemp. C) Silk. D) Pig Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pig Hair. 13. The first form of agriculture was A) Seed agriculture. B) Vegetative planting. C) Domesticating cattle. D) Plantation agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vegetative planting. 14. A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is A) Agribusiness-oriented land management. B) A "green revolution" in the use of chemicals. C) The preference for livestock over crops. D) Careful land management. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Careful land management. 15. By which name is specialised cultivation of fruits and vegetables known? A) Sericulture. B) Horticulture. C) Pisiculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horticulture. 16. An argument in favour of food biotechnology is that it A) Provides foods that cure disease. B) Provides a cash crop for low income nations. C) Provides more food to feed a growing population. D) Biotech foods are not controversial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provides more food to feed a growing population. 17. Why is double-cropping or even triple-cropping important? A) It allows subsistence farmers to produce more incomes from selling their products. B) It provides consumers with more choices of foods to eat. C) It allows farmers to rotate crops without harming the soil. D) It allows farmers to meet the demands of the ever-increasing population. E) It gives producers the profit margins to meet the demands of investors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It allows farmers to meet the demands of the ever-increasing population. 18. In India, wheat is grown during ..... season. A) Spring. B) Autumn. C) Winter. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter. 19. The primary factor in von Thnen's model for choosing commercial farm products is A) Land price. B) Market location. C) Labor cost. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market location. 20. ..... is a primary activity. A) Oil refining. B) Food processing. C) Agriculture. D) Pesticide preparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOverview 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books