This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following should be the first step toward solving the problem faced in the agriculture sector? A) Import modern agriculture equipment. B) Provide interest-free loans to the landowners. C) Allot free land to the farmers to practice farming. D) Educate farmers about more appropriate methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Educate farmers about more appropriate methods. 2. Price at which government is ready to purchase the crops from the farmers directly A) Minimum Support Price. B) Maximum Retail Price. C) List Price. D) Agriculture Discount Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimum Support Price. 3. ..... is a plantation grown in tropical regions of the world. A) Rubber. B) Silk. C) Millet. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rubber. 4. Boserup's model states that food production will increase to meet a rising population because A) Farmers will adapt to rising demand and develop new methods to increase food production. B) Boserup's model states that food will fail to meet the increased demand resulting in undernourishment and death for millions of people. C) Life always finds a way. D) The needs to the many outweigh the needs to the few. The majority of people will dictate where food resources are allocated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farmers will adapt to rising demand and develop new methods to increase food production. 5. When was the first Agricultural Revolution? A) About 4000 B.C. B) About 6000 BC. C) About 8000 BC. D) About 12000 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About 8000 BC. 6. What rank is Maryland in corn? A) 27. B) 23. C) 2. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23. 7. What is an example of a subsistence crop? A) Corn. B) Honey. C) Tobacco. D) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corn. 8. Crystal contain toxic A) Protein. B) Carbohydrate. C) Fats. D) Nucleic acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protein. 9. RNA interference is a method of cellular defence mechanism in A) Eukaryotes. B) Prokaryotes. C) Bacteria. D) Cyanobacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eukaryotes. 10. The predominant form of commercial agriculture in the U.S. Southeast is: A) Mixed crop and livestock. B) Dairy farming. C) Commercial gardening. D) Plantation farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commercial gardening. 11. The crop which is known as golden fibre is A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Jute. D) Millets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jute. 12. Which of the following methods of farming enables farmers to grow different crops on the same land, from time to time? A) Crop rotation. B) Drip irrigation. C) Crop cultivation. D) Ploughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop rotation. 13. Borders the sea with winds, moderate winter temperatures best describes the climate for A) Mediterranean Agriculture. B) Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming. C) Livestock Ranching. D) Pastoral Nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mediterranean Agriculture. 14. What factor does not contribute to the variation in food consumption around the world? A) Development level of a country. B) Physical conditions such as climate. C) Cultural preferences. D) Absolute location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolute location. 15. Aus, Aman and Boro are types of which crop? A) Maize. B) Paddy. C) Jowar. D) Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paddy. 16. ..... are known as coarse grains A) Maize. B) Millets. C) Rice. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millets. 17. Coffee cultivation was first introduced in: A) Himalayas. B) Aravalli Hills. C) Garo hills. D) Baba Budan Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baba Budan Hills. 18. Pastoral nomadism is practiced in climates similar to that of ..... A) Mediterranean Agriculture. B) Subsistance Agriculture. C) Ranching. D) Plantations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ranching. 19. Members of the grass family that have edible seeds are called ..... A) Vegetables. B) Grains. C) Nuts. D) Forage crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grains. 20. Europeans evolved from farming a single field in the early medieval times to rotating crops into how many different sections or fields by the 18th century? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. ← 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