General Agriculture Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. In arid climates, like Southern California and the Middle East, ..... can cause the soil to become salty and infertile.

Correct Answer: C) Salinization.

2. What area of the world first incorporated domestication of both plants and animals which led to civilization?

Correct Answer: B) The Middle East/Fertile Crescent.

3. A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area

Correct Answer: D) Ranching.

4. Intensive subsistence wet rice production is most commonly practiced in

Correct Answer: B) Southeast Asia.

5. The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Correct Answer: B) Relative location.

6. The largest proportion of farmers in Asia practice

Correct Answer: D) Intensive subsistence.

7. The rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, new high yield seeds and fertilizers is called what

Correct Answer: A) Green Revolution.

8. The Green revolution was successful in Punjab, Haryana, ..... and parts of Rajasthan

Correct Answer: A) Western Uttar Pradesh.

9. What are the examples of food crops

Correct Answer: A) Rice, Wheat, Millets, Maize and Pulses.

10. Which of the following category does not include in agriculture?

Correct Answer: A) Forest.

11. What does the word cultivate mean?

Correct Answer: A) To care for.

12. Which of the following is not considered commercial agriculture?

Correct Answer: D) Intensive subsistence wet rice.

13. Farmers all over the world share the following problems?

Correct Answer: C) Inadequate income.

14. Land space is becoming less available for agriculture. To gain high yields in relatively small areas, farmers should practice:

Correct Answer: A) Intensive farming.

15. The predominant form of agriculture in the U.S. Southeast is

Correct Answer: D) Commercial gardening.

16. Commercial Agriculture is often practiced in which type of countries?

Correct Answer: A) Developed.

17. The first agricultural revolution caused the world's population to

Correct Answer: A) Grow.

18. ) The direction and frequency of hunter-gatherer migration depended on

Correct Answer: A) The movement of game and the seasonal growth of plants.

19. Which crop does not require 'clayey soil'?

Correct Answer: D) Cotton.

20. Watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops are the types of

Correct Answer: A) Zaid crop.