This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following are criticisms of Shifting Agriculture? A) Encourages deforestation. B) Leads to soil erosion and depletes nutrients. C) Consumes a lot of land to feed a small number of people. D) All are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are true. 2. Where were cattle, sheep, and goats first domesticated? A) Central America. B) Northeastern Africa. C) Southeast Asia. D) Northern China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northeastern Africa. 3. All of the following are modern states existing in land postulated culture Hearths EXCEPT .. A) Ethiopia. B) Iraq. C) England. D) China. E) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 4. What is an economic difficulty faced by dairy farmers? A) It is labor intensive. B) There are too many regulations. C) Cows need to be moved to different grazing regions based on seasons. D) Loss of farmland to urban sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is labor intensive. 5. Which of the following was NOT a location of independent plant and animal domestication? A) Africa. B) China. C) Peru. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 6. Which of these fields are most likely related to the use of biotechnology? A) Construction and engineering. B) Medicine and agriculture. C) Water treatment and electricity generation. D) Communication and computer technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medicine and agriculture. 7. These are the substitute crops planted too late for regular crops or after the regular crops has failed. A) Catch crops. B) Silage crops. C) Cover crops. D) Foliage crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch crops. 8. Climate for Plantation farming A) Arid/Semi-Arid. B) Cold and rainy winters, dry hot summers. C) Tropical or sub-tropical. D) It varies and can happen in many climates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical or sub-tropical. 9. Which of these terms best matches the following description:An agricultural process that involves nomadic animal husbandry? A) Animal domestication. B) Pastoralism. C) Ranching. D) Dairying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pastoralism. 10. Which animal may be raised in aquaculture? A) Catfish. B) Goat. C) Cow. D) Chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catfish. 11. Growing flowers are identified under A) Horticulture. B) Pisciculture. C) Sericulture. D) Viticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horticulture. 12. Which of the following is Rabi Crop? A) Rice. B) Maize. C) Wheat. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 13. Out of the following which is not a cropping season of India? A) Zaid. B) Kharif. C) Kaffir. D) Rabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kaffir. 14. Food grown for sale A) Commercial. B) Subsistance. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 15. The country that produces the most maize/corn in the world is A) Canada. B) The United States. C) Russia. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United States. 16. Shifting cultivation is most common in which type of climate? A) Highlands. B) Cold mid-latitude. C) Humid low-latitude. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humid low-latitude. 17. Which of the following factors is emphasized the most in Von Thunen's model? A) Labor cost. B) Transportation cost. C) Fertilizer cost. D) Machinery cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation cost. 18. Which of the following statements is true of the Von Thunen model today? A) Wood is still an import fuel source. B) Crops cannot be transported far with out spoilage. C) Despite modern transportation, the distribution of crops is still similar to the model. D) Most communities still get the majority of their food from local sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despite modern transportation, the distribution of crops is still similar to the model. 19. Which on of the following is incorrect as regards to commercial farming? A) Use of heavy doses of modern inputs. B) Crops are grown for sale. C) Family members are involved in growing crops. D) Practised on large land holdings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family members are involved in growing crops. 20. Which one of the following statements is incorrect as regards to commercial farming? A) Use of heavy doses of modem inputs. B) Crops are grown for sale. C) Family members are involved in growing crops. D) Practised on large land holdings. 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