This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dependence on a single agricultural commodity. A) Monoculture. B) Intensive Agriculture. C) Extensive Agriculture. D) Cash Cropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monoculture. 2. Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because A) It produces about 90 percent of the world's opium. B) U.S. troops consume most of the opium grown there. C) Of the inability to grow maize. D) Of the proximity of the Russian market for illicit drugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It produces about 90 percent of the world's opium. 3. How many percent of India's total population is still depend on agriculture? A) 100. B) 75. C) 83. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75. 4. Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as A) Tribute. B) Quechua. C) Terrace farming. D) Chinampas farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrace farming. 5. An example of tertiary activity is A) Advertising. B) Hunting. C) Agriculture. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advertising. 6. Compared to shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by which of the following? A) Smaller farms. B) Lower population densities. C) Greater use of animal power. D) More diversified cropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greater use of animal power. 7. Arabica variety of coffee is grown in India, it was initially brought from ..... This variety of coffee is in great demand all over the world. A) Iran. B) Iraq. C) Syria. D) Yemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yemen. 8. Which of the following is generally NOT a typical practice in growing rice in Asia? A) Preparing and terracing fields with a plow drawn by oxen. B) Flooding the plowed field with water. C) Growing seedlings in a nursery. D) Transplanting seedlings into the flooded field. E) Machine harvesting and winnowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Machine harvesting and winnowing. 9. Diverse specialty crops such as grapes, avocados, olives, and a host of nuts, fruits, and vegetables comprise profitable agricultural operations. A) Suitcase Farming. B) Truck Farming. C) Market Gardening. D) Mediterranean Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean Agriculture. 10. What is not a benefit of plant biotechnology: A) Is less expensive than traditional agricultural mehods. B) Helps preserve the environment. C) Increases the income of farmers. D) Controls our nation? s obesity problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controls our nation? s obesity problem. 11. What carries the code that tells a plant what color it will be or how it will taste? A) Corm. B) Stem. C) Flower. D) Gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gene. 12. Farmers in MDCs grow crops and raise animals to sell directly to ..... A) Consumers. B) Markets. C) Stores. D) Food processing companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food processing companies. 13. Operation Flood is associated with ..... A) Green Revolution. B) White Revolution. C) Black Revolution. D) Pink Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White Revolution. 14. Agriculture serves as a source of raw material for ..... industry. A) Tertiary. B) Quaternary. C) Primary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary. 15. Some consumers are opposed to the use of biotechnology because of A) Ethical questions. B) Fear of the unknown health risks. C) Biotech products are more costly. D) Any of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any of the above. 16. Which of the following would not be considered a sustainable agricultural practice? A) Use of GMOs. B) Reduction in use of fertilizers. C) Reduction in use of pesticides. D) Ridge tillage practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of GMOs. 17. Which of the following is NOT a focus of agricultural careers? A) Production. B) Marketing. C) Distribution. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marketing. 18. Packaging, canning or freezing and slaughtering are all examples of: A) Marketing. B) Processing. C) Transportation. D) Ag Service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processing. 19. Most domesticated animals derive from parts of Asia, however the llama and turkeys were domesticated in A) Australia. B) The Americas. C) Antarctica. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Americas. 20. Theory that a commercial farmer will decide which crops to grow and which livestock to raise depending on the proximity to market. A) Von Thunen Model. B) Gravity Model. C) Dependency Model. D) World Systems Theory. 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