This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the characteristic(s) of shifting cultivation A) Land is cleared by slashing the vegetation. B) Leftover debris is burned & ash is used to provide the soil with nutrients. C) A new site is designated every few years once nutrients are depleted on the initial plot of land. D) All of the above are characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are characteristics. 2. Which of these is not a plantation product? A) Rubber. B) Coffee. C) Rice. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice. 3. ..... involves growing crops on a large scale and getting a major portion of the income from agricultural produce. A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Crop Rotation. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive agriculture. 4. Which is not a form of subsistence agriculture? A) Intensive. B) Mediterranean. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Pastoral nomadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean. 5. Farmers in LDCs choose to grow drug crops for export primarily because of A) Their market value in MDCs. B) Their proximity to local markets. C) Their inability to grow maize. D) Their disdain for the freedoms enjoyed by developed countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their market value in MDCs. 6. Which is the least developed region among the following? A) North America. B) Eastern Europe. C) Southwest Asia. D) Western and Central Europe. E) East Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southwest Asia. 7. The process of growing crops in subsistence areas for sale in more developed countries is what type of farming? A) Slash-and-burn farming. B) Plantation agriculture. C) Intensive subsistence agriculture. D) Shifting cultivation. E) Commercial agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantation agriculture. 8. Which project is most likely to interest a scientist working at a biotechnology company? A) Study and reconstruction of fossilized bones. B) Conservation of key species within ecosystems. C) Prevention of sewage leaking into water supplies. D) Development of genetically modified corn plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Development of genetically modified corn plants. 9. Grass and hay crops grown for animal feed are called ..... A) Forage. B) Nonfood crops. C) Nuts. D) Grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forage. 10. Which of the following is known as the slash and burn agriculture? A) Extensive farming. B) Commercial subsistence farming. C) Jhumming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jhumming. 11. Yellow colour of tomato is due to? A) Carotene. B) Lycopene. C) Lutein. D) Zeaxanthin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carotene. 12. GM foods look and taste the same as traditional foods and crops. The only difference is that GM foods can have A) Better shelf life. B) Genes with traits that improve some characteristics of a plant. C) Addition nutrients. D) All are possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are possible. 13. Bt cotton is not A) Genetically modified plant. B) Insect resistant. C) Bacterial gene modified plant. D) Butterfly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Butterfly. 14. Largest producer of rice in the world is? A) India. B) Russia. C) China. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 15. Geographer Derwent Whittlesey divided the world into ..... agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture). A) 11. B) 12. C) 5. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 16. The earliest known domesticated squash crops are thought to have originated in the Americas more than A) 9, 000 years ago. B) 90, 000 years ago. C) 1.1 million years ago. D) 900 years ago. E) 10 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9, 000 years ago. 17. According to von Thunen's Model, which agricultural zone is the most extensive? A) Livestock. B) Commercial Grain. C) Dairy Farming. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livestock. 18. Pastoral nomads do not typically ..... A) Maintain a sedentary lifestyle. B) Herd animals. C) Eat grains. D) Use animals for their livelyhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maintain a sedentary lifestyle. 19. The crops are grown for sale in the market. name the type of farming. A) Plantation. B) Commercial. C) Shifting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commercial. 20. Which form of farming is typically most concentrated near population centers? A) Dairy farming. B) Cereal farming. C) Mixed crop and livestock. D) Mediterranean. 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