This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Overview > General > General Agriculture – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Agriculture Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following seed crops were first domesticated in Mexico? A) Rice and wehat. B) Corn and millet. C) Yams and palm trees. D) Squash and beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squash and beans. 2. The loss of the nutrient rich top layer in soil is called A) Soil erosion. B) Swidden. C) Transhumance. D) Undernutrition. E) Shifting cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil erosion. 3. This is a type of shifting cultivation that involves burning vegetation to create fertile farmland. A) Intensive subsistence. B) Pastoral Nomadism. C) Shifting Cultivation. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifting Cultivation. 4. What agriculture do we primarily find in LDC's? A) Mediterranean. B) Plantations. C) Truck/fruit farming. D) Dairy farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantations. 5. Jhumming in Brazil is called: A) Ladang. B) Masole. C) Roca. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roca. 6. The two kinds of lagoon waste are wastewater and ..... A) Radient energy. B) Slurry. C) Preservative. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slurry. 7. In India shifting cultivation is called ..... A) Ladang. B) Jhumming. C) Milpa. D) Roca. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jhumming. 8. Coffee was domesticated in northern Africa approximately A) 100 years ago. B) 300 years ago. C) 1200 years ago. D) There is no coffee cultivation in Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1200 years ago. 9. The ..... method is commonly used by most fruit and tree growers because plants are easy to cultivate. A) Triangular method. B) Square method. C) Quincunx method. D) Contour method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Square method. 10. Dairy operations locate on the suburban fringe of metropolitan areas because A) It is outside the milkshed. B) City residents don't like to live near farming operations. C) It is a break-of-bulk point. D) Access to market is greater/less spoilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Access to market is greater/less spoilage. 11. Man learnt ..... by nature. A) Food. B) Eating. C) Agriculture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 12. Natural genetic engineer is A) Meloidegyne incognitia. B) Agrobacterium tumificians. C) Bacillus thuriengiensis. D) Thermus aquiticus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agrobacterium tumificians. 13. Which of the following is true about agribusiness? A) It is more commonly found in LDCs than in MDCs. B) It is not connected to plantation agriculture. C) It is largely connected to subsistence agriculture. D) It is more commonly found in MDCs than in LDCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is more commonly found in MDCs than in LDCs. 14. The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in A) Southeast Asia. B) China. C) Sub-Saharan Africa. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub-Saharan Africa. 15. What type of agriculture is practiced to feed the farmer and the farmer's family? A) Commercial. B) Substantive. C) Communal. D) Subsistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence. 16. Pastoral nomadism is most commonly found in which climate region? A) Humid low-latitude. B) Dry. C) Warm mid-latitude. D) Cold mid-latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dry. 17. Seed agriculture probably reached Europe from A) Southwest Asia. B) Ethiopia. C) Western India. D) Northern China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwest Asia. 18. 'Slash and burn' agriculture is known ..... in Brazil. A) Jhumming. B) Roca. C) Conuco. D) Ladang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roca. 19. When does the government subsidize prices or pay for farmers to have empty fields? A) Want to donate the surplus to LDCs. B) They don't do that because we are a free market system. C) The government plays no role in agricutlure. D) To compensate for overproduction to prevent inflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To compensate for overproduction to prevent inflation. 20. Georgia was the first state to produce ..... commercially. A) Cotton. B) Corn. C) Soybeans. D) Peanuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. ← 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