General Agriculture Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. The practice of growing and harvesting fish in controlled conditions is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Aquaculture.

2. Which of the following countries is not a major exporter of beef?

Correct Answer: D) United Kingdom.

3. The fact that meat accounts for one-third of all protein intake in developed countries but only one-tenth in developing ones suggests

Correct Answer: C) Developed nations can afford more meat per capita.

4. The most important piece of tilling equipment is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Plow.

5. The art and science of soil cultivation to rear crops is called

Correct Answer: A) Agriculture.

6. Mixing crops and livestock allows farmers to

Correct Answer: D) Create a system where crops provide food for livestock and the livestock provide manure for crop fertilization.

7. Pastoral nomads

Correct Answer: B) Subsistence.

8. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is:

Correct Answer: C) Transhumance.

9. Geographer Ester Boserup would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

Correct Answer: C) The food supply is adapted by farmers to meet the changing population.

10. Which is a negative result of the use of biotechnology in agriculture?

Correct Answer: C) Unknown side effects.

11. First Indian insect museum was inaugurated in which state?

Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu.

12. What would a biotechnology engineer not work with?

Correct Answer: A) Astronomy.

13. All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

Correct Answer: E) Apples.

14. Commercial Gardening and Fruit agriculture in the United States takes place mostly in

Correct Answer: A) The Bible Belt.

15. The seasonal movement of people and livestock over short distances for the purposes of grazing is

Correct Answer: C) Transhumanance.

16. Mixed farming is practised in .....

Correct Answer: A) New Zealand.

17. Agriculture is a

Correct Answer: A) Primary activity.

18. Food security refers to:

Correct Answer: B) The availability of safe, nutritious food at all times to anyone one needing it, at an affordable cost.

19. Which is NOT a potential health concern associated with consuming high fructose corn syrup?

Correct Answer: D) Skin Cancer.

20. Which of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?

Correct Answer: B) Plantation agriculture.