Agriculture MCQs with answers

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Q. Which of the following are primary activities?
  • (A) Agriculture
  • (B) Mining
  • (C) Fishing
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. What is cultivation of grapes called?
  • (A) Sericulture
  • (B) Viticulture
  • (C) Floriculture
  • (D) Horiculture
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Viticulture
Q. The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?
  • (A) Barter system
  • (B) Water system
  • (C) Farm system
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Farm system
Q. Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
  • (A) Subsistense
  • (B) Mixed
  • (C) Organic
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Subsistense
Q. Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as
  • (A) pisciculture
  • (B) viticulture
  • (C) horticulture
  • (D) sericulture
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) sericulture
Q. What per cent of persons are engaged in agricultural activity in the world?
  • (A) 75%
  • (B) 85%
  • (C) 65%
  • (D) 50%
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 50%
Q. Shifting cultivation is also known as Milpa in which part of the world.
  • (A) North East India
  • (B) Mexico
  • (C) Brazil
  • (D) Malaysia
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Mexico
Q. In which type of farming is the land used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock?
  • (A) Subsistence farming
  • (B) Intensive farming
  • (C) Mixed farming
  • (D) Commercial farming
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Mixed farming
Q. Which of these is not commercial farming?
  • (A) Commercial Grain
  • (B) Mixed
  • (C) Organic
  • (D) Plantation
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Organic
Q. ………….. is also knowh as a paddy
  • (A) Wheat
  • (B) Jowar
  • (C) Rice
  • (D) Bajra
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Rice
Q. Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?
  • (A) Wheat
  • (B) Maize
  • (C) Both of these
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both of these
Q. Rubber plantation is famous in:
  • (A) Sri Lanka
  • (B) Brazil
  • (C) Malaysia
  • (D) USA
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Malaysia
Q. Which of the following are coarse grains?
  • (A) Jowar
  • (B) Bajra
  • (C) Ragi
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. Which of the following country is a leading producer of rice?
  • (A) China
  • (B) Pakistan
  • (C) Malaysia
  • (D) Egypt
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) China
Q. Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
  • (A) Desert
  • (B) Loamy
  • (C) Sandy
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Loamy
Q. …………………… is a type of commercial farming where single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane etc are grown.
  • (A) Plantation
  • (B) Cultivation
  • (C) Agriculture
  • (D) None of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Plantation
Q. Which one of the following is known as paddy crop?
  • (A) Millets
  • (B) Wheat
  • (C) Rice
  • (D) Flax
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Rice
Q. What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?
  • (A) Ladang
  • (B) Milpa
  • (C) Jhumming
  • (D) Roca
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Milpa
Q. Which agriculture is referred as Slash and Burn agriculture?
  • (A) Intensive farming
  • (B) Shifting agriculture
  • (C) Primitive farming
  • (D) Plantation agriculture
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Shifting agriculture
Q. Who is the Leading producer of coffee?
  • (A) Brazil
  • (B) India
  • (C) Russia
  • (D) America
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Brazil
Q. What do you mean by Horticulture?
  • (A) Growing fruits, flowers and vegetables.
  • (B) Growing of wheat
  • (C) Primitive farming
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Growing fruits, flowers and vegetables.
Q. Which of these are Millets?
  • (A) Jowar
  • (B) Ragi
  • (C) Both of these
  • (D) Maize
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both of these
Q. Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?
  • (A) Cotton
  • (B) Jute
  • (C) Nylon
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Cotton
Q. Where does the word β€˜agriculture’ originated from?
  • (A) Latin term Agri means soil
  • (B) Latin term culture means cultivation
  • (C) Both a and b
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both a and b
Q. What are tertiary activities?
  • (A) Provide support to only primary activities
  • (B) Provide support to primary and secondary activities
  • (C) Provide support to only secondary activities
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Provide support to primary and secondary activities
Q. What is the science of commercial rearing of silk worms called?
  • (A) Horticulture
  • (B) Viticulture
  • (C) Sericulture
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Sericulture
Q. What is horticulture?
  • (A) Growing of vegetables
  • (B) Growing of flowers
  • (C) Growing of fruits
  • (D) All of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. Why is different crops grown in different regions of our country?
  • (A) Different climate condition
  • (B) Different terrain
  • (C) Different soil type
  • (D) All of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture?
  • (A) U.S.A
  • (B) Bangladesh
  • (C) India
  • (D) Bhutan
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) U.S.A

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Table of contents

  1. Which of the following are primary activities?
  2. What is cultivation of grapes called?
  3. The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?
  4. Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
  5. Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as
  6. What per cent of persons are engaged in agricultural activity in the world?
  7. Shifting cultivation is also known as Milpa in which part of the world.
  8. In which type of farming is the land used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock?
  9. Which of these is not commercial farming?
  10. ………….. is also knowh as a paddy
  11. Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?
  12. Rubber plantation is famous in:
  13. Which of the following are coarse grains?
  14. Which of the following country is a leading producer of rice?
  15. Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
  16. …………………… is a type of commercial farming where single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane
  17. Which one of the following is known as paddy crop?
  18. What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?
  19. Which agriculture is referred as Slash and Burn agriculture?
  20. Who is the Leading producer of coffee?
  21. What do you mean by Horticulture?
  22. Which of these are Millets?
  23. Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?
  24. Where does the word β€˜agriculture’ originated from?
  25. What are tertiary activities?
  26. What is the science of commercial rearing of silk worms called?
  27. What is horticulture?
  28. Why is different crops grown in different regions of our country?
  29. Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture?