AGRICULTURE

1) Which one of the following is most likely to result in soil erosion?

a) Contour ploughing
b) Crop rotation
c) Afforestation
d) Terracing
e) Hedgerow removal
2)Which of the following is an input into the farming system?
a) Meat
b) Labour
c) Ploughing
d) Crop rotation
e) Milk
3)During the 1960's scientists developed new strains of rice called HYVs. What is this development
known as?
a) The Green Revolution
b) Rice
c) High Yielding Varieties
d) Irrigation
e) Crop Rotation
4)What term is used to describe the artificial watering of farmland?
a) Canals
b) Shaduf
c) Irrigation
d) Terracing
e) Dams
5)Subsistence farming is......
a) Growing food to sell to a market
b) Using every bit of farmland available
c) Farming over a very large area
d) When farmers only enough food to be consumed by themselves
e) Farming with a very large number of inputs
6)Commercial farming is........
a) Growing food to sell to a market
b) Using every bit of farmland available
c) Farming over a very large area
d) When farmers only enough food to be consumed by themselves
e) Farming with a very large number of inputs
7)Intensive farming involves......
a) Growing food to sell to a market
b) Using every bit of farmland available
c) Farming over a very large area
d) When farmers only enough food to be consumed by themselves
e) Farming with a very large number of inputs
8)What is the CAP?
a) Common Animal Policy
b) Creative Agricultural Policy
c) Compulsive Agricultural Policy
d) Creating Agricultural Policy
e) Common Agricultural Policy
9)Arable farming is......
a) The growing of croops and rearing of animals
b) The rearing of animals
c) The growing of croops
d) None of the above
10)Pastoral farming is.....
a) The growing of croops and rearing of animals
b) The rearing of animals
c) The growing of croops
d) None of the above

11.Which of the following is/are primary hearts of seed agriculture?
a) Central America
b) Europe
c) Southeast Asia
d) South Asia
e) East Asia

12)What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?
a) Commercial
b) Subsistence
c) Seed
d) Vegetative planting.
13)Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal in the world ?
a) Panama Canal
b) Sirhind Canal
c) Suez Canal
d) Indira Gandhi Canal
14)Which one of the following crops requires continuous semi aquatic condition for cultivation ?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Goriundnut
d) Sugarcane
15)Which of the following types of soil have a market capacity to retain water ?
a) Desert soil
b) Laterite soil
c) Red soil
d) Regular soil
16)Which crop is generally sown to restore and maintain soil fertility ?
a) Barley
b) Jowar
c) Maize
d) Pulses
17)Preening is associated with the cultivation of
a) Coffee
b) Rubber
c) Cashew
d) Tea
18)Sugar beet is produced maximum in
a) Africa
b) Europe
c) Asia
d) None of the above
19) Plantations established to exploit labor and resources in the periphery are geared toward
a) industrial crops like cotton, ax and sunowers.
b) high value luxury items like sugar and cocoa.
c) mixed fruits and vegetables like tomatoes and apples.
d) staple crops like corn and potatoes.
e) any and all of the above
20) The rst agricultural revolution and the subsequent transition to food-producing minisystems
resulted in all of the following except
a) barter and trade between communities.
b) higher population densities.
c) more settlements.
d) non-agricultural specializations.
e) Industrialization



21)Name the seed and specify where it grows




22)Name the type of soil and where it can be found








1. E
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. E
8. E
9. C
10. B
11. A,D,E
12. A
13. A
14. A
15. C
16. .
17. B
18. B
19.B
20.E