Agriculture Quiz

What is agriculture?

• Growing of fruits and vegetables

• Primitive farming

• Growing of wheat

• The science and art of cultivation on the soil, raising crops and rearing livestock

Name the factors influencing agriculture?

• Soil type and climate

• Temperature and rainfall

• Labour and machinery

• All of the above

What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?

• Cultivation involving slash and burn

• Growing of crops, fruits and vegetables

• Rearing of animals for sale

• Growing of flowers

What is plantation agriculture?

Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.

• Tea and coffee, warm and wet climate

• Cotton and jute, high temperature and heavy rainfall

• Jute and cotton, high temperature, light rainfall, frost-free days

• Coffee and tea, cool climate and well distributed high rainfall

Horticulture means

• Growing of wheat

• Primitive farming

• All of the above

• Growing of fruits and vegetables

Golden fibre refers to

• Tea

• Cotton

• All of the above

• Jute

Leading producers of coffee

• All of the above

• Russia

• India

• Brazil

In India agriculture is a primary activity.

• True

• False

Different crops are grown in different regions.

• False

• True