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Agriculture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the folloiwng types of agriculture is done in densely populated areas
a)
Intensive subsistence farming
b)
Primitive Subsistence Farming
c)
Plantation Agriculture
d)
Commercial Agriculture
2.
Which state was the harbinger of the Green Revolution in India?
a)
Punjab
b)
Uttar Pradesh
c)
Madhya Pradesh
d)
Himachal Pradesh
3.

It is the process of growing plants and raising animals for food, clothing, and other useful products.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

4.

It involves knowledge of farm machines or equipment and their proper uses.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

5.

What is the term used when plant of the same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a large scale?

a)

farming

b)

vegetable farming

c)

crop

d)

plant

6.

It is the initial cultivation of the soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil.

a)

Ploughing

b)

Soil Preparation

c)

Leveling

d)

Sowing

7.

It is the process of crushing big lumps of soil that remains after ploughing.

a)

Ploughing

b)

Soil Preparation

c)

Leveling

d)

Sowing

8.

It is the process of removing unwanted plants.

a)

Crop filtering

b)

Grass removal

c)

Weeding

9.

It is the artificial application of water to the land or soil.

a)

Irrigation

b)

Propagation

c)

Revegetation

d)

Soil consolidation

10.

It is the process of gathering mature plants from the fields and marks the end of the growing season of the crop.

a)

Marketing

b)

Harvesting

c)

Gathering

d)

Selling

11.
What Is Arable Land ?
a)
Land left empty
b)
land on which crops are grown
12.

All of the following are physical factors that influence agriculture EXCEPT:

a)

Labour

b)

Soil

c)

Climate

d)

Water Supply

13.

"The produce from the farm is sold to higglers who then sell the food locally." This statement applies to: ___

a)

Commercial Farming

b)

Extensive Farming

c)

Peasant Farming

14.

Vegetation is usually cleared to facilitate agriculture. Which TWO impacts are identified here?

a)

Global Warming

b)

Pollution

c)

Deforestation

d)

Land Development

15.
Which of the following best describes IPM?
a)
Spraying broad-spectrum chemical pesticides as the first line of defense 
b)
Complete elimination of all chemical pesticides
c)
Implementing a variety of cultivation and biological techniques and only spraying pesticides as a last resort
d)
Utilizing only trap cropping and crop rotation
16.
Traditional farmers grow several crops on the same plot of land in a practice referred to as
a)
monoculture
b)
polyculture
c)
aquaculture
d)
slash and burn
17.
Which of the following soil erosion techniques is demonstrated in the picture?
a)
contour plowing
b)
terracing
c)
windbreaks
d)
intercropping
18.
All of the following are disadvantages of raising animals in feedlots, EXCEPT
a)
less land use
b)
uses more water
c)
produces large amounts of animal waste
d)
increased antibiotic use
19.
Which of the following are harmful effects of agriculture?
a)
Algal blooms due to fertilizer runoff
b)
Climate change associated with methane emissions from livestock and rice paddies
c)
Pesticide residue in food, water, and air
d)
All of the above
20.

The development of dangerous strains of bacteria is a result of which agricultural practice...

a)

using herbicides in large scale grain farming

b)

growing crops that are genetically modified for increased yields

c)

increasing the use of legumes into crop rotation protocols

d)

incorporating the use of antibiotics into the feeding regimes of densely concentrated livestock