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Agriculture

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

3.

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

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

4.

it means land management.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Horticulture

c)

Agronomy

d)

Landscaping

5.

it means garden culture.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Horticulture

c)

Agronomy

d)

Landscaping

6.

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

7.

Classification of plant which life cycle is completed in one season only.

a)

Annual

b)

Biennial

c)

Perennial

d)

Seasonal

8.

Classification of plant that requires two season to attain development, mature seeds and die.

a)

Annual

b)

Biennial

c)

Perennial

d)

Seasonal

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Ploughing

b)

Soil Preparation

c)

Leveling

d)

Sowing

11.

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

a)

Irrigation

b)

Propagation

c)

Revegetation

d)

Soil consolidation

12.

It is the process of removing unwanted plants.

a)

Crop filtering

b)

Grass removal

c)

Weeding

13.

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

14.

Which of the following methods of farming enables farmers to grow different crops on the same land, from time to time?

a)

Crop rotation

b)

Drip irrigation

c)

Crop cultivation

d)

Ploughing

15.

Which of the following chemicals is used by farmers to protect their crops from pests?

a)

Pesticides

b)

Fertilisers

c)

Weedicides

d)

Artificial Manure

16.

Apart from farming, which of the following activities are also a part of agriculture?

a)

All of these

b)

Forestry

c)

Poultry Rearing

d)

Fruit cultivation

17.

____________ is a method used to control the wastage of water while farming.

a)

Crop rotation

b)

Drip rotation

c)

Drip irrigation

d)

Crop irrigation

18.

The Kharif crop is grown in the month of ______________________.

a)

March and harvested in July.

b)

July and harvested in September or October .

c)

October and harvested in December.

d)

None of these

19.

Which of the following is a fibre crop?

a)

Rice

b)

Wheat

c)

Jute

d)

Sugarcanr

20.

In ------ farming , land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock

a)

Mixed

b)

Plantations

c)

Subsistence

d)

None of the above

21.
What type of farming is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?
a)
Commercial
b)
subsistence
c)
seed
d)
vegetative
22.

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

a)

Labour

b)

Soil

c)

Climate

d)

Water Supply

23.

Which type of agriculture deals with growing crops and raising livestock to feed the family only?

a)

Pastoral Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Commercial Agriculture

d)

Surplus Agriculture

24.
Where would you be least likely to find subsistence farms?
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
25.

This form of agriculture is declining due to commercial logging of the rainforest and land being used for ranching.

a)

Wet rice not dominant

b)

Dairy

c)

Plantation

d)

Shifting cultivation

26.

Which is not a primary activity?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Fishing

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Gathering

27.

------ is practised in the semi arid and arid regions of the world.

a)

Shifting cultivation

b)

Nomadic herding

c)

Plantation agriculture

d)

Mixed farming

28.

Type of farming practised to meet the needs of farmers family is ------- farming

a)

Commercial

b)

Shifting cultivation

c)

Subsistence

d)

Mixed

29.

What is growing of grapes called?

a)

Viticulture

b)

Sericulture

c)

Agriculture

d)

Horticulture

30.

Banking is an example of ----- activity

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Tertiary

d)

None of the above

31.

Which country is thecleading producer of rice?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

Srilanka

d)

China

32.

----- are known as coarse grains

a)

Maize

b)

Millets

c)

Rice

d)

Wheat

33.

In India shifting cultivation is called ------

a)

Ladang

b)

Jhumming

c)

Milpa

d)

Roca

34.

The ultimate aim of agricultural development is to increase ------

a)

Farming

b)

Plantation agriculture

c)

Food security

d)

None of the above

35.

Tea, coffee, sugarcane and rubber are grown in -----

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Plantations

c)

Shifting cultivation

d)

Mixed farming

36.

In which type of farming does genetic modification is not done to increase the yield of the crop?

a)

Organic

b)

Subsistence

c)

Mixed

d)

Commercial

37.

The important ------ of agriculture are machinery, seeds, chemicals etc

a)

Processes

b)

Outputs

c)

Inputs

d)

None of the above

38.
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
39.
Which state was the harbinger of the Green Revolution in India?
a)
Punjab
b)
Uttar Pradesh
c)
Madhya Pradesh
d)
Himachal Pradesh
40.

The input of farm workers are known as...

a)

...farm profit potential

b)

...farm labour

c)

...farm capital

d)

...farm market

41.

What type of farming involves the rearing of animals?

a)

Mixed

b)

Pastoral

c)

Arable

d)

Subsistence

42.

What type of farming involves the farmer regularly moving without having a fixed residence?

a)

Nomadic

b)

Slash and burn

c)

Arable

d)

Subsistence

43.

Identify the PHYSICAL input in a farming system.

a)

Machinery

b)

Precipitation

c)

Farm buildings

d)

Pesticides

44.

Identify the item below that can be both an input AND an output of a farming system.

a)

Cereals

b)

Temperature

c)

Subsidies

d)

Manure

45.

Identify the feature that is linked to extensive forms of farming.

a)

Regular use of fertilisers/pesticides

b)

High inputs

c)

Low yield

d)

Small amount of land