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FARMING

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

c)

Arable farming

2.

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

c)

Arable farming

3.

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

a)

Commercial farming

b)

Mixed farming

c)

Subsistence farming

4.

When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______

a)

Arable farming

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Commercial farming

5.

Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of these is a physical factor affecting farming?

a)

Amount of rainfall

b)

Amount of machinery

c)

Availability of workers

d)

Amount of capital

7.

Which of these is a farming input?

a)

Tractor

b)

Ploughing the fields

c)

Milk

d)

Harvest

8.

Which of these is a farming process?

a)

Tractor

b)

Milking

c)

Cows

d)

Rainfall

9.

Which of these is a farming output?

a)

Tractor

b)

Milk

c)

Milking

d)

Investment

10.

What is the most basic form of farming, usually run by a family who work their own land?

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

11.

What is the main aim of commercial farming?

a)

Sell everything the farm produces

b)

Feed the farmer's family

c)

Reduce the number of outputs

d)

Protect the local environment

12.

What are economies of scale?

a)

Operating on a large scale to reduce costs

b)

Reducing costs by minimising production

c)

Spending money on cows and tractors

d)

Reducing the number of employees on the farm

13.

Why is temperature a factor that affects farming?

a)

Each type of crop requires specific conditions for growth

b)

Crops can grow in a wide range of conditions

c)

Farmers prefer working in warmer conditions

d)

Cows don't like the rain

14.

Farming that involves low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land is...

a)

Extensive farming

b)

Intensive farming

c)

Subsistence farming

d)

Shifting cultivation

15.

Farming that involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour is known as...

a)

Intensive farming

b)

Extensive farming

c)

Organic farming

d)

Subsistence farming

16.

Arable farming is...

a)

growing crops

b)

raising livestock

17.

Inputs into a farm are...

a)

things put into the farm, such as seeds

b)

activities or changes, such as irrigating the fields

c)

items produced by the farm, such as crops

d)

none of these options

18.

True or False? Intensive farming uses fewer workers than extensive farming.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

True or False? Extensive farms are usually larger than intensive farms.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False? Most subsistence farming takes places in LICs.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Flowers, animal waste and lambs are all examples of...

a)

Outputs

b)

Inputs

c)

Processes

d)

Farms

22.

Which of the following is a fibre crop?

a)

Rice

b)

Wheat

c)

Jute

d)

Sugarcanr

23.

Plantation farming is a type of

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Intensive farming

c)

Commercial farming

d)

Grain farming

24.

_____________________ agriculture is a primitive agricultural technique

a)

Slash and burn

b)

Podu

c)

Valre

d)

Khil

25.

Which factor plays the most crucial role in governing agricultural activities throughout the world?

a)

Temperature

b)

Climate

c)

Rainfall

d)

Humidity

26.
Agriculture is best defined as 
a)
the hunting and gathering
b)
the altering genetic material of plants
c)
the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
d)
using technology to increase production
27.

In intensive farming-

a)

Maximum usage of maximum land in done

b)

Minimum usage of maximum land is done

c)

Minimum usage of minimum land is done

d)

Maximum usage of minimum land is done

28.

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Commercial farming

c)

Arable farming

29.

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

30.

When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______

a)

Arable farming

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Commercial farming

31.

What is used by organic farmers to enrich the soil?

a)

Fertilizer

b)

Pesticides

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Manure from animals

32.

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

33.

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

a)

Processes

b)

Outputs

c)

Inputs

d)

None of the above

34.

The two most important staple food crops of the world are ................... and ..................

a)

Ragi & Bajra

b)

Tea & Coffee

c)

Millets & Maize

d)

Rice & Wheat

35.

Which among the following are fibre crops?

a)

Millets and Maize

b)

Jute and cotton

c)

Tea and Coffee

d)

Rice and Wheat

36.

Identify the type of farming practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family.

a)

Commercial Farming

b)

Mixed farming

c)

Plantation agriculture

d)

Subsistence farming.

37.

Which country is the largest exporter of sugar in the world?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Guyana

c)

Brazil

d)

Canada

38.

What name is given to the soil conservation technique used on steep slopes?

a)

Terrain Cultivation

b)

Crop Rotation/ Shifting

c)

Terracing

d)

Soil Creep

39.

Some of the ................................. of using these ........................., however – such as build-up of ................................. in the soil, loss of biodiversity and an immunity of some pests to the chemicals

a)

immunity

b)

side-effects

c)

pesticides

d)

chemicals

40.

Main raw material for textile industries

a)

Sugarcane

b)

Cotton

c)

Tea

41.

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

a)

plantation agriculture

b)

livestock farming

c)

mixed farming

d)

dairy farming

e)

truck farming