Agriculture MCQ Quiz

30 questions

1. What is subsistence farming?

   1. Cotton
   2. Gram
   3. Farming mainly for household needs
   4. High Yielding Variety

2. What is intensive subsistence farming?

   1. High labour input on small plots
   2. NABARD
   3. Sugarcane
   4. Tea

3. Which is a kharif crop?

   1. High labour input on small plots
   2. Cotton
   3. Rice
   4. Coffee

4. Which is a rabi crop?

   1. Protein and soil nitrogen benefits
   2. Wheat
   3. NABARD
   4. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall

5. Which crop is a fibre crop?

   1. Sugarcane
   2. Bajra
   3. Cotton
   4. Small holdings, rainfall risk and market pressures

6. Which crop needs high temperature and rainfall?

   1. Rice
   2. Assam
   3. They are hardy and nutritious
   4. Farming mainly for market sale

7. Which crop is used by textile industries?

   1. High Yielding Variety
   2. Small holdings, rainfall risk and market pressures
   3. Sugarcane
   4. Cotton

8. Which crop needs black soil?

   1. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall
   2. Sugarcane
   3. Sugarcane
   4. Cotton

9. Which crop supplies sugar industry?

   1. Farming mainly for household needs
   2. Sugarcane
   3. NABARD
   4. Wheat

10. Which is a beverage crop?

    1. Farming mainly for household needs
    2. Tea
    3. Karnataka
    4. Gram

11. Which state is famous for tea?

    1. Assam
    2. Karnataka
    3. Rice
    4. Tea

12. Which crop needs a frost-free season?

    1. NABARD
    2. Tea
    3. Sugarcane
    4. High Yielding Variety

13. Which is an oilseed?

    1. Groundnut
    2. Coffee
    3. Sugarcane
    4. Rice

14. Which is a pulse?

    1. Groundnut
    2. Gram
    3. Cotton
    4. Wheat

15. Why are pulses important?

    1. Wheat
    2. NABARD
    3. Farming mainly for household needs
    4. Protein and soil nitrogen benefits

16. Which crop is associated with Deccan black soil?

    1. Moving cultivation from one plot to another
    2. Coffee
    3. Cotton
    4. Rice

17. Which crop suits humid deltaic regions?

    1. Jute
    2. Small holdings, rainfall risk and market pressures
    3. Bajra
    4. Assam

18. Which is commonly plantation-grown?

    1. Coffee
    2. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall
    3. Farming mainly for market sale
    4. Cotton

19. What is plantation agriculture?

    1. Farming mainly for household needs
    2. Large-scale commercial single-crop farming
    3. Sugarcane
    4. Coffee

20. Which state is a major coffee producer?

    1. NABARD
    2. Karnataka
    3. Bajra
    4. Sugarcane

21. What is Green Revolution?

    1. Use of HYV seeds and modern inputs to raise yields
    2. Sugarcane
    3. Jute
    4. Sugarcane

22. What does HYV mean?

    1. Large-scale commercial single-crop farming
    2. High Yielding Variety
    3. Cotton
    4. Farming mainly for market sale

23. Why are millets important?

    1. Large-scale commercial single-crop farming
    2. They are hardy and nutritious
    3. Coffee
    4. Use of HYV seeds and modern inputs to raise yields

24. Which crop suits dry regions?

    1. Sugarcane
    2. Bajra
    3. NABARD
    4. Cotton

25. What is shifting cultivation?

    1. Sugarcane
    2. Moving cultivation from one plot to another
    3. Small holdings, rainfall risk and market pressures
    4. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall

26. What is commercial farming?

    1. Karnataka
    2. Farming mainly for market sale
    3. Growing a wider range of crops
    4. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall

27. Why is monsoon important?

    1. Rice
    2. Gram
    3. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall
    4. Farming mainly for household needs

28. What is crop diversification?

    1. Growing a wider range of crops
    2. Jute
    3. High Yielding Variety
    4. Cotton

29. Which institution supports rural credit?

    1. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall
    2. Growing a wider range of crops
    3. Cotton
    4. NABARD

30. What is a major agricultural challenge?

    1. Small holdings, rainfall risk and market pressures
    2. High labour input on small plots
    3. Much cultivated land depends on rainfall
    4. Sugarcane

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