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Types of Agriculture

48 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

Q1. Where did shifting cultivation begin?

  1. Afrom Indonesia
  2. Bfrom Thailand
  3. Cfrom the Congo Basin
  4. Dfrom the Amazon Basin
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Answer: B) from Thailand

Q2. 'Jhoom' is-

  1. AA tribe from the north-east of India
  2. Ba type of agriculture
  3. Ca folk dance
  4. DThe name of a river
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Answer: B) a type of agriculture

Q3. 'Ladang' is related to-

  1. Afrom plantation agriculture
  2. Bfrom pastoralism
  3. Cfrom shifting agriculture
  4. Dfrom dairy farming
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Answer: C) from shifting agriculture

Q4. 'Ladang' nomadic agriculture is associated with which country?

  1. AIndonesia
  2. BBrazil
  3. CMalaysia
  4. DSri Lanka
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Answer: C) Malaysia

Q5. By which of the following names is basic subsistence agriculture known in Sri Lanka?

  1. AConuco
  2. BHuma
  3. CMilpa
  4. DChennai
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Answer: D) Chennai

Q6. By what name is the shifting cultivation practiced in Thailand known?

  1. ATungya
  2. BTamarai
  3. CTawny
  4. DHuma
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Answer: B) Tamarai

Q7. What is the shifting cultivation practiced in Vietnam and Laos called?

  1. ARay
  2. BTawny
  3. CTamarai
  4. DTungya
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Answer: A) Ray

Q8. By what name is shifting cultivation done in Myanmar known?

  1. ATamarai
  2. BTungya
  3. CCangin
  4. DRay
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Answer: B) Tungya

Q9. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. ATavi-Malagasy
  2. BMasole-Congo
  3. CChenna - Myanmar
  4. DTamrai - Thailand
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Answer: C) Chenna - Myanmar

Q10. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. ARay - Vietnam
  2. BRoca - Brazil
  3. CKaingin - Philippines
  4. DLadang - Myanmar
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Answer: D) Ladang - Myanmar

Q11. 'Truck Farming' means-

  1. Afrom silkworm rearing
  2. Bfrom viticulture
  3. Cfrom horticulture
  4. Dfrom water farming
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Answer: C) from horticulture

Q12. Intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables and flowers done on the outskirts of metropolitan cities is called?

  1. Ahorticulture
  2. BMarket agriculture
  3. Ctruck farming
  4. DOf these also
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Answer: B) Market agriculture

Q13. Dairy farming requires-

  1. AMore capital, less labor
  2. BLess capital, more labor
  3. CMore capital, more labor
  4. DLess capital, less labor
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Answer: C) More capital, more labor

Q14. What is meant by mixed farming?

  1. ACultivation of both cash and food crops
  2. Bsowing two or more crops in the same field
  3. Csowing two or more crops every alternate year
  4. Danimal husbandry and agriculture together
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Answer: D) animal husbandry and agriculture together

Q15. An important feature of plantation agriculture is-

  1. Asingle crop production
  2. BProduction of various crops in different clusters
  3. CAnimal husbandry and crop production on large farms
  4. Dcultivation of fruit trees
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Answer: A) single crop production

Q16. Where has plantation agriculture developed the most in the world?

  1. ACentral America
  2. BAmazon Basin
  3. CCongo Basin
  4. DSoutheast Asia
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Answer: D) Southeast Asia

Q17. For intensive farming, the cultivable area should be -

  1. Aheavy rainfall
  2. Blow rainfall
  3. Cirrigated
  4. Dunirrigated
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Answer: C) irrigated

Q18. What is the amount of annual rainfall required for wet farming without irrigation?

  1. Aless than 50 cm
  2. B50 to 100 cm.
  3. C100 to 200 cm.
  4. Dmore than 200 cm
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Answer: D) more than 200 cm

Q19. The most intensive farming is prevalent in-

  1. AIn China
  2. BIn India
  3. Cin Indonesia
  4. DIn Japan
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Answer: D) In Japan

Q20. Plantation agriculture does not come under-

  1. ANariyat
  2. BRice
  3. CKahwa
  4. Drubber
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Answer: B) Rice

Q21. Food grains do not come under agriculture-

  1. Arice cultivation
  2. Bwheat farming
  3. Csugarcane cultivation
  4. Dmaize cultivation
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Answer: C) sugarcane cultivation

Q22. Under which type of agriculture, large farms are established and only one crop is cultivated like factories?

  1. Aintensive farming
  2. Bextensive agriculture
  3. Csubsistence agriculture
  4. Dplantation agriculture
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Answer: D) plantation agriculture

Q23. Which type of agriculture is most prevalent in the world?

  1. Aintensive farming
  2. Bextensive agriculture
  3. Csettled agriculture
  4. Dplantation agriculture
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Answer: C) settled agriculture

Q24. Which agricultural system is completely opposite to shifting cultivation?

  1. Asubsistence agriculture
  2. Bsettled agriculture
  3. Cintensive farming
  4. Dextensive agriculture
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Answer: B) settled agriculture

Q25. Another name for shifting agriculture is -

  1. ABush Fellows Agriculture
  2. Bcutting and burning
  3. Cboth of the above
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) both of the above

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