Q 1 – Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?
(a) Primary activity
(b) Secondary activity
(c) Tertiary activity
(d) All the above
(a) Primary activity
Q 2 – Which one of the following is not a food crop
(a) Rice
(b) wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Maize.
(c) Cotton
Q 3 – Rice is a subsistence crop in Orissa. In which of the following states, is rice a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal and Bihar
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(c) Punjab and Haryana
Q 4 – Landholdings are uneconomical in intensive farming because: :
(a) Fragmentation of landholdings
(b) Dealing on landholdings
(c) Zamindari system
(d) Use of inputs in farming.c
(a) Fragmentation of landholdings
Q 5 – Muskmelon grows in
(a) rabi season
(b) kharif season
(c) Zaid season
(d) all the three seasons
(c) Zaid season
Q 6 – Which of the following crops is produced during the Zaid cropping season?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Muskmelon
(c) Groundnut
(d) Moong
(b) Muskmelon
Q 7 – It takes almost a year to grow.
(a) Rice
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Maize
(d) Bajra
(b) Sugarcane
Q 8 – Which of the following are known as coarse grains?
(a) Wheat and Rice
(b) Millets—Jowar, Bajra, and Ragi
(c) Pulses—urad, Arhar, gram
(d) Oilseeds
(b) Millets—Jowar, Bajra, and Ragi
Q 9 – How many crops of paddy are grown in a year in the states like Assam, West Bengal, and Orissa and they are termed as which
of the following?
(a) Once-Arabica
(b) Two-Rabi and Zaid
(c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
(d) Three-Kumar, Valre, Waltre
(c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
Q 10 – One of the following pulses which do not help in restoring soil fertility.
(a) Moong
(b) Gram
(c) Peas
(d) Arhar
(d) Arhar
Q 11 – Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
(a) Pulses
(b) Millets
(c) Jowar
(d) Sesame.
(a) Pulses
Q 12 – Which of the following is a Kharif crop and accounts for about half of the major oilseeds produced in the country?
(a) Mustard
(b) Coconut
(c) Groundnut
(d) Soyabean
(c) Groundnut
Q 13 – The second-largest producer of groundnut is
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
Q 14 – Which one of the following prices is announced by the government in support of a crop?
(a) Maximum support price
(b) Minimum support price
(c) Moderate support price
(d) Influential support price
(b) Minimum support price
Q 15 – Tea cultivation is an example of which of the following types of agriculture?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Plantation
(c) Beverage cultivation
(d) Intensive agriculture
(b) Plantation
Q 16 – Which of the following is known as golden fiber?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk.
(b) Jute
Q 17 – Which of the following is the primary objective of India’s food security policy?
(a) To ensure the availability of food grains to the common people at an affordable price.
(b) To diversify crop production to increase the income of the farmers.
(c) To provide insurance against crop failures.
(d) To shift from food grain production to commercial crops.
(a) To ensure the availability of food grains to the common people at an affordable price
Q 18 – Coffee cultivation was first introduced in:
(a) the Himalayas
(b) Aravalli Hills
(c) Garo Hills
(d) Baba Budan Hills
(d) Baba Budan Hills
Q 19 – White Revolution involves improvement in the production of which of the following products?
(a) Cotton
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize or corn
(d) Milk
(d) Milk
Q 20 – Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen
(c) India
Q 21 – Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and Kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
Q 22 – Which one of the following is the feature of plantation agriculture?
(a) Single crop
(b) Large area
(c) Produce raw material for industries
(d) All of the above
(d) All of the above
Q 23 – In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
(d) Punjab
Q 24 – Which of the following is the example of Kharif crops?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Peas.
(a) Rice
Q 25 – Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
(b) Kharif
Q 26 – Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop is grown on a large area?
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
Q 27 – Which of the following about pulses is not true?
(a) Help to fix nitrogen in the soil
(b) Protein-rich
(c) Restores soil fertility
(d) A major export item.
(d) A major export item.
Q 28 – Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid
(a) Winter
Q 29 – In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these
(d) None of these
Q 30 – Which one of the following crops is a beverage crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Bajra
(a) Tea
Q 31 – The variety of coffee grown in India and known for its flavor
(a) Robusta
(b) Madrasi
(c) Arabica
(d) Deccan
(c) Arabica
Q 32 – Which country is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
(d) India
Q 33 – Cultivation of coffee is confined to which of the following hills?
(a) Nilgiri
(b) Aravali
(c) Shivalik
(d) None of these
(a) Nilgiri
Q 34 – Punjab-Haryana are rice surplus states because
(a) Rainfall is more than 100 cm
(b) It is not the staple diet of people
(c) They are the leading producers
(d) They only grow rice throughout the year.
(b) It is not the staple diet of people
Q 35 – Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
(a) Yemen
Q 36 – Which of the following crops grows well in the Black soil?
(a) Jute
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Wheat
(c) Cotton
Q 37 – Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Pakistan
(b) India
Q 38 – Which of the following is not correct about plantation farming?
(a) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
(c) Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates.
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.
Q 39 – Plantation agriculture was introduced in Indian by:
(a) Multinational companies
(b) Industrialists
(c) Chinese
(d) Colonial powers
(c) Chinese
Q 40 – In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these
(d) None of these
Q 41 – The three major cropping seasons of India are:
(a) Aus, Aman, and Boro
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait
(d) None of the above
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
Q 42 – Which of the following crops is not a millet?
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Ragi
(d) Bajra.
(b) Maize
Q 43 – A short season between the rabi and Kharif season is known as:
(a) Aus
(b) Boro
(c) Zaid
(d) None of the above
(c) Zaid
Q 44 – The two main wheat-growing regions are:
(a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap
(b) North-eastern part and eastern-coastal plains
(c) Deccan plateau and Konkan coast
(d) None of the above
(a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap
Q 45 – Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as well as exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd
(c) Tea
Q 46 – Wheat requires annual rainfall between:
(a) 50 and 75 cm
(b) about 200 cm
(c) 200 and 300 cm
(d) less than 20 cm
(a) 50 and 75 cm
Q 47 – Which one is an important rabi crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Watermelon
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize
(c) Wheat
Q 48 – Which State is the largest producer of Bajra?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana
(a) Rajasthan
Q 49 – Which among the following is a fiber crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee
(b) Jute
Q 50 – Which is the right condition for the growth of maize?
(a) Temperature between 21 °C to 27°C and old alluvial soil
(b) Temperature below 17°C and shallow black soil
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) None of the above
(a) Temperature between 21 °C to 27°C and old alluvial soil
Q 51 – Which of the following crops is used both as food and as fodder?
(a) Jowar
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Tea
(c) Maize
Q 52 – Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and Kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
Q 53 – Which of the following types of farming is practiced in areas with a high population
pressure on land?
(a) Primitive Subsistence Farming
(b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Plantations
(b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
Q 54 – Which is the ideal condition for the growth of sugarcane?
(a) Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm
(b) Temperature below 17°C and 50 to 75 cm rainfall
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) none of the above
(a) Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm
Q 55 – Which of the following is the most important occupation of the people of India?
(a) Food gathering
(b) Agriculture
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Services
(b) Agriculture
Q 56 – What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?
(a) 21 %
(b) 12 %
(c) 2 %
(d) 4 %
(b) 12 %
Q 57 – Which of the following is the principal crop grown in areas of Intensive Subsistence Farming?
(a) Yams and Sweet Potato
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) Cotton
(c) Rice
Q 58 – Which of the following conditions can spoil the tea crop?
(a) Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year
(b) Frost free climate
(c) Deep fertile well-drained soil
(d) Clayey soil which has a high water-holding capacity
(d) Clayey soil which has a high water-holding capacity
Q 59 – What is Primitive Subsistence Farming known as in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Penda
(c) Jhumming
(d) Milpa
(c) Jhumming
Q 60 – Which of the following is a Kharif crop?
(a) Barley
(b) Peas
(c) Bajra
(d) Mustard
(c) Bajra
Q 61 –Which of the following is an annual crop?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Cotton
(c) Jute
(d) Cucumber
(a) Sugarcane
Q 62 – In spite of the increased usage of the inputs for Agriculture, the land holdings are becoming uneconomical. How can we overcome this problem?
(a) By using more Modern methods of Agriculture.
(b) By the political support of the respective state governments.
(c) By mobilizing the support for Collective Farming.
(d) By using excessive irrigation and excessive labor.
(c) By mobilizing the support for Collective Farming.
Q 63 – The Blood Less revolution was initiated by Vinobha Bhave which meant
(a) The might government will torture the large landowners to redistribute their lands.
(b) The Large landowners and Zamindars will happily offer their lands to the Landless laborers.
(c) The Landowners and the Landless laborers will collectively cultivate the lands and share the profits among themselves.
(d) Following the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave started the Padhyatra, and Zamindars and Large Landowners started to redistribute their lands to the landless laborers.
(d) Following the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave started the Padhyatra, and Zamindars and Large Landowners started to redistribute their lands to the landless laborers.
Q 64 – The ‘slash and burn ‘ agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in ____________________ and ‘Ray’ in ___________________ .
(a) Brazil & United States of America.
(b) South Africa & Myanmar.
(c) Mexico & Vietnam .
(d) Cambodia & Venezuela.
(c) Mexico & Vietnam .
Q 65 – The Ideal Soil for Maize production is
(a) Bangar
(b) Alluvial Soil
(c) Khadar
(d) Black Soil
(a) Bangar
Q 66 – Name the crop which is grown in some states as Kharif as well as Rabi crops?
(a) Rice and Wheat.
(b) Maize and Castor Seeds.
(c) Ragi and Maize.
(d) Bajra and Castor Seeds.
(b) Maize and Castor Seeds.
Q 67–Two-thirds of India’s population is engaged in:
(a) Secondary activities
(b) Agricultural activities
(c) Tertiary activities
(d) None of the above
(b) Agricultural activities
Q 68 –The farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil, and suitability of other
environmental conditions to the crops grown are called:
(а) Intensive subsistence farming
(b) Commercial farming
(c) Modern farming
(d) Primitive subsistence farming
(d) Primitive subsistence farming
Q 69 –The ‘slash and burn agriculture is known in Mexico as:
(a) Milpa
(b) Contact
(c) Roca
(d) Masoli
(a) Milpa
Q 70 –The ‘slash and burn agriculture in Venezuela is known as:
(a) Milpa
(b) Conuco
(c) Roca
(d) Ray
(b) Conuco