This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Agriculture > Agriculture And Its Types – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Its Types Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following is a coarse grain? A) Rice. B) Millets. C) Wheat. D) Pulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millets. 2. Almost ..... per cent of our working population is engaged in agriculture . A) 75. B) 30. C) 23. D) 57. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 57. 3. The 1st Green Revolution took place in A) 1990s. B) 1970s. C) 1960s. D) 1980s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1960s. 4. Spices are grown in Karnataka. A) True. B) False. C) May be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which are the two main beverage crops produced in India? A) Sugarcane and oil seeds. B) Tea and coffee. C) Jowar and Bajra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea and coffee. 6. What is the king of fruits A) Pineapple. B) Banna. C) Apple. D) Mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mango. 7. The largest producer and consumer fo the pulses in the world is ..... A) China. B) Russia. C) Japan. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 8. Mizoram mainly grows ..... A) Wheat. B) Sugarcane. C) Sweet potato. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet potato. 9. In 2010-11 what percent of the total work force was employed in agriculture? A) 52. B) 48. C) 45. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 52. 10. Which is the most popular beverage in india A) Cofee. B) Clove. C) Tea. D) Cocoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tea. 11. All of the following are benefits of agriculture EXCEPT: A) It provides employment opportunities. B) It creates pension for farmers. C) It provides a country with adequate food. D) It contributes to the country's GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It creates pension for farmers. 12. Yes or no?Do television and radio provide information only for seeds A) Yes. B) No. C) Can't Answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 13. What are the 2 groups of crops grown in India? A) Cash Crops & Food Crops. B) Rabi & Kharif Crops. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cash Crops & Food Crops. 14. People who work in banks, post offices, telephone offices, restaurants and hospitals provide us with ..... A) Goods. B) Service. C) Food. D) Livelihood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Service. 15. What type of fishing is done in rivers, ponds and lakes? A) Marine fishing. B) Inland Fishing. C) Fresh water fishing. D) Bay Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inland Fishing. 16. In these, which are all raw materials ..... A) Milk, cotton, tea. B) Meat, clothes, eggs. C) Jute, bags, coffee. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milk, cotton, tea. 17. What are Non food crops A) Cotton. B) Fibre crops. C) Rubber. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 18. Meghalay and Nagaland grow ..... fruit A) Oranges. B) Banana. C) Apples. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oranges. 19. We get tea from ..... . A) Seeds. B) Leaves. C) Flowers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaves. 20. The crops grown with the onset of monsoon are ..... crops. A) Kharif. B) Zaid. C) Rabi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kharif. 21. Cropping season form November to May is called A) Kharif. B) Rabi. C) Zaid. D) None of those. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabi. 22. Agriculture does not consists: A) Horticulture. B) Buissness. C) Forestry. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buissness. 23. India ranks ..... in the world for fruit production A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 24. What are millets A) Jowar, bajra, ragi. B) Jowar, bajra, wheat. C) Bajra, jowar, peas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jowar, bajra, ragi. 25. ..... is mainly obtained from Punjab and Haryana A) Jute. B) Wheat. C) Pulses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 26. Fill in the blank:When the crops are ripe, the farmer ..... them. A) Harvest. B) Sow. C) Grow. D) Irrigate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harvest. 27. Kerala is known as the land of A) Tea. B) Jute. C) Cocoa. D) Spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spices. 28. What is raw metirial? A) Any material that satisfy our needs. B) Something that gets spoiled quickly. C) The basic material from which something is made;for example sugarcane is a raw material and sugar is the product. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The basic material from which something is made;for example sugarcane is a raw material and sugar is the product. 29. In which farming, a single crop grown on large area A) Intensive subsistence. B) Simple substistence. C) Commercial. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commercial. 30. Which country is the largest exporter of sugar in the world? A) Jamaica. B) Brazil. C) Guyana. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 31. Which of the following methods of farming enables farmers to grow different crops on the same land, from time to time? A) Ploughing. B) Drip irrigation. C) Crop cultivation. D) Crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop rotation. 32. How much of the Indian population depend on agriculture? A) 60%. B) 70%. C) 75%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 33. Agriculture is one of the most important ..... in the world. A) Economic activity. B) General activity. C) Favorable activity. D) Common activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic activity. 34. Which state is the chief producer of spices in India? A) Karnataka. B) Kerala. C) Bihar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala. 35. Land Preparation $\rightarrow$ Seed Sowing $\rightarrow$? Harvesting $\leftarrow$ Fertilizing $\leftarrow$ Crop Growth What will replace the? mark A) Ploughing. B) Manure. C) Green Revolution. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigation. 36. Name the fruits in India that have a demand world over. A) Grapes. B) Jack fruit. C) Chickoo. D) Banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banana. 37. The other name of jaggery A) Thali. B) Gur. C) Sapadu. D) Arci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gur. 38. Second most important cereal crop of India ..... A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 39. Cotton is grown in ..... A) Bihar. B) Karnataka. C) Maharashtra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra. 40. In which century the Green revolution was made? A) Mid 20th century. B) Mid 40th century. C) Mid 30th century. D) Mid 26th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid 20th century. 41. Fill in the Blank:Famers used ..... ..... or ..... to help plant grow. A) Animal Livestock or Compost. B) Animal Seeds or Manure. C) Animal Compost or Seeds. D) Animal Manure or Compost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animal Manure or Compost. 42. Which of the following is a technical reform under the new agriculture strategy in agriculture in India? A) Regulation of rent. B) Consolidation of holdings. C) Ceiling on land holdings. D) Use of chemical fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of chemical fertilizers. 43. The first completely organic state of India. A) Maharashtra. B) Sikkim. C) Karnataka. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikkim. 44. Which of the following is the main source of cooking oil? A) Pulses. B) Spices. C) Millets. D) Oilseeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oilseeds. 45. Millets are ..... seeds. A) Dry. B) Healthy. C) Harmful. D) Editable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Editable. 46. What is the staple food crop of sothern india? A) Wheat. B) Maize. C) Rice. D) Sugar cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice. 47. ..... revolution helped the farmers. A) Yellow. B) Blue. C) Red. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green. 48. Pulses are rich in ..... A) Carbohydrates. B) Vitamins. C) Proteins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteins. 49. ..... is called the 'king of fibres.' A) Jute. B) Cotton. C) Coffee. D) Millets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 50. People in the factory turn raw materials into ..... A) Processed items. B) Usable goods. C) Manufactured goods. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manufactured goods. 51. From where rubber is produced? A) Fruits. B) Trunks. C) Leaves. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trunks. 52. This is a winter crop A) Mustard. B) Millet. C) Wheat. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 53. Who announced the introduction of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Youjana? A) Narendra Modi. B) I. K. Gujral. C) Atal Bihari Vajapayee. D) Dr. Manmohan Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Manmohan Singh. 54. By doing this work, people earn a living. These works are are called ..... A) Agriculture. B) Occupation. C) Service jobs. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occupation. 55. What is pesticide? A) A substance sprayed on crops to keep the insects away. B) To keep people away. C) A natural fertilizer. D) A substance sprayed on crops to keep animals and insects away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A substance sprayed on crops to keep the insects away. 56. Full form of HYV seeds is A) Higher yield variety. B) Heavy yeild variety. C) High yielding variety. D) High yield value. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High yielding variety. 57. Simple substistence farming means A) Cultivation on small patches. B) Podu cultivation. C) Shifting cultivation. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 58. ..... is the staple diet of people in the north and north-west of India A) Rice. B) Maize. C) Barley. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat. 59. Plants grown for decorative purpose are known as ..... A) Flowering Plants. B) Ornamental Plants. C) Cultivating Plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ornamental Plants. 60. Which is the chief and most popular beverage in India? A) Coffee. B) Tea. C) Cocoa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAgriculture And Its Types Quiz 2Agriculture And Its Types Quiz 3Agriculture QuizCropping Seasons QuizIrrigation India QuizMajor Crop Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books