This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Agriculture > Agriculture And Its Types – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agriculture And Its Types Quiz 3 (58 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which crop is most important to india A) Rice. B) Barley. C) Wheat. D) Maizw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 2. Which of these is not a measure to improve the conditions of farmers? A) PIAS. B) Decreasing subsidy. C) Providing MSP. D) Weather forecast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreasing subsidy. 3. Apples and saffron are mainly grown in A) Punjab. B) Hrayana. C) Jammu and kashmir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jammu and kashmir. 4. Jute is also called the ..... . A) Golden Fiber. B) Yellow Fiber. C) Black Fiber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden Fiber. 5. What is sugar cane processed to make? A) Sugar. B) Jaggery. C) Bamboo. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jaggery. 6. What do farmers in villages do?1. Grow crops2. Help the family members3. Domesticate animals4. Trade goods A) 1 & 2. B) Only 3. C) 1 & 3. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 & 3. 7. Cotton is mainly grown in ..... soil A) Red. B) Laterite. C) Black. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black. 8. ..... is a method used to control the wastage of water while farming. A) Crop rotation. B) Crop irrigation. C) Drip rotation. D) Drip irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drip irrigation. 9. Which state was the harbinger of the Green Revolution in India? A) Punjab. B) Himachal Pradesh. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Madhya Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab. 10. How many types of crops found in India? A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 11. ..... are also known as coarse grains. A) Millets. B) Wheat. C) Rice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millets. 12. Which is not an example of Kharif Crops? A) Rice. B) Wheat. C) Jute. D) Maze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 13. ..... is the staple food of most Indians A) Barley. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. 14. The Government of India announced a National National Agriculture Policy aims for growth rate in excess of ..... per annum in the agriculture sector with required structural changes and reforms. A) 3%. B) 4%. C) 2%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4%. 15. What are cropping seasons A) Rabi. B) Kharif. C) Zaid. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 16. Important food, crops grown in India are? A) Suger cane. B) Cotton. C) Oil seeds. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice. 17. Land reforms was the main focus of A) Third Five year plan. B) First Five year plan. C) Second Five year plan. D) Fourth Five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First Five year plan. 18. Tea is grown in ..... A) Kerala. B) Assam. C) Gujarat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assam. 19. The Green Revolution took place in A) 1990s. B) 1970s. C) 1980s. D) 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1960s. 20. What name is given to the soil conservation technique used on steep slopes? A) Terracing. B) Soil Creep. C) Terrain Cultivation. D) Crop Rotation/ Shifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracing. 21. Is cotton a Rabi crop? A) Yes. B) No. C) May be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 22. This crop needs 210 frost-free days. A) Cotton. B) Hemp. C) Rubber. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 23. ..... is known as the Father Of India's Green Revolution. A) Lal Bahadur Shastri. B) Gandhi ji. C) MS Swaminathan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MS Swaminathan. 24. Which type of agriculture is suitable for India and the UAE? A) Nomadic Herding. B) Plantation Agriculture. C) Mediterranean Agriculture. D) Shifting Cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantation Agriculture. 25. The green revolution was launched in India in ..... A) 1960. B) 1947. C) 1950. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1960. 26. Which of these in not a rabi crop A) Barley. B) Wheat. C) Maize. D) Oilseed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maize. 27. Kerala is the chief producer of ..... A) Pulses. B) Millets. C) Spices. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spices. 28. Answer the following:Which Revolution was invented in the mid 20th century? A) The revolution that could produce less food per crop. B) The revolution that could produce more food but not per crop. C) The revolution that could produce more food per crop. D) The revolution that could produce no crop only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The revolution that could produce more food per crop. 29. Assam is known mainly for growing ..... A) Coffee. B) Tea. C) Rice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. 30. Jute is called what A) Golden fibre. B) Diamond fibre. C) Crystal fibre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden fibre. 31. Wheat is a ..... crop. A) Food crop. B) Raw metirials. C) Agriculture. D) Cash crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food crop. 32. Which of the following chemicals is used by farmers to protect their crops from pests? A) Fertilisers. B) Artificial Manure. C) Weedicides. D) Pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pesticides. 33. The Objective/s of India's Food Security System is, are: A) Provision of minimum nutritional support to the poor through subsidized foodgrains. B) Ensuring price stability in different States. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 34. Which country is the leading producer of rice? A) China. B) Sri Lanka. C) India. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 35. Jowar, bajra and ragi are called ..... A) Millets. B) Cereals. C) Pulses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millets. 36. Horticulture is a practice of growing ..... A) Flowers and Rice. B) Fruits and grains. C) Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. D) Cereals and Fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. 37. True or False:Organic Farming was a traditional method. A) True. B) False. C) Neither True or False. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Wheat and barley are examples of ..... . A) Kharif. B) Rabi. C) Zaid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabi. 39. We get coffee from ..... . A) Seeds. B) Leaves. C) Flowers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeds. 40. Rice is a ..... crop. A) Food Crop. B) Cash crop. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food Crop. 41. Ramu's house is in Haryana. He invited his friends to his house to have food, while they came to play. His friends were very delighted to see all the different types of foods made of ..... because their state produces a lot of ..... A) Grains. B) Wheat. C) Maize. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 42. Sugarcane is grow in ..... . A) Rajasthan. B) West bengal. C) Arunachal pradesh. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 43. Which country is believed to be the original home of the cotton plant? A) Bhutan. B) Japan. C) China. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 44. Tinu's father had used the help of a buffalo to plough. What is this process called ..... A) Agriculture. B) Helping. C) Domestication. D) Ploughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestication. 45. Which of the following is an institutional reform under the new agriculture strategy in agriculture in India A) Expansion of irrigation facilities. B) Ceiling on land holdings. C) Use of HYV seeds. D) Mechanised means of cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ceiling on land holdings. 46. While per capita net availability of foodgrains including that of ..... has increased, that of ..... has declined which may have adversely affected the protein intake. A) Pulses; cereals. B) Cereals; milk. C) Cereals; pulses. D) Milk; cereals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cereals; pulses. 47. How much land did Shri Ram Chandra Reddy offer to the land-less villagers? A) 90 acres. B) 88 acres. C) 100 acres. D) 80 acres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80 acres. 48. What is the ideal climate for growing sugarcane? A) Dry. B) Hot and dry. C) Wet and cold. D) Hot and moist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot and moist. 49. Which is an example of Cash crops A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Millet. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jute. 50. ..... is known as the milk man of India. A) Subhash Chandra Bose. B) MS Swaminathan. C) Verghese Kurien. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verghese Kurien. 51. Name the crop that grows well in both tropical and sub-tropical climate. A) Pulses. B) Maize. C) Wheat. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sugarcane. 52. ..... of indians are engaged in farming. A) 2/3. B) 3/4. C) 1/3. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2/3. 53. The Government had constituted National Commission on Farmers in ..... under the chairmanship of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. A) 2000. B) 2004. C) 2008. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2004. 54. ..... is the word's largest producer of tea. A) China. B) India. C) Iran. D) Sri lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 55. Name the crop confined to the three states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. A) Rubber. B) Horticulture crops. C) Tea. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coffee. 56. What are food crops A) Sugarcane. B) Rubber. C) Cotton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugarcane. 57. Agriculture is the main occupation for ..... A) Farmers. B) Forest people. C) Villages. D) Towns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Villages. 58. Coffee and cocoa are grown in ..... . A) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. B) Kerala and Uttarakhand. C) Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAgriculture And Its Types Quiz 1Agriculture And Its Types Quiz 2Agriculture QuizCropping Seasons QuizIrrigation India QuizMajor Crop Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books