This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Agriculture > Class 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following is an example for Plantation agriculture? A) Wheat. B) Tea. C) Oil seeds. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. 2. All of the following are benefits of agriculture EXCEPT: A) It provides employment opportunities. B) It contributes to the country's GDP. C) It provides a country with adequate food. D) It creates pension for farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It creates pension for farmers. 3. The land on which crops are grown is known as ..... A) Arable Land. B) Wet Land. C) Dry Land. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arable Land. 4. Agriculture is ..... our country's economic development A) Backbone. B) Good for. C) Backbone of. D) Need of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone of. 5. Fact(If you read in the book you can get it), Kaldi In AD 850 who was a ..... discovered Coffee. A) American, Sheep Herder. B) Arab, Goat Herder. C) American, Goat Herder. D) Arab, Sheep Herder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arab, Goat Herder. 6. Name the organism which helps in the formation of humus? A) Snail. B) Earthworm. C) Rhizobium. D) Leech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthworm. 7. 'slash and burn' agriculture is an example for: A) Shifting agriculture. B) Intensive agriculture. C) Commercial agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting agriculture. 8. Classification of plant that requires two season to attain development, mature seeds and die. A) Seasonal. B) Biennial. C) Annual. D) Perennial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biennial. 9. Bhotius and Gujjaras Are ..... Tribes of Himalayas A) Agricultural. B) Shipting. C) Nomadic. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomadic. 10. In which type of farming does genetic modification is not done to increase the yield of the crop? A) Mixed. B) Organic. C) Subsistence. D) Commercial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic. 11. Apart from farming, which of the following activities are also a part of agriculture? A) All of these. B) Forestry. C) Poultry Rearing. D) Fruit cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 12. What is the cultivation of grapes called'? A) Horticulture. B) Viticulture. C) Floriculture. D) Sericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viticulture. 13. Activities includes trade, education ext ..... are called ..... A) Secondary activity. B) Tertiary activity. C) Primary activity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tertiary activity. 14. Golden fibre refers to ..... A) (a) tea. B) (b) cotton. C) (c) Jute. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c) Jute. 15. Agriculture was derived from the Latin word Agri meaning ..... and Culture meaning ..... A) Soil, Cultivation. B) Earthworms, Soil. C) Climate, Fish. D) Soil, Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil, Cultivation. 16. ..... is a harvest festival celebrated mostly in Punjab in India. A) Pongal. B) Crutch. C) Makar Sankranti. D) Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crutch. 17. Which Crop Requires high temperature, light rainfall, 210 frost-free days and Bright sunshine for its growth? A) Jute. B) Tea. C) Cotton. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 18. Cultivation of fruits and vegitables is called: A) Horticulture. B) Agriculture. C) Fish farm. D) Sericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horticulture. 19. Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture? A) India. B) U.S.A. C) Bhutan. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) U.S.A. 20. Density of Pupulation is higher in A) Mountains. B) Plains. C) Temperate softwood Forests. D) COASTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plains. 21. Rice needs moderate temperature and low humidity A) No, it needs moderate humidity and low temperatures. B) Yes, the statement is true. C) No, it needs low humidity and low temperature. D) No, it needs high temperature and high humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, it needs high temperature and high humidity. 22. How many types of farming are there A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 23. Which is the oldest form of agriculture A) Primitive. B) Commercial. C) Nomadic. D) Intensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primitive. 24. In ..... farming crops are grown for sale in the market A) Subsistence. B) Primitive. C) Commercial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commercial. 25. There are 2 types subsistence agriculture. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Mixed farming is the type of which of the farming? A) Subsistence farming. B) Plantation farming. C) Primitive subsistence farming. D) Commercial farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial farming. 27. This type of farming is practiced to meet the needs of the farmers family. A) Subsistence. B) Commercial. C) Ploughing. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence. 28. Farming can be categorized into A) Intensive Farming. B) Subsistence Farming. C) Commercial Farming. D) Both (b) and (C). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (b) and (C). 29. Where Subsistence farming is practised mostly A) Highlands. B) Tropical highlands. C) Lowlands. D) Tropical lowlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical lowlands. 30. Q5 The grains are notstored in the automated grain storage A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 31. Name the process of farming to produce food, animal feed and fibre. A) Planting. B) Rearing. C) Agriculture. D) Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 32. How many percent of India's total population is still depend on agriculture? A) 83. B) 75. C) 100. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75. 33. The two most important staple food crops of the world are ..... and ..... A) Millets & Maize. B) Tea & Coffee. C) Rice & Wheat. D) Yeast & Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice & Wheat. 34. Where does a farmer of India sell his crop produce? A) Co-operative society. B) Nearby mandi. C) Big companies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nearby mandi. 35. Millets is a type of A) Fibre Crops. B) Wheat Crops. C) Cereal Crops. D) Beverage Crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cereal Crops. 36. Rice, wheat, maize, millets and pulses are classified as ..... A) Fibre Crops. B) Cash Crops. C) Food Crops. D) Beverage Crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food Crops. 37. India is the largest producer of ..... in the world. A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Sugar cane. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jute. 38. What is horticulture? A) Rearing of sheep. B) Cultivation of rice and wheat. C) Cultivation of veggies and fruits. D) Growing leafy vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultivation of veggies and fruits. 39. Agriculture is a ..... A) Primary activity. B) Secondary activity. C) Tertiary activity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary activity. 40. I am known as "Golden Fibre" . A) Maize. B) Jute. C) Wheat. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jute. 41. Choose the correct option from the given below: A) Roca-Brazil / Field-Indonesia / Jhum-India. B) Jhum-India / Roca-Indonesia / Fields-Brazil. C) Fields-India / Roca-Indonesia / Roca-Brazil. D) Milpa-Indonesia / Jhum-Brazil / Fields-India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roca-Brazil / Field-Indonesia / Jhum-India. 42. An example for fertiliser. A) Vermicompost. B) Cow dung. C) Sludge. D) Ammonium sulphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonium sulphate. 43. It is difficult to use modern equipments of agriculture on A) Rugged Topography. B) Deltas. C) Plains. D) Gentle Slopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rugged Topography. 44. An activity to generate revenue or income that is earned to be used to meet the necessities of life. A) Distribution activity. B) Production activity. C) Consumption activity. D) Economic activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economic activity. 45. Which of the following is a fiber produced from plants? A) Fur. B) Cotton. C) Wool. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 46. In which organic materials and natural pesticides are used is called ..... A) Mixed farming. B) Organic farming. C) Farming ecosystem. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic farming. 47. Which of these is a tertiary activity? A) Manufacturing wool. B) Banking. C) Agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banking. 48. Type of farming practiced to meet the needs of farmers family is ..... farming. A) Commercial. B) Subsistence. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistence. 49. The beverage Crop that needs 20 to 30$^\circ$ Celcius of temp. And 50 to 300 cm of rainfall annually A) LEMON. B) Tea. C) Sugarcane e. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. 50. Farm size in India is small in comparison to the farm size of USA A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. The Kharif crop is grown in the month of ..... A) March and harvested in July. B) July and harvested in September or October. C) October and harvested in December. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) July and harvested in September or October. 52. Jhumming, Ladang, Milap, Roca & Ray are also known as ..... A) Commercial Farming. B) Shifting Farming. C) Nomadic Farming. D) Intensive Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shifting Farming. 53. Which activity is connected to extraction, production of natural resource? A) Secondary. B) Primary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary. 54. Leading producers of Maize are North America, Brazil, Russia, Australia etc. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Who discovered the coffee crop? A) A scientist in norway. B) A farmer in spain. C) A nomadic herder of arabia. D) A agronomist in Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nomadic herder of arabia. 56. The term agriculture has been derived from A) German word. B) Sanskrit word. C) Latin word. D) French word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin word. 57. Shifting agriculture is also known as A) Shift and cut. B) Cut and clear. C) Slash and burn. D) Cut and grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slash and burn. 58. Give one word forAgriculture where production is large but yield per hectare is less A) Plantation Agriculture. B) Livestock Ranching. C) Dairy Farming. D) Extensive Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extensive Agriculture. 59. From whom does a farmer in U.S.A take advice for soil? A) Friends. B) Co-operative society. C) Elders. D) Soil Testing Lab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil Testing Lab. 60. What is the next activity to be done after sowing the seeds? A) Supplying water to the field. B) Applying manures and fertilisers. C) Removal of weeds. D) Ploughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applying manures and fertilisers. Next →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture Quiz 2Class 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books