This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Agriculture > Class 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture Quiz 3 (47 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Manures are inorganic salts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Pisciculture means the commercial use of ..... A) Horse. B) Fish. C) Sheep. D) Grapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish. 3. ..... is a method used to control the wastage of water while farming. A) Drip rotation. B) Drip irrigation. C) Crop rotation. D) Crop irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drip irrigation. 4. Tina was walking through the village where she saw a farmer tilling land. The farmer told her that he was growing wheat and had just added manure to the soil to make it more fertile. What is the process in which farmers use organic manure and natural pesticides instead of chemicals? A) Mechanical farming. B) Non-organic farming. C) Organic farming. D) Original farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic farming. 5. Shifting cultivation is aldo known as ..... method of farming A) Nomadic. B) Jhum. C) Slash and burn. D) Milpa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slash and burn. 6. Name the type of commercial farming where the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock. A) Plantation farming. B) Mixed farming. C) Commercial grain farming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed farming. 7. Q6 The farmer in USA works like a businessman A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. The important ..... of agriculture are machinery, seeds, chemicals etc A) Processes. B) Outputs. C) Inputs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inputs. 9. Raw material are processed and converted into new finished goods are known as A) Primary activity. B) Secondary activity. C) Tertiary activity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary activity. 10. Billion people around the world eat a 100 million tonnes of fish each year. The breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means is called fish farming. It involves raising fish commercially in tanks. Species raised by fish farms include salmon, catfish, tilapia, and cod. What is fish farming also known as? A) Horticulture. B) Viticulture. C) Sericulture. D) Fish farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fish farm. 11. Q2 How much present of is persons are engaged inagricultural activity. A) 40%. B) 55%. C) 30%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50%. 12. Georgia produces almost half of the ..... in the U.S. each year. A) Pecans. B) Peanuts. C) Peaches. D) Poultry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peanuts. 13. It means land management. A) Agriculture. B) Horticulture. C) Agronomy. D) Landscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agronomy. 14. From whom does a farmer in India take advice for the milk he sells? A) Co-operative society. B) Friends. C) Science Lab. D) Elders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Co-operative society. 15. Growing of crops and rearing of animals is known as A) Mining. B) Agriculture. C) Horticulture. D) Namadism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 16. Which one of the following is not a fiber crop? A) Rubber. B) Hemp. C) Jute. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rubber. 17. Continous growing of crops makes the soil rich in certain nutrients. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. It means garden culture. A) Agriculture. B) Horticulture. C) Agronomy. D) Landscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horticulture. 19. Name the crop which are known as coarse grains A) Ragi. B) Maize. C) Jowar. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 20. What type of onions can only be grown in Georgia? A) Sweet Yellow. B) Vidalia. C) Cairo. D) Royal Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vidalia. 21. What is the area of a farm in india? A) 250 hectares. B) 1.5 hectares. C) 300 hectares. D) 0.5 hectares. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.5 hectares. 22. Which of the following chemicals is used by farmers to protect their crops from pests? A) Fertilisers. B) Pesticides. C) Artificial Manure. D) Weedicides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pesticides. 23. Which of the following is also known as the paddy? A) Rice. B) Jowar. C) Bajra. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 24. Q1Horticulture means A) Growing of fruits and vegetables. B) (b) primitive farming. C) (c) growing of wheat. D) (d) none of there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing of fruits and vegetables. 25. Which was also Known as "golden fibre of India" ? A) Wool. B) Silk. C) Cotton. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jute. 26. In Sahara Desert, ..... takes place. A) Heavy rains. B) Nomadic herding. C) Shifting cultivation. D) Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomadic herding. 27. What is the largest industry in Georgia? A) Agriculture. B) Technology. C) Transportation. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 28. Jhumming is a shifting agriculture practiced in A) NEia. B) NW India. C) India. D) SW India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NEia. 29. Juming, Strame, Milpa & Roca day atny. A) Nomadic Farming. B) Intensive Farming. C) Commercial Farming. D) Shifting Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shifting Farming. 30. These are the plants that can live for several years and may produce seeds each year but do not die with seed production. A) Perennial. B) Annual. C) Biennial. D) Seasonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perennial. 31. Q7 Which is the second largest country of the world after ( CHINA) A) INDIA. B) Risse. C) EUROPE. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INDIA. 32. Which region of the world uses rice as the staple food? A) East asia. B) South Africa. C) Asia. D) South east asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East asia. 33. The fibre crop which is grown in religion of 60 to 100 cm rainfall A) Jute. B) Cotton. C) Wool. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 34. It is also known as "Monoculture" , i.e. single crop grown over a large area. A) Plantation Farming. B) Mixed Farming. C) Multiple Farming. D) Commercial Grain Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation Farming. 35. What kind of crops are grown in a farm in India? A) Rice. B) Soybean. C) Cotton. D) Sugarbeet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 36. Crops are cultivated and animals are reared for profit is known as A) Commercial Farming. B) Shifting Farming. C) Mixed Farming. D) Nomadic Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial Farming. 37. Types of economic activity A) Production, consumption, action. B) Production, action, distribution. C) Production, action, consumption. D) Production, consumption, distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Production, consumption, distribution. 38. What is the main crop in intensive subsistence agriculture? A) Rice. B) Oilseeds. C) Wheat. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 39. A tool used to remove weeds from soil and to loosen soil. A) Rake. B) Sickle. C) Wheel barrow. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How. 40. The Country which produces one of the most finest cottons in world A) India. B) Japan. C) China. D) Turkey. E) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Egypt. 41. Which fibre requires frost free days to grow? A) Jute. B) Cotton. C) Nylon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 42. As populations increase in developing countries this form of agriculture is seen as inefficient because it can only support a small population without causing environmental damage. A) Grain. B) Mediterranean. C) Plantation. D) Shifting cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shifting cultivation. 43. Tea is a ..... crop A) Beverage crop. B) Industrial Crop. C) Fiber Crop. D) Food Crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beverage crop. 44. Banking and insurance are examples of ..... A) Primary activity. B) Secondary activity. C) Tertiary activity. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary activity. 45. Planting seeds in a ploughed land is known as ..... A) Sowing. B) Sewing. C) Seeing. D) Sown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sowing. 46. Which soil isn't best for growing crops A) Alluvial soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red soil. 47. Which of these is not a plantation product? A) Rice. B) Rubber. C) Coffee. D) Tea. 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