Chapter 1: Agriculture - Geography Mcqs for Grade 6 - Set 2

1)   The type of farming in which the crops are grown by farmers for the selling purpose is classified as

a. commercial farming
b. subsistence farming
c. pastoral farming
d. intensive farming
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ANSWER: commercial farming

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2)   The fourth step in the process of growing rice is

a. sowing
b. transplanting
c. preparing the main field
d. ploughing the field
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ANSWER: transplanting

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3)   The type of farming in which the crops are grown by farmers for their own families is classified as

a. pastoral farming
b. intensive farming
c. commercial farming
d. subsistence agriculture
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ANSWER: subsistence agriculture

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4)   The agriculture gives many benefits to countries and individuals which includes

a. food supply source
b. employment of labor
c. foreign exchange earnings
d. all of above
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ANSWER: foreign exchange earnings

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5)   The type of cultivation in which large number of people prepares the cultivation land but land can support only few people is classified as

a. shifting cultivation
b. intensive cultivation
c. pastoral cultivation
d. subsistence cultivation
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ANSWER: shifting cultivation

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6)   The characteristics of high technology farms includes

a. development and research
b. specialized labor
c. technology intensive
d. all of above
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ANSWER: all of above

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7)   The fifth step in the process of growing rice is

a. weeding and fertilizing
b. ploughing the field
c. sowing
d. transplanting
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ANSWER: weeding and fertilizing

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8)   The third step in the process of growing rice is

a. preparing the main field
b. ploughing the field
c. sowing
d. transplanting
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ANSWER: sowing

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9)   The best example of intensive small-scale cultivation is

a. wet rice cultivation in Europe
b. wet rice cultivation in Asia
c. wet rice cultivation in Africa
d. wet rice cultivation in Australia
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ANSWER: wet rice cultivation in Asia

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10)   The Amazon Basin is located in

a. North America
b. Africa
c. Asia
d. South America
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ANSWER: South America

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11)   The plantation agriculture is practiced in the countries that are located in

a. hot desert zone
b. tropical climate zones
c. temperate climate zones
d. monsoon climate zones
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ANSWER: tropical climate zones

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