14000+ MCQs World Geography (Agriculture Geography)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/12/2025
1. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
I. Relay cropping involves planting another crop in the same field without harvesting the first.
II. It helps in avoiding the competition between main crop and the other crops.
III. Relay cropping improves soil fertility.
2. Intensive subsistence agriculture is practised mainly in which of the following regions?
3. Assertion (A) In Kazakhstan, transhumance is practiced. Reason (R) There is a seasonal shifting of snowline in the mountains.
4. Which one of the following is not a type of commercial agriculture?
5. Dairy farming is practised in which of the following regions?
6. Which of the following describes cooperative farming?
7. The reasons for underdevelopment of fishing industry in tropics are
I. Tropical fish are oily, and so less popular as food.
II. Continental shelves are almost absent.
III. The different species are usually mixed and shoals of same species are rare.
IV. The tropical fishing industry is less mechanised.
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8. Which of the following is true regarding dairy farming?
9. Largest producer of wheat in the world is
10. Nomadic herding forms which of the following types of agriculture?
11. Under which of the following types of agriculture, food crops for self-consumption are grown?
12. Which of the following is true regarding Pastoral Nomadism?
I. Nomads are primarily dependent upon animals rather than crops for survival.
II. The selection of animals is made according to the demands of the market.
III. Nomadic herding is subsistence form of agriculture.
13. The average temperature required for maize to grow is
14. What is/are the advantage/advantages of zero tillage in agriculture?
I. Sowing of wheat is possible without burning the residue of previous crop.
II. Without the need for nursery of rice saplings, direct planting of paddy seeds in the wet soil is possible.
III. Carbon sequestration in the soil is possible.
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15. Which among the following is the largest rice producer of the world?
16. Which of the following are correct?
I. Cod is a pelagic fish.
II. Toba in Ise Bay, Japan is renowned for its pearl industry.
III. Stavanger, Norway specialises in canning of a fish-brisling.
IV. Norway’s fishing industry shifts to Lotofen Island from Bergen in autumn.
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17. The largest maize producer of the world is
18. The greatest share of fisheries comes from
19. Most of the world’s citrus fruit production takes place in
20. In which one of the following countries cooperative farming was the most successful experiment?
21. What are the advantages of fertigation in agriculture?
I. Controlling the alkalinity of irrigation water is possible.
II. Efficient application of Rock Phosphate and all other phosphatic fertilisers is possible.
III. Increased availability of nutrients to plants is possible.
IV. Reduction in the leaching of chemical nutrients is possible.
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22. Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?
23. Growing two crops in the same agricultural field one after the other in the same year is termed as
24. The factors that encourage fishing industries are
I. Long continental shelves.
II. Meeting of warm and cold ocean currents.
III. Little availability of agricultural land.
IV. Indented coastline.
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25. Horticulture is widely farmed in
26. Which of the following regions practise mixed farming?
27. The advantages of strip cropping include which of the following?
28. Assertion (A) For crop selection to be successful, the combination of crops should complement each other. Reason (R) Strip cropping avoids many of the disadvantages of intercropping.
29. Consider the following statements about commercial grain farming.
I. Two types of wheat are grown under commercial grain farming.
II. The produce is used for export purposes.
III. It requires higher investments in machinery.
Which of the above statement/s is/are true?
30. Which one of the following activities is not a secondary sector activity?
31. Which of the following is/are true regarding plantation agriculture?
I. Plantations were introduced by colonialists in their colonies.
II. Plantation farming is practised on large estates.
III. It requires a good transport system.
32. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct regarding viticulture?
I. Viticulture is practised in Mediterranean region.
II. Viticulture is practised on the Persian shores of Caspian sea.
33. Assertion (A) The number of pastoral nomads have been increasing in the world. Reason (R) Pastoral nomadism is subsistence in nature.
34. Shifting cultivation, or slash and burn agriculture is practised in which of the regions?
35. Which of the following is not a characteristic of commercial grain cultivation?
36. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
I. Crops change in each subsequent year under crop rotation.
II. Complementary crops are grown under crop rotation.
III. Crop rotation increases the risk of crop failure for the farmers.
37. The world’s major commercial fishing grounds are located in
38. Rice grows best in which of the following conditions?
39. One of the disadvantages with intercropping is that
40. Assertion (A) Shifting cultivation produces low volume of crops with simple tools. Reason (R) Shifting cultivation is primitive form of agriculture.
41. Spring wheat is grown in which of the following regions?
42. Which of the following is true regarding agriculture?
I. Agriculture is the most widely adopted occupation of the world.
II. In developing countries, agriculture is a major contributor to GDP and employment.
III. Agriculture developed only during medieval times.
43. The most dominant feature of intensive subsistence agriculture is
44. The most important feature of Mediterranean agriculture is
45. Sericulture is a rearing practice of
46. Assertion (A) Mixed farming reduces the risk of farming for small and marginal farmers. Reason (R) Mixed farming involves animal rearing as well as crop production.
47. Assertion (A) Jhumming significantly reduces soil fertility. Reason (R) Number of tribes practising shifting cultivation are reducing.
48. Shifting cultivation is known as ……… in Central America.
49. Monocropping results in which of the following problems in agricultural fields?
50. Which of the following statement/s with regard to the Mediterranean agriculture is/are correct?
I. The Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialised commercial agriculture.
II. It is intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation.
III. It is a primitive subsistence agriculture.
IV. Viticulture is a speciality of the Mediterranean region.
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