CBSE Class 8 Geography Agriculture MCQs

Question. What is cultivation of grapes called’?
(a) Sericulture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Floriculture
(d) Horiculture

Answer : B

Question. Agriculture or farming can be looked at as a system. Which one among the following is not an important input of agriculture
(a) Profit
(b) Fertilisers
(c) Seeds
(d) Labour

Answer : A

Question. This type of farming is practiced in the arid and semi-arid regions of Sahara, Central Asia, and Rajasthan etc. Herdsmen move from place to place with their animals for fodder and water along defined routes due to climatic constraints and terrain. Which type of farming is being referred to?
(a) Plantation agriculture
(b) Shifting Cultivation
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Nomadic Farming

Answer : D

Question. …………….. is also knowh as a paddy
(a) Wheat
(b) Jowar
(c) Rice
(d) Bajra

Answer : C

Question. Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
(a) Desert
(b) Loamy
(c) Sandy
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question - Across the globe, more than ___% of people are engaged in agriculture
(a) 25
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) 30

Answer : C

Question - Jhumming is practised in ____ India.
(a) North – East
(b) South
(c) West
(d) South- west\

Answer : A

Question. What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?
(a) Ladang
(b) Milpa
(c) Jhumming
(d) Roca

Answer : B

Question . Which Of the following are primary activities?
(a)  Agriculture
(b)  Mining
(c) Fishing
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question . Name the term given to the commercial rearing of silk worms to supplement the income of the farmer.
(a) Horticulture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Pisciculture

Answer : C

Question. The word agriculture is derived from the Latin words ager or agri and Culture meaning Cultivation. What does the word agri literally mean?
(a) Natural resource
(b) Seeds
(c) Soil
(d) Product

Answer : C

Question . Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?
(a)  Cottoncorrect
(b) Jute
(c) Nylon
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Name the type of farming practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family i.e.
(a) Mixed Farming
(b) Subsistence Farming
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Plantation agriculture

Answer : B

Question - Cultivation of grapes is defined as
(a) Horticulture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Agriculture

Answer : B

Question . Name the type of farming practiced to meet the needs of the farmer's family i.e.
(a) Mixed Farming
(b) Subsistence Farming
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Plantation agriculture

Answer : B

Question - Growing flowers are identified under
(a) Horticulture
(b) Pisciculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Viticulture

Answer : A

Question.What are tertiary activities?
(a) Provide support to only primary activities
(b) Provide support to primary and secondary activities
(c) Provide support to only secondary activities
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question . Which of these is not commercial farming?
(a) Commercial Grain
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) Plantation

Answer : C

Question - Nomadic Herding is practised in which of the following states
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Tamilnadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Telangana

Answer : A

Question - In India, wheat is grown during ____ season.
(a) Spring
(b) Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

Answer : C

Question. Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as
(a) pisciculture
(b) viticulture
(c) horticulture
(d) sericulture

Answer : D

Question. A few statements with respect to the farm in USA are given below. Pick out the one that is not True
(a) The farmer generally resides in the farm
(b) The farmer does not store the produce and sells even when the markets are not favorable to them.
(c) The average size of a farm in USA in much larger that that of an Indian farm is about 25 hectares.
(d) The farmer from time to time sends soil samples to the laboratory to check the nutrients

Answer : B

Question . Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
(a) Subsistensecorrect
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question . Pick out the approximate percentage of the world's population engaged in agriculture
(a) 10 percent
(b) 50 percent
(c) 30 percent
(d) 70 percent

Answer : B

Question - _____ is one of the important inputs of farming.
(a) Fertilizers
(b) crops
(c) plain region
(d) fruits

Answer : A

Question - ______ is one of the crops grown under commercial farming.
(a) potato
(b) onion
(c) Wheat
(d) Tomato

Answer : C

Question - Growing ______ is a type of plantation.
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) coffee
(d) maize

Answer : C

Question. Name the term given to Growing of Vegetables flowers and fruits for commercial use.
(a) Pisciculture
(b) Horticulture
(c) Viticulture
(d) Sericulture

Answer : B

Question . Which of the following are coarse grains?
(a) Jowar
(b) Bajra
(c) Ragi
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question . The word agriculture is derived from the Latin words ager or agri and Culture meaning Cultivation . What does the word agri literally mean?
(a) Natural resource
(b) Seeds
(c) Soil
(d) Product

Answer : C