World Geography | Agriculture
World Geography | Agriculture
1. Which of the following countries has the largest area under rice cultivation?
China
India
Japan
Philippines
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2. The largest wheat producing country in the world is
United States of America
India
China
Canada
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3. The leading producer of both wheat and rice in the world is
China
India
U.S.A.
France
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4. India's rank in rice production in the world is
First
Second
Third
Fourth
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5. Which of the following countries has the highest productivity of rice?
China
India
Japan
Germany
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6. Cultivation of hybrid rice is most popular in
Japan
China
Korea
India
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7. The 'Rice Gene Bank' of the world is situated in
China
Philippines
Japan
India
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8. World's largest producer of sugar-cane is
Brazil
China
India
Indonesia
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9. Which one of the following countries is the second largest producer of sugarcane in the world?
Brazil
Cuba
India
China
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10. Two largest producers of beets in the world are
Belgium and China
France and Russia
Germany and the U.S.A.
Turkey and Ukraine
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11. Which one of the following countries produces sugar from sugar-beets only?
France
Ukraine
Germany
Italy
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12. Which is the largest cotton seed: producing country in the world?
China
Egypt
USA
Russia
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13. Which of the following countries has the highest per hectare production of cotton in the world?
Israel
Mexico
Pakistan
Australia
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14. Which of the following countries is the largest producer exporter of castor-oilseeds?
France
India
Japan
China
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15. The largest producer of bananas in the world is
Columbia
Zimbabwe
Malaysia
India
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16. The largest producer of coconut in the world is
Brazil
India
Indonesia
Philistine
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17. What is the rank of India in the world as a fruit producer?
Third
Fourth
First
Second
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18. Which country in the world is the largest producer of tobacco?
China
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
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19. Which one of the following countries exports highest percentage of its sug- ar production?
India
Mauritius
Mexico
China
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20. About one-third of the world's production of natural rubber comes from
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
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21. The largest rubber cultivation is done in
India
China
Indonesia
England
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22. Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease
Leaf blight
Leaf spot
Leaf rust
Rot
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23. Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called
Estate
Estancias
Kalkhozes
Fazendas
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24. The two leading producers of coffee in the world are
Brazil and Columbia
Brazil and Vietnam
Mexico and India
Ethiopia and Mexico
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25. The country at the top in terms of percentage of total coffee production in the world is
Columbia
Brazil
India
Ethiopia
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26. Which one of the following countries is the second largest exporter of coffee in the world?
Indonesia
Columbia
Vietnam
Brazil
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27. Which one of the following countries is the largest exporter of tea in the world?
India
China
Kenya
Sri Lanka
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28. Large amount of labour is applied on small-sized holdings under the system of
Mediterranean Farming
Oriental Farming
Commercial Farming
Commercial Horticulture
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29. A cropping system where crops are grown in the inter spaces between rows of planted trees is called
Relay cropping
Mixed cropping
Inter-cropping
Alley cropping
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30. 'Monoculture' is a distinct characteristic of
Commercial grain-farming
Shifting cultivation
Subsistence farming
Organic farming
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31. Which one of the following is not a type of shifting cultivation?
Jhooming
Fang
Milpa
Fazenda
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32. Taungya' agriculture is practised in
Myanmar
Japan
New Zealand
Philippines
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33. Azolla-Anabaena Bio-fertilizer is used for crop
Wheat
Rice
Mustard
Cotton
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34. Which one of the following is used as a bio-fertilizer?
Neem
Azolla
Urea
Potassium
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35. Blue Green Algae is used as bio- fertilizer to induce which of the following crop production?
Wheat
Rice
Gram
Mustard
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36. 'Alfalfa' is
A kind of grass
A tribe
An animal
A town
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37. What is Podzol?
Soil found in Coniferous forest region
Soil of arid region
Very fertile alluvial soil
None of the above
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38. 'Mocha' coffee is grown in
Iraq
Brazil
Argentina
Yemen
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39. Which one of the following is not found in Tea?
Theanine
Caffeine
Tannin
Morphine
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40. Heroin is obtained from
Hemp
Opium
Tobacco
Betel nut
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41. In which of the following group of countries maize is used as staple food?
Western Europe
Russia
Middle Africa
South-East Asia
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42. Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, renowned for vitreous and citrus fruit production in America, is located at
California
Alaska
Mexico
Columbia
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43. In which one of the following countries high yielding variety seed were developed for the first time?
Argentina
China
Mexico
India
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44. Wood of which tree is used for catechu production?
Saal
Khair
Babool
Saaja
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45. Peanuts are the main crop of
Georgia
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
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46. The native place of groundnut is
Australia
Brazil
China
South Africa
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47. Most attractive, warmest and lightest wool of the world 'Shahtoosh' is produced in
Nepal
Uzbekistan
China
Bangladesh
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48. Shahtoosh shawl is made from the hairs of
Hangul
Chinkara
Chiru
Merino
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49. Apiculture is the scientific method related to the production of
Honey
Silk
Apple
Lac
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50. Viticulture is known for the production of
Orange
Grapes
Apple
Saffron
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51. What is the rank of India in silk production in the world?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
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52. Which one amongst the following has the largest livestock population in the world?
Brazil
China
India
USA
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53. Which of the following has destroyed the image of 'beef as a safe and healthy food in Europe and America?
Bird flu disease
Mad cow disease
Methods used in Pig farming
Poultry practices
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54. The leading producer of milk in the world is
China
India
USA
Australia
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55. The correct descending order of the leading producers of milk is
China, India, Russia, U.S.A.
India, U.S.A., China, Russia
U.S.A., India, China, Russia
India, China, U.S.A., Russia
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56. Which one of the following countries ranks second in the production of Corn in the world?
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
China
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57. Which one of the following is called the 'Sugar Bowl' of the world?
Hawaii Islands
Cuba
India
Philippines
