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Agriculture 100 MCQs
1. What measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price?
2. What law states that adding more of one input will eventually yield lower marginal returns?
3. What is the process of moving agricultural products from farm to consumer?
4. What are taxes on imported goods?
5. What is the exchange of goods and services between countries?
6. What is the ability to produce more of a good with the same resources?
7. What organization promotes free trade and resolves trade disputes?
8. What UN agency leads international efforts to defeat hunger?
9. What measures life expectancy, education, and income?
10. What is the practice of growing a single crop species year after year?
11. What is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously with no distinct row arrangement?
12. What is the mechanical preparation of soil for planting?
13. What is the application of nutrients to soil to enhance crop growth?
14. What is the management of unwanted plants that compete with crops?
15. What is the distance between plants or rows?
16. What is the practice of growing and plowing under cover crops to improve soil fertility?
17. What organisms damage crops?
18. What are caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses?
19. What is the use of physical barriers or traps to control pests?
20. What is the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy?
21. What is the process by which plants break down glucose to release energy?
22. What control the opening and closing of stomata?
23. What is the response of plants to the length of day or night?
24. What plants flower when the day length is longer than a critical period?
25. What plants flower regardless of day length?
26. What is the exposure of plants to cold temperatures to induce flowering?
27. What plant hormones promote cell elongation and growth?
28. What is the component of water potential due to solutes?
29. What is the pressure exerted by the cell contents against the cell wall?
30. What is the loss of turgor pressure in plants due to water deficit?
31. What part of an insect contains the eyes, antennae, and mouthparts?
32. What part of an insect contains the digestive, reproductive, and respiratory organs?
33. What is the external skeleton of an insect that provides support and protection?
34. What order includes bees, wasps, and ants?
35. What order includes grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts?
36. What insects cause damage to crops or livestock?
37. What insects transfer pollen between flowers, enabling plant reproduction?
38. What insects feed on other insects, helping to control pest populations?
39. What insects lay their eggs on or in other insects, eventually killing them?
40. What are chemical signals used by insects for communication?
41. What can help reduce pest populations by disrupting their life cycles?
42. What is a period of suspended development in insects?
43. What branch of horticulture deals with fruit cultivation?
44. What is the removal of plant parts to improve growth, shape, or productivity?
45. What is a type of grafting where a bud is inserted into the rootstock?
46. What is a field where grapevines are grown?
47. What is used to preserve fruits and vegetables by reducing metabolic activity?
48. What type of propagation involves the use of vegetative parts such as cuttings, grafts, and bulbs?
49. What is the lower part of a grafted plant that provides the root system?
50. What is the fusion of male and female gametes in plants?
51. What develops from the ovule after fertilization?
52. What does irrigation and water management involve?
53. What is the application of water through sprinklers that simulate rainfall?
54. What is the application of water directly to the root zone through emitters?
55. What is the yield per unit of water used?
56. What is the sum of evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants?
57. What is the upper surface of the zone of saturation?
58. What is a hole drilled into the ground to access groundwater?
59. What is the planning of when and how much water to apply?
60. What is the application of less water than the crop requires?
61. What is plant breeding?
62. What is the process of choosing plants with desirable traits for breeding?
63. What involves inducing mutations to create new traits in plants?
64. What is the crossing of closely related individuals?
65. What is the total genetic diversity within a species?
66. What are DNA sequences used in plant breeding to identify desirable traits?
67. What is the use of molecular markers to select plants with desirable traits?
68. What breeding method tracks the ancestry of selected plants?
69. What breeding method selects plants based on their appearance?
70. What breeding method grows a population of plants and selects them as a group?
71. What breeding method crosses a hybrid with one of its parents?
72. What traits are controlled by a single gene with distinct categories?
73. What is a disturbance in the normal growth and development of a plant?
74. What major group of plant pathogens causes rusts, mildews, and blights?
75. What describes the sequence of events in the development of a plant disease?
76. What is the loss of turgor and drooping of plant parts due to water stress or disease?
77. What chemicals are used to control bacterial diseases?
78. What are plants that are less susceptible to diseases?
79. What includes inoculation, infection, colonization, and dissemination?
80. What is a mature ovule that contains an embryo and stored food?
81. What is a period of inactivity in a seed that prevents germination?
82. What is the absence of pathogens and pests in seeds?
83. What is the process of evaluating seed quality for germination, purity, and health?
84. What test determines the percentage of pure seed in a seed lot?
85. What is the process of ensuring that seeds meet quality standards?
86. What declines with age and storage conditions?
87. What is a critical factor affecting seed longevity?
88. What is a key factor in maintaining seed viability?
89. What determines seed quality?
90. What is the layer where minerals accumulate?
91. What is the layer of parent material from which soil develops?
92. What refers to the proportion of sand, silt, and clay particles in soil?
93. What is the range of the pH scale?
94. What pH do acidic soils have?
95. What nutrients are required by plants in small amounts?
96. What primary macronutrient is essential for water regulation and disease resistance?
97. What is the decomposed plant and animal material in soil?
98. What soil conservation practice involves plowing along the contour lines of the land?
99. What soil conservation practice involves planting crops to protect the soil during fallow periods?
100. What is the accumulation of sodium ions in the soil?