Question 1
The following is the attribute of sustainable agriculture
Incorrect
- Higher yield over time
- Selected: Mechanization
- Capital intensive
- Soil quality maintained/improved
- Labour intensive
Question 2
An important practice in sustainable agriculture that breaks weed and pest life cycles and provides fertilization is ….
Correct!
- Selected: Crop rotation
- Irrigation
- Mechanization
- Pesticide application
- None of the above
Question 3
Growing brinjal and chili plants in alternate rows is known as ….
Correct!
- Cover cropping
- Mulching
- Crop rotation
- Selected: Intercropping
- Fertigation
Question 4
Which of the following can potentially contaminate groundwater supplies?
Incorrect
- Selected: i. Nitrate
- ii. Antibiotics
- Selected: iii. Phosphate
Question 5
The main goals of sustainable agriculture are as follow, except …
Correct!
- Economic development
- Environmental conservation
- Selected: Resource exploitation
- Socio-economic benefits
Question 6
Some term commonly use to refer sustainable agriculture ….
Incorrect
- Natural farming
- Selected: Organic farming
- Holistic farming
- Biological farming
- All answers above
Question 7
Sustainable agriculture systems share a vision of farming with nature. One of the following statements is not promoted by sustainable agriculture ….
Correct!
- Recycling of plant nutrients
- Integrating crops and livestock
- Selected: Large scale monocropping
- Conserving and protecting soil from erosion
Question 8
The following statements constitute the objectives of rural community practicing sustainable agriculture except ….
Incorrect
- Selected: Environmental health and diversity
- Economic profitability
- Social and economic equity
- High productivity, making food abundant and cheap
Question 9
Crop rotation is the first step towards increasing biodiversity on the farm. One of the following statements does not constitute the advantages of crop rotation.
Incorrect
- Selected: Helps break weed and pest life cycles
- Provide complimentary fertilization among crops
- Reduce soil erosion and increase soil quality
- Do not contribute enough new organic matter to replace what is lost from open soil between rows
Question 10
10. To avoid insect attack on crops grown in the organic farming system, this practice is used …..
Correct!
- Use of insecticides
- Use of organic fertilizer
- Selected: Crop grown in rotation
- Spray the plant with water
Result:
5/10
