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Quiz about A Farmers Life
Quiz about A Farmers Life

A Farmer's Life Trivia Quiz


Farming is the occupation which keeps us all fed; without which we'd all starve. But how aware are you of what goes on behind the scenes? Step into a farmer's shoes and see how much you know.

A multiple-choice quiz by achernar. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
achernar
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
150,686
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
7940
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. You have decided to give up your current job, and enter the wonderful world of agriculture! First things first- you have to find a suitable location to set up your farm. You need a place with a good quality soil, even terrain, a decent climate, adequate infrastructure and water-supply, among other things. You are interested in growing a variety of crops- pulses, cereals, vegetables...and so on. Which of the following locations would be *best* suited for setting up your farm? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You finally pick a little plot of land in the Derbyshire, England and the soil has turned out to be very poor indeed. To improve it you have two options - using natural fertilisers (manures), or artificial, industrially-produced fertilisers. You know that manures are better for the soil but due to circumstances beyond your control you will have to settle for the artificial fertiliser. Which three important elements should be present in the fertilisers? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Once you've sown your seeds, and the crops' growth is underway, you face your next great challenge - insects! Some of them, like locusts and grasshoppers, attack the crop by chewing it with their mouth. Others, like aphids, suck the crops' cell-sap, causing the crops to wither and die. Some insects, such as weevils, bore into the crop, attacking it from inside. Some others attack them at their roots! What is the name of a class of chemicals used by most farmers to get rid of those baneful critters? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. You have noticed that lately that your crops have been doing particularly badly. The harvest has steeply fallen, and so have profits! After hiring an expert to take a closer look at your crop-yields, you are told that the problem is due to certain plants like parthenium, eupatorium, amaranthus, and grass, which have been competing with your crop for water, soil-nutrients, and sunlight. What is the general name for these unwanted plants? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Congratulations! Your farm is now well-established and now it's time to have a go at animal husbandry. You fill in the order form in "Farmers' Monthly" and place orders for 20 no(s) each of: Australorp, Black Minorca, Barred Plymouth, HH260, IBL-80 and B-77. What in the world have you just bought? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Your unsuccessful experiment with HH260s and Rhode Island Reds has prompted you to expand your operations by trying your hand at keeping another type of domestic animal- cattle! You have a hard time selecting between the various wonderful breeds, but finally you decide to go with the Jersey breed of cow. Four of them are expected to arrive at your farm next Tuesday. This cow is now available the world over, but what was the first home of the Jersey cow? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Your harvest the previous year hadn't been too good, rats had invaded the godown and eaten up half your stock! This year, however, you took precautions, and sealed all entrances, and minimised chances for rats to access the grain. This year, however, your grain met another foe- microbes! Moulds and yeasts mercilessly attacked it, and destroyed around 1/3rd of it! How could you have prevented this from happening? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You're tired of the regular farm life, with boring cows grazing and corn growing, and want something 'new'. And then it strikes you -- pisciculture- the cultivation of fish! You prepare a fresh-water pond, create ideal conditions for the growth of fish (with the help of a pisciculture expert), and everything is ready. But wait- what about the fish? Which of the following fish will NOT do very well for your pond? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. You read in the magazine "Farmers' Monthly", that growing the same crop year after year on the same patch of land can lead to the degradation of soil fertility to a very high extent. Now you know why your poor potatoes were doing so badly! This leads you to discover the idea of crop rotation.

'Crop rotation' means the growing of two or more crops on a piece of land, in a planned succession, so that nutrient A can be replenished in the off season and nutrient B can be replenished in the on season. For example, if you grow rice in summer, you could grow wheat in winter on the same piece of land.
Anyway, your corn-crop leaves the soil severely devoid of nitrogen at the end of the season and you want a crop which will replenish it, AND will also be a healthy cattle-feed for your Jersey cows!

Which of the following crops should you grow?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A scientist from a local university approaches you, asking if you want to use their 'hybrid' seeds. He says that they have extraordinary properties, like resistance to pests, and will guarantee you a greater harvest. "Ah!", he says, "we are part of a 40-year-old global movement; the ___ Revolution!" Fill in the blank with the name of a colour.

Answer: (one word; a colour)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You have decided to give up your current job, and enter the wonderful world of agriculture! First things first- you have to find a suitable location to set up your farm. You need a place with a good quality soil, even terrain, a decent climate, adequate infrastructure and water-supply, among other things. You are interested in growing a variety of crops- pulses, cereals, vegetables...and so on. Which of the following locations would be *best* suited for setting up your farm?

Answer: The Central Plains of North America

Of course, there are a gazillion other places in the world where you might want to set up your farm, depending on the circumstances. For example, if you wanted to grow olives and grapes, Italy, southern France, Greece, and other places on the Mediterranean coast would do you well. If you were interested in growing rice, then the Mediterranean coast wouldn't satisfy your needs.

I'm pretty sure Mount Everest, Antarctica, and the Atacama Desert in Chile (the driest place in the world) aren't very suited for the cultivation of a variety of crops.
2. You finally pick a little plot of land in the Derbyshire, England and the soil has turned out to be very poor indeed. To improve it you have two options - using natural fertilisers (manures), or artificial, industrially-produced fertilisers. You know that manures are better for the soil but due to circumstances beyond your control you will have to settle for the artificial fertiliser. Which three important elements should be present in the fertilisers?

Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK) are the three principal plant nutrients required for the survival of all plants! If crop-plants are grown in the same soil, year after year (which was probably the case before that snake-in-the-grass-of-a-dealer sold you the plot), these nutrients tend to get depleted. NPK fertilisers are required to replenish the soil of these nutrients.

In the long run, however, artificial fertilisers have a lasting negative effect on the soil. This is why farmers are increasingly turning towards natural fertilisers, like manure, compost (bacterial action on organic waste) and vermiculture (involving earthworms).
3. Once you've sown your seeds, and the crops' growth is underway, you face your next great challenge - insects! Some of them, like locusts and grasshoppers, attack the crop by chewing it with their mouth. Others, like aphids, suck the crops' cell-sap, causing the crops to wither and die. Some insects, such as weevils, bore into the crop, attacking it from inside. Some others attack them at their roots! What is the name of a class of chemicals used by most farmers to get rid of those baneful critters?

Answer: insecticides

Unfortunately, being artificial substances, insecticides also pose a substantial hazard to our environment. Once they've fulfilled their purpose of repelling insects from crops, they enter the environment, and can cause a whole lot of damage.

Another major problem which they create is their effect on the food we eat. Many-a-times, our fruits, vegetables, and cereals aren't washed properly after being harvested from the fields, and they still contain traces of insecticides on them. In the same way insecticides kill insects, they also kill us; fortunately a lot slower. They affect our health, but the changes aren't that conspicuous; slowly and steadily, they accumulate within our system after constant exposure. So the next time you bite into an apple, remember to WASH it first.
4. You have noticed that lately that your crops have been doing particularly badly. The harvest has steeply fallen, and so have profits! After hiring an expert to take a closer look at your crop-yields, you are told that the problem is due to certain plants like parthenium, eupatorium, amaranthus, and grass, which have been competing with your crop for water, soil-nutrients, and sunlight. What is the general name for these unwanted plants?

Answer: Weeds

Weeds- another word every farmer dreads. They are famous (or more like notorious) for:
1. Seedlings which grow rapidly, and do not require too much special arrangement for germination.
2. Production of a large number of seeds when the conditions are 'good' and a fair number when they aren't. In any case, they produce seeds far more rapidly than the poor crop!
3. Usually living for a long time in the soil.

As you probably guessed, the poor farmer has a tough time getting rid of them! Most weeds are removed either by hand, with tools and machines, or by applying weedicides (more evil, artificial chemicals!).

An interesting fact: The weed opuntia (a cactus) is controlled in some places by letting out certain insects! These insects, called Cochineal insects, have a taste for opuntia, and get rid of the cacti!
5. Congratulations! Your farm is now well-established and now it's time to have a go at animal husbandry. You fill in the order form in "Farmers' Monthly" and place orders for 20 no(s) each of: Australorp, Black Minorca, Barred Plymouth, HH260, IBL-80 and B-77. What in the world have you just bought?

Answer: Poultry

Yes, they're all famous breeds of poultry! The ones with weird names comprising letters and numbers are breeds which have been produced by careful cross-breeding. Beware, these are rare and extremely expensive breeds, and you might have just entered yourself into a financial crisis.
6. Your unsuccessful experiment with HH260s and Rhode Island Reds has prompted you to expand your operations by trying your hand at keeping another type of domestic animal- cattle! You have a hard time selecting between the various wonderful breeds, but finally you decide to go with the Jersey breed of cow. Four of them are expected to arrive at your farm next Tuesday. This cow is now available the world over, but what was the first home of the Jersey cow?

Answer: An island in the English Channel

Jersey is a tiny island in the English Channel, and home of the famous Jersey cow. It is the place where Gerald Durrell set up his famous zoo. It is also the place from where the name "jersey" for sweaters originated!
7. Your harvest the previous year hadn't been too good, rats had invaded the godown and eaten up half your stock! This year, however, you took precautions, and sealed all entrances, and minimised chances for rats to access the grain. This year, however, your grain met another foe- microbes! Moulds and yeasts mercilessly attacked it, and destroyed around 1/3rd of it! How could you have prevented this from happening?

Answer: By drying the grain in the sun.

It is the moisture content in the grains, which enables the microbes to attack the grain. By drying it in the sun, the moisture content is lost (partially), and so the chances of the grains being attacked are much, much lower.
8. You're tired of the regular farm life, with boring cows grazing and corn growing, and want something 'new'. And then it strikes you -- pisciculture- the cultivation of fish! You prepare a fresh-water pond, create ideal conditions for the growth of fish (with the help of a pisciculture expert), and everything is ready. But wait- what about the fish? Which of the following fish will NOT do very well for your pond?

Answer: All will do well

Carps, catfish and labeos can survive in freshwater. Carp are oily freshwater fish, catfish are ray-finned freshwater fish, and labeos are free-swimming fish.
9. You read in the magazine "Farmers' Monthly", that growing the same crop year after year on the same patch of land can lead to the degradation of soil fertility to a very high extent. Now you know why your poor potatoes were doing so badly! This leads you to discover the idea of crop rotation. 'Crop rotation' means the growing of two or more crops on a piece of land, in a planned succession, so that nutrient A can be replenished in the off season and nutrient B can be replenished in the on season. For example, if you grow rice in summer, you could grow wheat in winter on the same piece of land. Anyway, your corn-crop leaves the soil severely devoid of nitrogen at the end of the season and you want a crop which will replenish it, AND will also be a healthy cattle-feed for your Jersey cows! Which of the following crops should you grow?

Answer: Alfalfa

Alfalfa is a leguminous plant. This means that it has nitrogen-fixing bacteria in its root-nodules, which fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil. Thus, the nitrogen-content of the soil is enhanced.

Alfalfa is an excellent source of nutrition for cattle and other farm animals, and is chocked full of proteins! It'll do wonders for those Jersey cows!

Oats are also extremely good as animal-feed. But the only problem in this circumstance is, it uses up HUGE amounts of nitrogen. Not a very nice thing to do to the already nitrogen-deprived soil!
10. A scientist from a local university approaches you, asking if you want to use their 'hybrid' seeds. He says that they have extraordinary properties, like resistance to pests, and will guarantee you a greater harvest. "Ah!", he says, "we are part of a 40-year-old global movement; the ___ Revolution!" Fill in the blank with the name of a colour.

Answer: green

The Green Revolution was a world-wide movement that originated in the 1960s, and has immensely benefited farmers, especially in poorer countries.

Before ending, let me just mention that the this quiz does not claim come anywhere near portraying the actual condition of worldwide farmers; I have just used the example of a well-off farmer to make this quiz more entertaining. Most farmers don't get to move around to a place where they like; they stay where they are and have to get along with what they have, whether it be the arid Thar Desert of India or some infertile patch of land that has been ruined by chemical fertilisers. Infrastructure, water, among others are problems which they frequently face. And money isn't as easily available as it is in this quiz! All this is particularly true in third world countries.

Having said all that- hope you enjoyed playing this quiz! :-)
Source: Author achernar

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