Agriculture Quiz

15 questions, easier first and harder toward the end. Pick one answer per question.

1 Malawi's main cash crop:

Coffee Tobacco Sugar Cotton

2 Soil consists mainly of:

Sand only Weathered rock + organic matter Only water Only clay

3 Staple food crop in Malawi:

Rice Wheat Maize Cassava

4 NPK fertiliser stands for:

N, P, Potassium N, K, Phosphate N, Potash, Potassium Nutrients, P, Potash

5 Alternating crops each season is:

Monocropping Crop rotation Slash and burn Shifting cultivation

6 Which is a legume?

Maize Rice Groundnuts Sorghum

7 Fowl pox affects:

Cattle Goats Chickens Pigs

8 Contour ridging is used for:

Irrigation Soil conservation Weeding Harvesting

9 Chemical for controlling weeds:

Fungicide Herbicide Pesticide Fertiliser

10 Fish farming is:

Apiculture Aquaculture Sericulture Horticulture

11 Ideal soil pH range for most crops:

3–4 5–7 8–10 11–14

12 Irrigation using pipes with emitters at plant roots:

Sprinkler Furrow Drip Flood

13 FMD in cattle is prevented by:

FMD vaccine TB vaccine Rinderpest vaccine Anthrax vaccine

14 Green manure means:

Chemical fertiliser Fresh plants ploughed in Animal dung Composted waste

15 Serious recent pest of Malawian maize:

Fall armyworm Ladybird Bee Butterfly

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