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Population explosion results shortage of resources in country.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Mulching is associated with use of ________________.

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  1. material to maintain soil moisture

  2. soil to build barrier.

  3. trenches to collect water.

  4. pilled up rocks to slow down the flow of water.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A mulch is a layer of material applied to the surface of an area of soil. Its used for the following purposes:
1. to conserve moisture.
2. to improve the fertility of the soil.
3. to reduce weed growth.

It is important to make small check dams across the flooded gullies because they-
(i)   hold water for irrigation.
(ii)  hold water and prevent soil erosion.
(iii)  recharge ground water.

(iv)  hold water permanently.
Select the correct options from the above stated reasons-

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  1. (i) and (iv)

  2. (ii) and (iii)

  3. (iii) and (iv)

  4. (ii) and (iv)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A check dam is a small, often temporary, dam constructed across a swale, drainage ditch, or waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity.

The most important cause of soil erosion is __________.

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  1. Rain

  2. Wind

  3. Deforestation

  4. Overgrazing

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not used for preventing soil erosion?

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  1. Afforestation

  2. Reclamation of ravine lands

  3. Terracing

  4. Deforestation

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Correct Option: D

The removal of top soil by water or wind is called ___________.

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  1. Soil wash

  2. Soil erosion

  3. Soil creep

  4. Silting of soil

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Correct Option: B

Full yield of the cacao plants can be expected only after ___________.

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  1. 3 years

  2. 5 years

  3. 7 years

  4. 10 years

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The effect of six planting densities on cacao yield of a commercial hybrid mixture as well as the interaction of planting densities with the years were investigated. Crop data collected over a 14-year period (1977-1990) showed that it was possible to optimize the regional cacao yields by implementing high planting densities (2500 and 1736 trees ha-1). 

This was however only true for the first half of the crop period. In the second half, low planting density (1059 trees ha-1) attained the best yields. This change in the ranking of planting densities over the years confirmed the presence of density-year interaction. Alternatives to achieve high productivity in high planting density systems were presented and discussed.

Key words: Density-year interaction, high productivity and Theobroma cacao L

Cocoa pickers are known as ____________.

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  1. farmers

  2. headfellas

  3. tumbadors

  4. skidders

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In most part of Africa Cocoa picker are also know as Tumbabor.

Chocolate is made from ____________.

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  1. Cocoa beans

  2. Cocoa butter

  3. Cocoa powder

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Cocoa beans:
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, the dried and fermented seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a small, 4–8 m tall (15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree native to the deep tropical region of the Americas.

What kind of tree is cocoa?

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  1. Coniferous tree

  2. Tropical tree

  3. Equatorial tree

  4. Mangrove

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of the Americas. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate.

Cocoa is a Tropical tree.