Agricultural Economics, Land & Society is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Agricultural Sciences CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which sector of agri-industry involves the actual production of raw agricultural products on the farm?
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Tertiary sector
Quaternary sector
Answer: Primary sector — The primary sector is the actual production of raw agricultural products on the farm, such as growing crops or raising livestock.
Easy
2. Which sector of agri-industry processes raw milk into cheese?
Answer: secondary sector — The secondary sector processes raw agricultural products into finished or semi-finished goods, such as turning raw milk into cheese.
Medium
3. Which of the following best describes the tertiary sector of agri-industry?
Services supporting agriculture, such as transport, marketing and agri-finance
Growing crops and raising livestock on the farm
Processing raw products into finished goods
Only government regulation of farming
Answer: Services supporting agriculture, such as transport, marketing and agri-finance — The tertiary sector covers services that support agriculture, including transport, marketing, wholesale and retail sales, and agricultural finance and insurance.
