Agriculture - I
Indian Agriculture: Crops, Farming Types and Agricultural Development
Questions
Which of the following industries is not agriculture based?
- Sugar industry
- Jute industry
- Cotton textile industry
- Vegetable oil industry
- Cement industy
Which of the following states practise 'Jhumming'?
a. Assam
b. Meghalaya
c. Mizoram
d. Chhattisgarh
e. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- a, b, c, d and e
- a, c and d
- a, b and c
- a, b, c and d
- a, b, c and e
The degree of commercialisation of agriculture varies from one region to another. In which of the following states is rice not a commercial crop?
- Punjab
- Haryana
- West Bengal
- Odisha
- Andhra Pradesh
Primitive subsistence farming is still practised in a few parts of India. But it is known by different names. Match the column of their names with the column of the areas in which it is practised.
| Column I | Column II |
| a. Dahiya | 1. Andhra Pradesh |
| b. Penda | 2. Madhya Pradesh |
| c. Bringa | 3. Odisha |
- a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
- a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
- a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
- a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
Which of the following is not a rabi crop?
- Wheat
- Gram
- Barley
- Peas
- Sugarcane
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Rubber is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of Meghalaya.
b. India produces about 30 percent of the world’s vegetables.
c. India is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Commercial farming uses higher doses of modern inputs, e.g. high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity.
b. Plantation is a type of commercial farming.
c. In plantation farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- b and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. India has two cropping seasons - Rabi and Kharif.
b. Aus, Aman and Boro are the three crops of paddy grown in a year in states like Assam, West Bengal and Odisha.
c. Rabi crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- a, b and c
In which of the following states is coffee grown as a plantation crop?
- East Bengal
- Assam
- Tamil Nadu
- Meghalaya
- Karnataka
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China.
b. It is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25oC) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
c. This crop requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- c only
Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as
- apiculture
- vermiculture
- sericulture
- horticulture
- pisciculture
Which of the following crops take(s) almost an year to grow?
a. Barley
b. Jowar
c. Maize
d. Sugarcane
- a and b
- c and d
- c only
- d only
- b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Organic farming is practised without factory made chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides.
b. Fruits, medicinal herbs, flowers, and vegetables are considered high value crops.
c. Jatropha and jojoba are called bio-diesel crops.
- a, b and c
- b and c
- a and c
- a and b
- a only
Which of the following oil seeds is/are grown as both rabi and kharif crops?
a. Linseed
b. Mustard
c. Castor seed
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c
What was the main aim of Operation Flood?
- It dealt with provision for crop insurance against drought.
- It dealt with provision for crop insurance against flood.
- It was a dairy development program.
- It was a poultry development program.
- It was a cotton farming development program.