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Agricultural Practices in India

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Agricultural practices in India form a core segment of geography and economics syllabi. This hub covers crop distribution, farming techniques, and land measurement terms. These concepts regularly appear in SSC, state PSC, and civil services examinations.

Plantation and food cropsCrop cultivation regionsLand measurement unitsAgricultural storage techniquesIntercropping systemsWater resource management

Agricultural Practices in India Questions

Multiple choice

What is the chief agricultural product of the USA?

  1. Maize

  2. Cotton

  3. Barley

  4. Rice
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The United States is the world's largest producer of maize (corn), which is its most significant crop by volume. Maize is grown extensively across the Midwest, known as the "Corn Belt." While cotton, barley, and rice are also important US crops, none match maize in terms of total production volume or agricultural acreage dedicated to its cultivation.

Multiple choice

Which of the following terms is not correctly matched with its meaning/usage?

  1. Crumbs : A tool used to sow the seeds in lines

  2. Lodging : The felling of mature crops due to rains accompanied by strong wind

  3. Harrow : An iron tool used to destroy weeds

  4. Silo : A cylindrical tank used to keep grains

  5. Combine : A machine used as harvester and thresher
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The big pieces of soil in a ploughed field are called crumbs

Multiple choice

World Food Prize was awarded on the occasion of the United Nations World Food Day on October 16, 2009. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. The winners received USD $250,000 II. This year's prize was won by Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia III. The winner was chosen for development of New Rice for Africa (NERICA), with the potential to increase rice yields in Africa

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. I and III only

  4. II and III only
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia was honored for developing Africa\'s first sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the parasitic weed Striga. World Food Day is the anniversary of the founding of the FAO, headquartered in Rome, in 1945. The World Food Prize was created in 1986 by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug with the help of General Foods, and since 1990 has been sponsored by businessman and philanthropist John Ruan.

Multiple choice

Three crops that contribute maximum to global foodgrain production are

  1. wheat, rice and maize.

  2. rice, maize and sorghum.

  3. wheat, maize and sorghum.

  4. wheat, rice and barley.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

 Three crops that contribute maximum to global foodgrain production are wheat, rice and maize. They are grown maximally as they form one of the staple diets of largest population of the world.