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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 was the green revolution in India?

  1. The movement to improve agricultural efficiency

  2. A movement to promote recycling

  3. An organization that plants trees across India

  4. India's rebellion against the British
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Green Revolution refers to a period of significant agricultural innovation, including the use of high-yielding varieties of seeds and modern farming techniques, to increase food production.

Multiple choice

The use of high input agriculture that dramatically increased food production has been given what term?

  1. Green Revolution

  2. Monoculture Agriculture

  3. Plantation Farming

  4. Synthetic fertilizer and pesticides
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Green Revolution refers to the period in the mid-20th century when agricultural research and technology, such as high-yield varieties, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides, led to a massive increase in global food production.

Multiple choice

what does harvesting mean

  1. The process or a period of gathering crop

  2. A plant do photosynthesis

  3. when a plant die

  4. none of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Harvesting is the agricultural process of gathering mature crops from the fields.

Multiple choice depletion of water table water a precious resource biology

A majority of farmers in India depend upon _____ for irrigating their crops.

  1. rains

  2. oceans

  3. both of the above

  4. none of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A majority of farmers in India depend upon rains for irrigating their crops.

Multiple choice biology improvement in food resources manure manures and fertilisers role of organic manures in soil management

.......... manure should not be applied to edible crops which are to be harvested soon.

  1. Stored

  2. Old

  3. Fresh

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Manure is an organic substance produced by the decomposition of plant and animal wastes in the presence of microorganisms and used as fertilizers. Fresh manure has microbes in it, that may be dangerous. It should not be applied to edible crops that will soon be harvested. Instead of fresh manure aged or old manure should be applied to the edible crops.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice biology improvement in food resources manure manures and fertilisers role of organic manures in soil management

Which of the following rotation of crops will reduce dependence on the use of chemical fertilizers?

  1. Rice and Chilli

  2. Wheat and Potato

  3. Potato and Rice

  4. Gram and Rice
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Crop rotation helps the farmers to maintain the fertility of the fields by growing alternate crops. A particular crop with one type of nutrient sown in one season restricts the cultivator to sow the other crop with another type of nutrient  in the next season, which is most beneficial for the field e.g., gram is nitrogen rich crop and rice is sugar rich crop, so, their alternate cropping can give different nutrients to the field and thus, reduces the use of chemical fertilizers.

Multiple choice evs economic importance of plants and animals manure manures and fertilisers role of organic manures in soil management

A crop plant which can grow in nitrogen deficient soils without external supply of it is?

  1. Allium sativum

  2. Gossypium herbaceum

  3. Cajanus cajan

  4. Helianthus annus
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Cajanus cajan, commonly known as pigeon pea, is a legume. Legumes have a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their root nodules, allowing them to thrive in nitrogen-deficient soils.