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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.

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Agricultural Practices in India Questions

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

_____________ is a practice of clearing and burning the forest area for cultivation of crops for 3-4 years and shifting.

  1. Jhum cultivation

  2. Horticulture

  3. Taungya cultivation

  4. Agrisilviculture
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jhum cultivation, also known as slash-and-burn agriculture, involves clearing forest patches by cutting and burning vegetation to create temporary fields for crop cultivation.

Multiple choice evs agriculture- crops manure manures and fertilisers role of organic manures in soil management

In high yielding `hybrid crop varieties', to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to purchase fresh hybrid seed every year, because

  1. They are not allowed to grow their own seed

  2. The hybrid vigour is lost due to inbreeding depression

  3. The government of India has accepted Dunkel's proposals

  4. It is cheaper to purchase fresh seed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Hybrid seeds are the result of crossing two genetically distinct inbred lines. If seeds from these hybrids are saved and replanted, the offspring show segregation, leading to a loss of the uniform, high-performing traits known as hybrid vigour.

Multiple choice

Rich soil to grow wheat, parley, and peas in the Indus Valley resulted from

  1. the annual flooding of the Indus River

  2. proximity to the Arabian Sea

  3. a sophisticated irrigation system

  4. importing soil from the Deccan Plateau
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Like other river valley civilizations, the Indus Valley relied on the annual flooding of the Indus River to deposit nutrient-rich silt, which made farming highly productive.

Multiple choice evs whose forests? conservation of forest and wildlife wildlife deforestation and conservation

A harrow is used to remove

  1. Weeds

  2. Crop plants

  3. Stones

  4. Rocks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A) Weeds are removed with the help of a harrow. It also helps in loosening the soil so that the water can soak into the ground easily.

B) Crop plants are removed with the help of a machine called combine harvester.
C) Stones and rocks are removed with the help of a machine called the stone picker.
Thus, the correct option is 'Weeds'.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are correct as far as Shifting Cultivation is considered - (i) Practiced in the areas of heavy rainfall and quick regeneration of vegetation. (ii) Is practiced in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of Southeast Asia and Northeast India. (iii) Crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in market. (iv) Also known as 'slash and burn' agriculture.

  1. Only (i)

  2. Only (i) and (ii)

  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) only

  4. All Of The Above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting cultivation is characterized by clearing forest patches (slash and burn), typically in tropical regions with high rainfall. It is a subsistence practice, not for market sale, making (iii) incorrect.

Multiple choice

Identify the crop according to the characteristics given below - (i) Requires moderate temperature, rainfall and lots of sunshine. (ii) Needs well drained fertile soils. (iii) Is grown in North America, Brazil, China, Russia, Canada, India and Mexico.

  1. wheet

  2. cotton

  3. maize

  4. jute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Cotton requires high temperatures, light rainfall or irrigation, 210 frost-free days, and bright sunshine for its growth. It is grown in the listed countries.

Multiple choice

Developing countries with large population usually practice

  1. Intensive agriculture

  2. Commercial Grain Farming

  3. Shifting Cultivation

  4. Nomadic Herding
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In developing countries with high population density, land is scarce relative to labor, necessitating intensive agriculture to maximize yield per unit area.

Multiple choice

Go through the following characterstic features (i) A typical farm size, about 250 hectares (ii) Before growing crop, making it sure that soil and water resources meet the needs of the crop. (iii) Having a computer linked to the satellite which gives a precise picture of the field. (iv) Use of tractors, seed drills, leveler, combined harvester and thresher to perform various agricultural operations These are the characterstic features of -

  1. An Indian Farm house

  2. An American Farm house

  3. Both of the above

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Large farm sizes (250 hectares), high mechanization, and satellite-linked precision farming are characteristic of commercial agriculture in developed nations like the USA.

Multiple choice

Agriculture where a single crop is grown on large area

  1. shifting agriculture

  2. plantation agriculture

  3. horticulture

  4. extensive agriculture
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Plantation agriculture is a type of commercial farming where a single crop (like tea, coffee, or rubber) is grown on a large estate.