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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

Agricultural implements are ________.

  1. type of crops to be grown

  2. area to be practiced under agriculture

  3. tools used to carry out different agricultural tasks

  4. agricultural animals utililized

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Agricultural implements are tools used to carry out different agricultural tasks.

Multiple choice

When is the leveler used in the fields?

  1. Before ploughing

  2. After manuring

  3. Before manuring

  4. After sowing of seeds

  5. Before sowing of seeds
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The leveler is used in the fields before sowing of seeds.

Multiple choice

Horticulture means

  1. growing of wheat

  2. cultivation of crops along with animal husbandry

  3. primitive farming

  4. growing of fruits and vegetables
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Horticulture is defined as the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. It is distinct from general agriculture (which includes cereal crops like wheat) and animal husbandry.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

  1. Coffee

  2. Sugarcane

  3. Tea

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

Sugarcane is a field crop (grown in open fields with standard cultivation practices), not a plantation crop. Plantation crops (tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa) require special conditions - shade, specific elevation/climate, perennial cultivation on estates, and often processing on-site. Sugarcane is grown annually in rotation with other crops and doesn't need plantation-style management.

Multiple choice

In the world, practices like viticulture, horticulture and sericulture are well developed in the

  1. Monsoon regions

  2. Tropical highlands

  3. Mediterranean regions

  4. Marine west coast areas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mediterranean regions have moderate, wet winters and warm, dry summers which is ideal for specialized agricultural practices like grape cultivation (viticulture), garden crops (horticulture), and silk production (sericulture). These climate conditions support high-value agricultural activities that require specific seasonal patterns. The other regions listed (monsoon, tropical highlands, marine west coast) have different climate characteristics that are less suitable for these particular practices.

Multiple choice

Shifting cultivation is practiced in

  1. tropical Africa, South-East Asia and Amazon basin

  2. Sahara, Tundra region and North America

  3. tropical areas, river basins and in Australia

  4. Gobi Desert, Alaska and Tibet Plateau
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting cultivation (also called slash-and-burn) is primarily practiced in tropical regions with fertile soil and adequate rainfall - including tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Amazon basin in South America. These regions have the climate conditions that allow for forest regrowth after cultivation cycles.

Multiple choice

Given below are four pairs of 'Type of agriculture : Country where it is practiced'. Which of these is not correctly matched?

  1. Viticulture : France

  2. Sericulture : Poland

  3. Horticulture : Netherlands

  4. Pisciculture : Japan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sericulture (silk farming) is traditionally practiced in China, India, Japan, and South Korea - not Poland. Poland's climate is unsuitable for mulberry trees (silkworm food source). France is indeed known for viticulture (winemaking), Netherlands for horticulture (flowers/glasshouses), and Japan for pisciculture (fish farming).

Multiple choice

‘Estancias’ are

  1. vast cattle farms in Argentina

  2. smaller estates in Brazil

  3. plantation farms in Malaysia

  4. commercial grain farms in western USA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘Estancias’ are vast cattle farms in Argentina.

Multiple choice

In which of the following regions is plantation agriculture largely practised?

  1. Semi-arid region

  2. Sub-tropical region

  3. Tropical region

  4. Temperate region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Plantation agriculture is predominantly practiced in tropical regions due to the favorable climate conditions including adequate rainfall, warm temperatures, and long growing seasons. Tropical regions provide ideal conditions for cash crops like tea, coffee, rubber, and spices.

Multiple choice

In which of the following natural regions is subsistence farming taken as the main occupation?

  1. Mediterranean region

  2. Steppe region

  3. China region

  4. Monsoon region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Subsistence farming is most intensive in the China region (East Asia) due to high population density and favorable monsoon climate. While monsoon regions support agriculture, the specific reference to 'China region' points to the classic example of intensive subsistence rice cultivation in East Asia. Mediterranean and steppe regions are more suited for commercial agriculture.