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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

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The growth rate in Indian agriculture is decelerating. b. PDS is a programme which provides food grains and other essential commodities at subsidised prices in rural and urban areas. c. Gene revolution refers to inventing new hybrid varieties of seeds.

  1. a and b

  2. b and c

  3. a and c

  4. a, b and c

  5. b only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as all the given statements are correct.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Wheat is the most important cereal crop in the country. b. There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country – the Ganga-Satluj plains in the North-West and the black soil region of the Deccan. c. The major wheat-producing states in India are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. b and c

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both the statements are correct.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. India has three cropping seasons. b. Kharif crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June. c. Rabi crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October. d. Zaid season is a short season during the summer months between the kharif and rabi seasons.

  1. a, b, c and d

  2. a, b and c

  3. b and c

  4. a and d

  5. only a
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both statements are correct. India has three cropping seasons. Zaid season is a short season during the summer months between the kharif and rabi seasons.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in areas of high population pressure on land. b. The main characteristic of this type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs in order to obtain higher productivity. c. Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya are some of the states where this type of farming is practised.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. a and c

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both these statements are correct.

Multiple choice

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

  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3

  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

  3. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1

  4. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2

  5. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the correct matching is ‘Dahiya’ in Madhya Pradesh, ‘Penda’ in Andhra Pradesh and ‘Bringa’ in Odisha.