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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

Winnowing is the

  1. process of removal of weeds

  2. separation of grains from chaff by blowing wind

  3. cutting and collecting of crops from fields

  4. loosening of edible parts of grain from the cut crops
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The process of separation of grains from chaff is called threshing. Farmers with small holdings of land do it by winnowing.

Multiple choice

Rubber is best cultivated at an altitude of

  1. 300-700 metres

  2. 100-300 metres

  3. above 800 metres

  4. sea level to 500 metres
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rubber is best cultivated at an altitude of 300-700 metres. Rainfall of around 250 cm, evenly distributed without any marked dry season and with at least 100 rainy days per year and the temperature range of about 20°C to 34°C with a monthly mean of 25°C to 28°C is suitable for rubber cultivation.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is not true? Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Popcorns were popped by housewives

  2. Popcorn has been available at the grocery stores for many years

  3. Popcorn was popped at the first Thanksgiving

  4. All of the above

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

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Multiple choice

Different ways in which the popcorn was not used.
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. As ornament

  2. As food

  3. As As tiara

  4. None of the above

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

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Multiple choice

Why does the popcorn pop? Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Because of the sand

  2. Because of heat

  3. Because of expansion of water inside

  4. All of the above

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Multiple choice

Which question is answered in the first paragraph? Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Where was popcorn first popped?

  2. What is the right temperature to cook popcorn?

  3. Who likes popcorn?

  4. How does a kernel of corn turn into popcorn?

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

It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Multiple choice

The lower Gangetic plain is characterised by humid climate with high temperature throughout the year. Which one among the following pairs of crops is most suitable for this region?

  1. Paddy and cotton

  2. Wheat and Jute

  3. Paddy and Jute

  4. Wheat and Cotton
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rice is grown almost throughout the year in hot and humid region of eastern and southern part of India. But in the northern and hilly parts of the country, only summer crop is grown.  Jute is also crop of hot and humid climate. Next to cotton, jute is the second important fibre crop of India.