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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 crops would a farmer prefer to grow in his field?

  1. Crop, which give less yield and good quality seeds.

  2. Crop with high yield and poor quality seeds.

  3. Crop with high yield and good quality seeds.

  4. Crop with poor yield and poor quality seeds.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A farmer would prefer to grow crop, which give high yield and good quality seeds.

Multiple choice

Which of the following problems was faced by farmers?

  1. They could not use high quality seeds in their fields.

  2. They had to grow same crop again and again.

  3. They did not have the right to take the loans.

  4. They had to take loans to fulfil their needs.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To fulfil their needs they had to take loans from banks.

Multiple choice

Why did farmers neglect the growing of bajra and jowar?

  1. Because it didn't get better price in the market.

  2. Its seeds were very costly.

  3. Its crop got infested by insects.

  4. It was difficult to grow this crop.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Growing bajra and jowar was neglected and dismissed because it didn't get better price in market.

Multiple choice

The regions marked in the given map account for the production of which of the following cash crops?

  1. Sugar

  2. Jute

  3. Cotton

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

The regions marked in the given map account for the production of cotton. Cash crops are those which are grown not primarily as a source of food, such as grains, but mainly as raw materials for the industries mainly in states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. 

Multiple choice geography agriculture cropping seasons in india farming in india

Ditches made between the two rows of a crop are called as _______________.

  1. Furrow

  2. Canal

  3. Line

  4. None
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The ditches made between two rows of crop are called Furrow. They are made as trench or a groove on the surface of the soil. The seeds are sown into the furrows before covering them with the soil. Furrows are also made for wet irrigation crops which helps in holding the water on the top soil for a long time.

Multiple choice geography india - agriculture cropping seasons in india farming in india

Dry farming in India is extensively practised in _______.

  1. Kanara

  2. Deccan region

  3. Coromandel plains

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

Deccan plateau is a rain deficient region having rainfall less them 100cm. Dry land farming is farming technique in which we conserve water through proper cropping, irrigation and soil management techniques.

Multiple choice geography india - agriculture cropping seasons in india farming in india

"Slash and Burn agriculture" is the name given to _______.

  1. Shifting cultivation

  2. Mixed farming

  3. Method of potato cultivation

  4. Process of deforestation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The Slash and Burn agriculture is also known as " Podu " Cultivation or Shifting Cultivation or Jhumming Cultivation. 

In this cultivation the farmers used to clear some parts of forest by burning them. As the ash improves the fertility of soil. There they sow the seeds. After harvesting they moved their cultivation to other areas.

This was first followed in Africa and some parts of India. Now most of the countries have banned this type of Cultivation because it results to the deforestation of many forests.
Multiple choice geography india - agriculture cropping seasons in india farming in india

Which of the following crop is Kharif crop as well as Rabi crop?

  1. Paddy

  2. Cotton

  3. Castor seed

  4. Groundnut
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc. The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.