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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 community decision making in a tribe penugolu - a village on the hills penugolu village social science

Podu is another name for what type of cultivation?

  1. Intensive cultivation

  2. Extensive cultivation

  3. Mixed cultivation

  4. Shifting cultivation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
shifting cultivation
Podu is a traditional system of cultivation used by tribes in India, whereby different areas of jungle forest are cleared by burning each year to provide land for crops. The word comes from the Telugu language. Podu is a form of shifting cultivation using slash-and-burn methods.
Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - i : agro-based distribution and classification of industries in india industrialisation and industrial belts cottage and small scale industries the concept of development mineral resources in rajasthan

About _____ farmers are engaged in the cultivation of jute in India.

  1. 1 million

  2. 2 million

  3. 3 million

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

The significant role played by jute in the country’s economy can be assessed from the fact that more than 4 million farm families are involved in jute farming and majority of them belong to small and marginal categories. Cultivation of jute generates employment (seasonal) of more than 10 million man days per season.

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

Wheat, barley, jute, different types of tubers, paddy, etc., were the major crops of Neolithic age.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Neolithic age is also known as agriculture revolution age since the discovery of agriculture took place in west Asia during this time.

They began a settled life for the purpose of cultivation and domestication of animals.
During this time wheat, barley, jute, different types of tubers, paddy, etc., were the major crops.
Hence, the above statement is true.

Multiple choice map work (world map) world maps geography

Mediterranean region is most suitable for the production of _______. 

  1. Rice

  2. Mango

  3. Grapes

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

The Mediterranean climate is characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, which is ideal for viticulture, making it famous for grape production.

Multiple choice evs developmental journey of seed seed to plants germination of seeds life within the seed

Put a tick mark against the correct alternative in the following statements :
Peas, gram, etc. are grown as rotation crops because

  1. they are cheap

  2. they maintain soil fertility by converting soil nitrogen into nitrates

  3. provide pulses

  4. they do not require irrigation.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Leguminous crops like peas and gram harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their root nodules, which convert atmospheric nitrogen into usable nitrates, thereby enriching and maintaining soil fertility during crop rotation.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops millets cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

Which of the following term is used for inferior grains?

  1. Pulses

  2. Millets

  3. Cereals

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

Millets

Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Millets are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, with 97% of millet production in developing countries.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops millets cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

The crop that grows in drought _____________.

  1. rice

  2. wheat

  3. jute

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

Millets are a group of highly variable little-seeded grasses, generally developed the world over as oat yields or grains for fodder and human sustenance. These are drought resistance crop and can be grown in dry fields as opposed to the other crops that require water for their production.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops millets cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

What type of crop is jowar?

  1. Kharif

  2. Rabi

  3. Zaid

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Rabi Crops
The Arabic translation of the word”Rabi” is spring. These crops’ harvesting happens in the springtime hence the name. The Rabi season usually starts in November and lasts up to March or April. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated using irrigation since monsoons are already over by November. In fact, unseasonal showers in November or December can ruin the crops. The seeds are sown at the beginning of autumn, which results in a spring harvest. Wheat, barley, mustard and green peas are some of the major rabi types of crops that grow in India.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops millets cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

In the agricultural resources, cereals comprise of _____.

  1. rubber, oil seeds, groundnut

  2. cotton, Jute, hemp

  3. tea, coffee, cocoa

  4. rice, wheat, millets
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Wheat and rice are the most important crops worldwide as they account for over 50% of the world's cereal production. ... The seven principal cereals grown in the world are wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, rye and sorghum.

Multiple choice social studies on the move again various farming seasons and communities farming seasons and migration of communities seasons in india

Besides Kharif and Rabi, which is the third crop season in India?

  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Zaid

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

Zaid crops are summer season crops grown on the sub-continent on irrigated lands which do not have to wait for monsoons. They grow in the short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June. These crops are mainly grown in the summer season during a period called the "Zaid crop season."

Multiple choice social studies on the move again various farming seasons and communities farming seasons and migration of communities seasons in india

Rabi crops are harvested in ________.

  1. December-June

  2. January-March

  3. October-March

  4. July-October
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Rabi Crops
The Arabic translation of the word”Rabi” is spring. These crops’ harvesting happens in the springtime hence the name. The Rabi season usually starts in November and lasts up to March or April. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated using irrigation since monsoons are already over by November. In fact, unseasonal showers in November or December can ruin the crops. The seeds are sown at the beginning of autumn, which results in a spring harvest. Wheat, barley, mustard and green peas are some of the major rabi types of crops that grow in India.