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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 civics rural livelihoods village of katik and kekti tanks and fisheries fishing in coastal regions

Rural people in different regions of the country grow different crops.

  1. True

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

Rural people in the different region of the country grow different crops. These crops are wheat, rice, gram, barley, bajra, maize, millets, oats, sugarcane, etc., produced at the various regions of the country like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar, Rajasthan, etc.

Multiple choice civics rural livelihoods village of katik and kekti tanks and fisheries fishing in coastal regions

Working on farms involves operations such as preparing the land ___________ of crops.

  1. Sowing

  2. Weeding

  3. Harvesting

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Agriculture is an intensive process. Growing crops on land involved various steps. These are as follows:

1. Preparing the land for farming
2. Sowing seeds on the land
3. Removing unwanted weeds from the farm
4. Irrigating the crops on a regular basis
5. Sprinkling fertilizers and pesticides
6. Harvesting of the crops

Multiple choice civics rural livelihoods village of katik and kekti tanks and fisheries fishing in coastal regions

Very often farmers like Sekar need to borrow money to purchase basic things like ________.

  1. Seeds

  2. Fertilisers

  3. Pesticides

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sekhar is a farmer. He doesn't have much land. He does all the works on his own. He doesn't have much money. For his agriculture land, he often takes the help from the trader in the form of money to borrow the basic things for his farm like seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. This money is a kind of loan given by the traders.

Multiple choice chemistry water in our life how can we conserve water? droughts, floods and water conservation conservation of water and its importance and methods

Which of the following crop cannot be grown in less water availability?

  1. Wheat

  2. Maize

  3. Vegetables

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

Rice is a semi-aquatic crop that requires significant amounts of water, typically grown in flooded fields, making it unsuitable for areas with low water availability.

Multiple choice geography a shelter so high! house patterns residences roadways

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the life style of hilly people?

  1. The main occupation of people living in the mountains is farming

  2. Terrace or step farming is done on slopes of hills to grow rice, maize, and tea depending on the height of the region they are living

  3. Fruits, wool and handicrafts are sent all over the country from these regions

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All the statements about the life style of hilly people are correct. Their main occupation is farming. They generally practice terrace or step farming to grow rice, maize and tea depending on the height of the regions and fruits, wool and handicrafts are sent across all over the country from these regins.

Multiple choice sociology social movements concept of family family introduction to social movements and its types recent social movements social movements in our time

The farmers movements began with the denial __________.

  1. Of Land Holdings

  2. Of Land Tax

  3. to grow food crops

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

Farmers movement means movement by peasants which is characterised by agrarian unrest. It is triggered by agricultural reforms and change in policies. Farmer's movement began denying land tax. Later it was extended against caste discrimination, tenancy system and bonded labour.

Multiple choice botany economically useful plants and entrepreneurial botany horticulture organic farming horticulture and organic farming

Which of the following is the largest organic farm in India?

  1. Organics

  2. The Farm

  3. OFAI

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Farm is the largest organic farm in India. It is comprised of an area of over 350 acres. This farm is situated in Uttar Pradesh, some kilometers away from Benaras. There is cultivation of many crop plants, pulses, aromatic and spices plants. There is use of cattle and other farm animals for farming.

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

Multiple choice botany economically useful plants and entrepreneurial botany horticulture organic farming horticulture and organic farming

Horticulture in the cultivation that includes

  1. Fruits, vegetables and flowers

  2. All food crops

  3. Vegetable gardens and lawns near hotels

  4. Some bush crops and apples
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Horticulture is the science and art of producing, improving, marketing, and using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. It differs from botany and other plant sciences in that horticulture incorporate both science and aesthetics. 
So the correct option ' Fruits, vegetables and flowers'.
Multiple choice evs let's plant trees green revolution in india crop revolutions green revolution

Which of the following factors is the most important factor that led to the green revolution in India?

  1. Judicious use of pesticides

  2. Proper use of water

  3. Increase in land area under cultivation

  4. Introduction of high yielding varieties of crops.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The green revolution is the increased crop production in developing countries. M. S. Swaminathan is a father of green revolution in India. High yielding variety of seeds were used to increase the crop production. 

So, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice evs let's plant trees green revolution in india crop revolutions green revolution

What made Green revolution possible?

  1. Adequate supply of water

  2. Adequate supply of fertilizers

  3. Adequate supply of seeds

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Answer is option D i.e. "Both A and B"
Agriculture output is dependent upon the quality of seeds which are highly responsive to inputs like fertilizers and water. Green Revolution technologies uses chemical fertilizers which made it possible to supply crops with extra nutrients, for increased crop yield. Green revolution also helped in developing technologies that ensure availability of water for irrigation.

Multiple choice evs let's plant trees green revolution in india crop revolutions green revolution

Green revolution increased the agriculture production in

  1. India

  2. Mexico

  3. China

  4. All over the world
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Green revolution refers to a research and development in the field of agriculture worldwide. The initiatives led by Norman Barlang, the father of green revolution, who received the Nobel prize in 1970, credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, involved the development of agriculture.

Multiple choice economic development & planning concept of development economics

Which of the following is not true about farmers in the least Developed Countries (LDCs)?

  1. The staple crop is the chief source of food

  2. Labour is underutilized except for planting and harvesting seasons

  3. On the traditional farm, output is always greater than consumption

  4. Cultivators utilize only a small portion of land
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The farmers in the least developed countries (LDCs) have staple crop as the chief source of food. Moreover, labour is underutilized in these countries, except for planting and harvesting seasons. Also, cultivators utilise only a small portion of land here.

Thus, the correct answer is C.