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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 geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops wheat cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

Green revolution focused on _________.

  1. wheat

  2. wheat, rice, jawar, bajra and maize

  3. rice and wheat

  4. non-commercial crops
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Rice and Wheat 

Green Revolution Intensive plan of the 1960s to increase crop yields in developing countries by introducing higher-yielding strains of plant and new fertilizers. The scheme began in Mexico in the 1940s, and was successfully introduced in parts of India, se Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Multiple choice chemistry animal fibre wool - animal fibre wool fibres from animals

The term sericulture is used for which of the following purpose? 

  1. Production of silk

  2. Production of raw silk

  3. Rearing of silkworm

  4. Refinement of silk fibre
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

Chenchus depend mainly on _________ for their food.

  1. Government ration

  2. Crops

  3. Forest

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Chenchu are tribal group of people or adivasi lives in dense forests. They are mainly depends on hunting and gathering. For their foods they mainly depends on forests. They used to collect forest products and sales in non tribal groups.

Multiple choice geography world of diversities elements of weather and climate :rainfall and air pressure diversified world environmental regions (zones)

The Bonda tribals collect the forest products and also do _______ type of agriculture.

  1. Jhumm

  2. Intensive

  3. Extensive

  4. Plantation
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bonda are tribal group of people lives in Malkangiri district of Orissa. Bonda tribes collects forest products and also do jhumm type of agriculture. Jhumm is a kind of shifting cultivation. For this they used to clear a peace of forest land and after cultivation they leaves that land and moves to some other place. They used to exchange their agricultural and forest products in weekly markets.

Multiple choice gujarat: agriculture, industry and transportation transport, communication and trade geography

Gujarat ranks _____ in the production of millet in India.

  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Third

  4. Fourth
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Sandy and soft coloured (Goradu) soil is suitable for millet. Gujarat ranks second in the production of millet in India. Banaskantha district is the leading producer of millet. Millet requires less rainfall, moderate temperature and an adequate amount of sunlight.

Multiple choice gujarat: agriculture, industry and transportation transport, communication and trade geography

Which is the second most important crop of Gujarat in terms of production?

  1. Wheat

  2. Rice

  3. Barley

  4. Groundnut
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Barley is the second most important crop of Gujarat in terms of production. Barley is grown in maximum parts of Gujarat. Barley is grown in both the winter as well as summer seasons. Barley plants are mainly used as fodder.

Multiple choice evs - i food for all agricultural development in india social and economic change food storage and conservation of environment

The rapid increase witnessed during 1967-70, in the field of food grain production, is called _________.

  1. Green Revolution

  2. Golden Revolution

  3. Blue Revolution

  4. Yellow Revolution
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Green Revolution in India was a period when agriculture in India increased its yields due to improved agronomic technology. Green Revolution allowed developing countries, like India, to overcome poor agricultural productivity. It started in India in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase. The main development was higher-yielding varieties of wheat, which were developed by many scientists, including American agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, Indian geneticist M. S. Swaminathan, and others. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research also claims credit for enabling the Green Revolution, in part by developing rust resistant strains of wheat.

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
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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
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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
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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.