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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 asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Two of the main plantation crops of Asia are ____________.

  1. Tea and Rubber

  2. Jute and Tea

  3. Tea and Coffee

  4. Tea and Teak
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A.  Tea and Rubber

The tea bush grows best in areas of abundant rainfall, gravelly soils well-drained hill-slopes (usually between 910-1,218 meters of altitude) in a warm climate. The leaves are handpicked involving a good deal of painstaking and methodical effort. The availability of an abundant supply of labour is essential for harvesting.

In Vietnam the French set up estates (planta­tions) in the Central Annamese Mountains under environmental conditions some­what similar to those prevailing in Indonesia. Rubber (natural) is the major planta­tion crop of Southeast Asia.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Dry farming is done in regions of _____________.

  1. Higher rainfall

  2. Less rainfall

  3. Scanty rainfall

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Dry farming is done in the region of scanty rainfall where rain is less than 50 cm. Under this method the land is terraced and divided into compartments and rainwater is allowed to move under a controlled condition. The land is deeply ploughed and repeated harrowings before sowing in order to conserve soil moisture are undertaken. This dry farming method is too expensive. 

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Rice and Millets are _________ crops. 

  1. Rabi crops

  2. Kharif crops

  3. Zaid crops

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

India has three cropping season - Kharif, Rabi, and Zayad.

(1) Karif crops - These crops are grown with the onset of the monsoon in different parts of the country. These crops are harvested in September - October. Important crops of this season are Rice, maize, millet, cotton, bajara, urad, jute, etc.
(2) Rabi Crops - These crops are sown in winter from October - December and harvested in Summer from April to Jun. Important Rabi Crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram, and mustard.
(3) Zayad Crops-  There is a short season between the Rabi and the Kharif season from March - July. The crops that are grown in this season are called Zaid crops. Important Zaid crops are watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, etc.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Ratooning is associated with ________crop.

  1. Sugarcane

  2. Rice

  3. Wheat

  4. Tea
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Ratooning is associated with Sugarcane crops.  This is the best method of growing sugarcane. In this method, after harvesting , the lower part of the plant and the roots are left as they were in the field. This give a new crop for the next year without fresh planting. This way the cane can be produced  for three successive years .


Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Farm organization is a _____________.

  1. Way to organize the farmers

  2. Organize their farms

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Farm organization is a Way to organize the farmers and Organize their farms.
The World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) is a farmer organisation, made by farmers for farmers. It is member-based and brings together national farmers' organizations and agricultural cooperatives, from all over the world.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Which of the following is explained in the given information?
I. It is science of practice of growing crops.
II. It covers all the activities connected with the cultivation.
III. It covers all the activities of animal for all food and for doing useful work.

  1. Animal husbandry

  2. Horticulture

  3. Agriculture

  4. Nurseries
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The word agriculture is derived from two words, ager means field or soil and culture means the care of or tilling of the field. But agriculture is more than tilling of the field. Agriculture includes all productive efforts which are undertaken by man, having relatively permanent settlement to expedite and to improve upon the growth of vegetable and animal products for the benefit of man. 

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

As a result of Green Revolution which foodgrains had a reduced percentage in total foodgrain production?

  1. Wheat

  2. Rice

  3. Cereals and Pulses

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

C.  Cereals and Pulses

In northern region, growth in food grain production came primarily from growth in rice and wheat. More than one - fourth of the food grain production was rice, which rose at a surprising rate exceeding 10 percent a year during the entire green revolution period.
Wheat production during this period also grew rapidly at 6.4 percent a year, there was a substantial movement out of pulses, which is reflected in growth rates of - 7.6 and - 14.4 percent in area and production, respectively, in 1975/76 - 1983/84.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

 ________ are main crops of India's Green Revolution .

  1. Wheat and Potato

  2. Jwar and Oil Seeds

  3. Wheat and Rice

  4. Tea and Coffee
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Green Revolution is a unique event in the agricultural history of India. Green Revolution replace the traditional agricultural system and introduced HYV seeds and mechanization in the agricultural field. The production of crops increased more than three times. In India's Green Revolution wheat and rice are the main crops. The HYV seeds of other crops have either not been developed so far at all, or they are not good enough for farmers to risk their adoption.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

High yield variety seeds (HYV) were introduced in the course of _______________.

  1. White Revolution

  2. Green Revolution

  3. Blue Revolution

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Green Revolution was introduced in India in year 1967.  The Green Revolution largly means increasing production of food grains by using High Yield Variety seeds. This enabled India in self sufficiency in food grain production.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Crops grown by people practicing shifting agriculture are ______________.

  1. Yam and Tapioca

  2. Rubber and Jute

  3. Coffee and Yam

  4. Rubber and Cotton
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting Cultivation:

(1) In this type of cultivation, at first, a patch of forested land is cleared by cutting and burning the trees and bushes.
(2) Then crops are grown.
(3) When the fertility of the soil is lost after two or three years then cultivators abandoned that patch of land and move on to another patch
(4)In this type of cultivation primitive tools like digging sticks and hoes are used.
(5)Mostly tuber crops like Tapioca, Casava, Manoic, and Yams are grown.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Which one of the following food grains is grown in China in the largest quantity?

  1. Rye

  2. Barley

  3. Rice

  4. Maize
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C Correct answer
Explanation

About 75% of China's cultivated area is used for food crops. Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area. The majority of rice is grown south of the Huai River, in the Zhu Jiang delta, and in the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

The yield from Japanese method of rice cultivation is higher because of _____.

  1. use of good fertilizer

  2. use of good seeds

  3. use of good methods

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This method includes the use of high yielding varieties of seeds, sowing the seeds in a raised nursery-bed and transplanting the seedlings in rows so as to make weeding and fertilizing easy. The Japanese method of rice cultivation has been successfully adopted in the main rice-producing regions of India.

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Sunflower is principally cultivated for its

  1. Starch

  2. Protein

  3. Alkaloid

  4. Oil seed crop
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sunflower plant is mainly cultivated for the extraction of sunflower oil which is widely used in cooking and other stuffs. So, the need of its oil seed crop is the principle reason for its cultivation.

So the correct option is D

Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Main objective of Green Revolution was to __________.

  1. Make everything green

  2. Increase greenery in villages.

  3. Increase cultivation of wheat and rice

  4. Increase use of bullocks carts
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The term Green Revolution refers to the large increase in the production of food grains resulting from the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, especially for wheat and rice.

It was implemented because, at independence, about 75% of the country’s population was dependent on agriculture. But the productivity in the agricultural sector was very low because of the use of old technology and the absence of required infrastructure for the vast majority of farmers.