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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 technology testing

TCS has developed a Mobile Agro Advisory System which connects by farmers is

  1. mkrishi Jeevan

  2. mkrishi

  3. mkrishi Kisan

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

TCS developed mkrishi (combining 'mobile' with the Hindi word 'krishi' meaning agriculture) as a mobile-based agricultural advisory system specifically for Indian farmers. The platform delivers personalized crop advice, weather information, and market prices through mobile phones, serving rural agricultural communities.

Multiple choice

The practice of growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land at the same time is called

  1. Inter-cropping

  2. Mixed cropping

  3. Multiple cropping

  4. Crop rotation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice involving growing two or more crops in proximity. The most common goal of intercropping is to produce a greater yield on a given piece of land by making use of resources that would otherwise not be utilized by a single crop.

Multiple choice

Which of the following crops are associated with Rabi season?

  1. Fruits and vegetables

  2. Jute and sugarcane

  3. Wheat, barley and gram

  4. Rice, millet and cotton
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Wheat, barley and gram are Rabi season crops. Rabi crop or Rabi harvest refers to an agricultural crop sown in winter and harvested in the summer season. The common examples are wheat and barley. 

Multiple choice

Which of the following can be considered as fallow land?

  1. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year

  2. Land that has been left uncultivated for the past 1 or less than 1 agricultural year

  3. Barren and waste land

  4. Permanent pastures and grazing land

  5. Land put to non-agricultural uses
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is correct. Fallow land is left uncultivated for the past 1 or less than 1 agricultural year.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct? (a) Before sowing seeds, plants like the sunhemp are grown and ploughed into the soil. (b) Inter cropping is growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. (c) Broilers are used for producing eggs, and fowls are used for producing meat.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Both a and b

  5. Both b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Before sowing seeds, plants like the sunhemp are grown and ploughed into the soil. These green plants enrich the soil with nitrogen and phosphorous. This is called green manure.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is a fodder crop?

  1. Berseem

  2. Linseed

  3. Gram

  4. Maize

  5. Paddy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) is an annual leguminous fodder crop. It is one of the most suitable fodder crop for areas below 1700 m altitude with irrigation facilities. It remains soft and succulent at all stages of growth. It can be grown without irrigation in areas with high water table and under water-logged conditions.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is not a cereal crop?

  1. Wheat

  2. Oats

  3. Corn

  4. Mustard

  5. Paddy
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mustard plant are any of several plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis. Mustard seed is used as a spice, it is not a cereal crop.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is regarded as a perennial crop?

  1. Maize

  2. Rice

  3. Wheat

  4. Sugarcane
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sugarcane is a perennial crop that can be harvested for 3-5 years from a single planting without replanting. Maize, rice, and wheat are annual crops that must be replanted every season. Perennial crops have a longer lifespan and continuous production cycle.

Multiple choice

Match the following:

 
a. Sowing 1. It is the process of supplying water to the crop plants in the fields.
b. Irrigation 2. It is the process of scattering seeds in the ground soil for growing the crop plants.
c. Weeding 3. It is the process of removing unwanted plants from a crop field.

  1. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1

  3. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3

  4. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2

  5. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Sowing is the process of scattering seeds in the ground soil for growing the crop plants. Irrigation is the process of supplying water to the crop plants in the fields. Weeding is the process of removing unwanted plants from a crop field.