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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 social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

Agriculture provided on an average, ____________ level income to rural people.

  1. above subsistence

  2. below subsistence

  3. at subsistence

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

In many developing economies, rural agricultural income is often insufficient to meet basic needs, keeping it below the subsistence level.

Multiple choice evs - i food for all improved methods of agriculture receding water table water conservation and irrigation

Fresh crop has more__________________

  1. Moisture

  2. Impurities

  3. Weed

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

  • The fresh crop has more moisture. Hence, they should be dried in the sun to reduce moisture before storage because if freshly harvested grains are stored they may get spoilt or attacked by organisms.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice evs - i food for all improved methods of agriculture receding water table water conservation and irrigation cropping patterns whose forests?

Small scale storage of grains is done in_______________________

  1. Silos

  2. Granaries

  3. Buckets

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

  • Storage of food crops is an important step of agricultural practices as harvesting because if the grains are not stored properly it may get spoilt or attacked by insects or rats or microorganisms. 
  • Large scale storage of grains is done in granaries or silo. Farmers store their dried grains in jute bags or metallic bins. 


Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice evs - i food for all improved methods of agriculture receding water table water conservation and irrigation cropping patterns whose forests?

The grains are stored mainly for purpose _____

  1. To make use of agricultural products as sowing grains for next year

  2. To make the food stuff regularly available throughout the year

  3. To maintain the price rate of agriculture product

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

Grain storage serves multiple purposes including seed preservation for future planting, ensuring consistent food availability throughout the year, and stabilizing market prices by managing supply.

Multiple choice botany inflorescence introduction to inflorescence inflorescence and its type basics of leaf and flower

Awn of wheat and barley is developed from

  1. Glume I

  2. Glume II

  3. Lemma

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

Awns are characteristic of many grasses (Poaceae), where they extend from the lemmas of the florets. This often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce. Awns may be long or short, straight or curved, single or multiple per floret. Some genera are named after their awns, such as the three-awns (Aristida). In some species, the awns can contribute significantly to photosynthesis, as, for example, in barley. The awns of wild emmer wheat spikelets effectively self-cultivate by propelling themselves mechanically into soils.
During a period of increased humidity during the night, the awns of the spikelet become erect and draw together and in the process push the grain into the soil. During the daytime the humidity drops and the awns slacken back again. However, fine silica hairs on the awns act as ratchet hooks in the soil and prevent the spikelets from reversing back out again. So, awn of wheat and barley develops from lemma. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Cattle husbandry is done for which of the following purposes?

(i) Milk production
(ii) Agricultural work
(iii) Meat production
(iv) Egg production

  1. (i), (ii) and (iii)

  2. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  3. (iii) and (iv)

  4. (i) and (iv)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Cattle husbandry is defined as the management of cattle by humans for monetary gains, yielding good quality and quantity milk, help in agriculture and farming and give a huge quantity of meat.
  • The milch animals like buffaloes, cow, she-goat gives milk and the other cattle which do not give milk like bulls are called draught animals as they help in farming like tilling, cart driving and irrigation.
  • Cattle husbandry includes only cattle and not hen and duck hence no egg production happens. therefore (i), (ii) and (iii) points are correct but the (iv) point is incorrect. 

So, the correct answer is option A.
Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Animal husbandry and plant breeding play a major role in our efforts to increase______________

  1. Food production

  2. Disease resistant varieties

  3. Hybrids

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Animal husbandry is an agriculture branch that cares for animals in feeding, caring and breeding. It is helpful to raise animal food products like milk, egg, meat, wool, etc.
  •  Plant breeding is also an agricultural branch that helps in increasing yields to a very large extent and to produce disease-resistant varieties of plants. 

Hence, the correct option is D
Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Stock-farming refers to

  1. Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep

  2. Cooperative farming

  3. Accent on agricultural production to build a buffer stock

  4. Large scale capital-intensive commercial fanning
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Stock farming is the practice of keeping a livestock farm. An example of stock farming is having a goat and sheep farm.

So, the correct answer is 'Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep'.
Multiple choice our life and environment geography

Only ______ % of net shown area is rain fed.

  1. 60

  2. 40

  3. 65

  4. 45
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In India, a significant portion of the net sown area is rain-fed, with estimates often cited around 60 percent.

Multiple choice geography economic activity people and resources utilisation of europe europe - peninsula of asia continents: europe

In Europe intensive agriculture is practiced in  ________________.

  1. Southern plains to Belgium and northern France.

  2. Ukraine

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Agricultural land plays an important role in land use patterns across the EU. Grassland and cropland together make up 39 % of Europe's land cover . The agricultural sector is a major user of natural resources and has a complex relationship with the environment . The following data reflect the performance and impacts of the agricultural sector in the EU:

Around 94 % of ammonia emissions in Europe stemmed from agriculture in 2015, mainly from activities such as manure storage, slurry spreading and the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers.
CO2 emissions from peat soil that is drained for agriculture make up 100.5 Mt CO2 per year, while for forestry the figure is 67.6 Mt CO2. With a total of 173 Mt CO2 emissions from drained soils, the EU is the second largest hotspot for peatland CO2 emissions (after Indonesia) .
Through irrigation, agriculture exerts major pressure on renewable water resources. Seasonally, the sector consumes more than 50 % of the water used in Europe.
Agriculture is one of the main sources of nitrates in surface and ground waters. In several regions across Europe, often those with intensive agriculture, nitrate concentrations are still too high.
Around 9 % of agricultural land is part of Natura 2000 sites. 
Agriculture contributes 25 million tonnes of oil equivalent (12.3 %) to renewable energy production (2015), which is an increase of  15 % from 2013 to 2015 .
Agriculture is an inherent part of food systems and the range of food produced in the EU is diverse.
The EU is broadly self-sufficient in most agricultural primary commodities. It is also the single largest exporter of agri-food products, which include processed food .
Two of the main challenges confronting agriculture in Europe are climate change  and land take, i.e. the conversion of land to, for example, settlements and infrastructure . Climate change requires the adaptation of crop varieties and causes extreme weather events.