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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 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 plant diseases keeping diseases away biology

The well-known famine in Ireland in the $40$s has been attributed mainly to the failure of the potato crop which was infected by.

  1. Aleraria solani

  2. Phytophthora infestans

  3. Phytophtora parasitica

  4. Pythium aphanidermatum
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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 vernalisation plant growth growth and development plant growth and development biology

Vernalization can remove Kernel wrinkles in:

  1. Wheat

  2. Petkus rye

  3. Maize

  4. Rice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Vernalisation is defined as the qualitative or quantitative dependence of plants on exposure to a low temperature to flower. Temperature affects flowering, metabolic activities, and germination of seeds in plants. Plants that grow in mild weather germinate at low temperatures whereas those that grow in hot regions germinate at high temperatures. 
  • Some plants need exposure to a low temperature to germinate. Furthermore, a plant can be induced to flower in a growing season by exposing it to low temperature. Therefore, it shortens the vegetative phase and hastens flowering in plants. 

So, the correct answer is A.
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 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.
Multiple choice geography economic activity people and resources utilisation of europe europe - peninsula of asia continents: europe

Flax is an important ________ crop of Europe used for making _________.

  1. Fibre, Linen

  2. Food, dishes

  3. Cash, medicines

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Flax is an important Fiber crop of Europe used for making Linen.
Flaxseed oil lacks fiber, which is credited with flax seeds' ability to lower blood sugar. Overall, flax seeds can be a beneficial and nutritious addition to the diet of people with diabetes. Summary: Flax seeds may lower blood sugar due to their insoluble fiber content.
Linen yarn is spun from the long fibers found just behind the bark in the multi-layer stem of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). ... The cellulose fiber from the stem is spinnable and is used in the production of linen thread, cordage, and twine. From linen thread or yarn, fine toweling and dress fabrics may be woven.
Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

Which of the following was not a feature of Common Land?

  1. Commons helped sustain the meagre income of the poor

  2. All villagers had access to the commons

  3. Here the poor fished in ponds, collected fuel, food and fodder

  4. Villagers cultivated land and shared the produce
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Common land was a shared resource where villagers had rights to graze animals, collect fuel, and fish. It was not a system where villagers collectively farmed the land and shared the produce, as that describes a different communal agricultural model.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

In the old three-field system, wheat and barley were grown in two of the fields: the third was ___________.

  1. left fallow

  2. planted with lagumes

  3. both a and b

  4. neither a nor b
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the traditional three-field system, two fields were used for crops, and the third was left fallow to recover its fertility. Legumes were often planted in the fallow field to restore nitrogen, making both options valid.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

Which of the following was an important factor in farmers investing in threshing machines?

  1. Labour shortage

  2. To reduce dependence on labour

  3. Insolence of labourers

  4. High wages demanded by labourer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Farmers invested in threshing machines primarily to reduce their reliance on manual labor, especially during peak harvest times when labor was expensive or difficult to manage.