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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

Match the following:

 
a. Harvesting 1. It is the cutting and gathering of the matured food crop.
b. Threshing 2. It is the process of separating grains from chaff and hay with the help of wind.
c. Winnowing 3. It is the process of beating out the grains from the harvested crop plants.

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

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

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

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

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

This is the correct option. Harvesting is the cutting and gathering of the matured food crop. Threshing is the process of beating out the grains from the harvested crop plants. Winnowing is the process of separating grains from chaff and hay with the help of wind.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Green plants can synthesise their own food by using organic substances like carbon dioxide and water. b. When the same kind of plant is grown in the fields on a large scale to obtain food, it is called a crop. c. The crops grown in the winter season are called rabi crops.

  1. Only a

  2. Both a and b

  3. Only b

  4. Both b and c

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

This is the correct option as this statement is false. Green plants can synthesise their own food by using inorganic substances like carbon dioxide and water.

Multiple choice

Match the following:

 
a. Plough 1. It is a tractor driven agricultural implement with many blades fixed in an iron frame and is used for ploughing the soil.
b. Cultivator 2. It is an agricultural implement that is used for removing weeds, loosening and turning the soil.
c. Hoe 3. It is a large agricultural implement with a blade fixed in a wooden frame that is used for ploughing the soil in the fields.

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

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

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

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

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

This is the correct option. Plough is a large agricultural implement with a blade fixed in a wooden frame that is used for ploughing the soil in the fields. Cultivator is a tractor driven agricultural implement with many blades fixed in an iron frame and is used for ploughing the soil. Hoe is an agricultural implement that is used for removing weeds, loosening and turning the soil.

Multiple choice

Intensive subsistence farming is the characteristic in the area of

  1. high density of population and high technology

  2. low density of population and high technology

  3. low density of population and low technology

  4. high density of population and low technology
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Intensive farming aims at maximum possible production on the limited farms with all efforts possible under the circumstances. Its characteristics are: (i) Intensive farming is capable of raising more than one crop a year. (ii) Huge capital and human labour is employed on every hectare of land. (iii) It is practiced in most parts of densely populated areas. (iv) Low level of technology, if any, is involved in such type of farming.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Five of the world's ten largest metropolitan cities are in Asia.
  2. Intensive agriculture is the oldest method of growing crops.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Mumbai (India) - all of which lie in Asia - are among the ten largest metropolitan cities of the world. Statement 2 is incorrect: It is shifting agriculture that is the most primitive practice of growing crops.

Multiple choice

Food stocks which are built up during the years of bumper crop are called _________.

  1. capital stock

  2. buffer stock

  3. production stock

  4. grain stock

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The current amount of harvested grain crops stored domestically, including both on-farm and off-farm storage sites. The USDA reports quarterly on the amount of grain stocks in storage and includes corn, soybeans and wheat. The amount of commercial grain stock is relevant for the supply of these grains, which are used in a large array of food products. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows.

It was the driest summer on record and all the crops were destroyed. Every farmer in the region suffered losses. Desperate to change his fortune, Manohar decided to try his luck with poultry farming. Manohar did not know much about chickens, but he thought selling eggs would be a great source of food, and hopefully he would earn money for himself and his family. If he was successful at it!

The crops were destroyed due to

  1. rainy season

  2. humid weather

  3. dry summer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The line 'It was the driest summer on record and all the crops were destroyed' suggests the answer. 

Multiple choice

In a slanting hilly Indian terrain experiencing more than 200 cms of annual rainfall, which one of the following crops can be cultivated best?

  1. Cotton

  2. Jute

  3. Tobacco

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

Tea plantations flourish on hilly slopes with high rainfall (200-250 cm) and well-drained soil. The slopes prevent waterlogging, which tea plants are sensitive to. Cotton requires moderate rainfall, while jute needs swampy conditions and tobacco grows best in drier climates.

Multiple choice

Which of the following are not grown in the Kharif season?

  1. Bajra and rice

  2. Maize and jowar

  3. Barley and mustard

  4. Jowar and rice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kharif crops are sown at the beginning of the monsoon (June-July) and harvested in autumn (September-October). Barley and mustard are Rabi crops, grown in winter (October-March). Bajra, rice, maize, and jowar are all Kharif crops.