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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 production of food from animals dairy farm management cattle farming uses of animals contribution of louis pasteur discoveries by louis pasteur discovery of microorganisms

Which of the following is the high milk yielding variety of cow?

  1. Holstein

  2. Sahiwal

  3. Red Sindhi

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

Holstein is a breed of cattle known today as the world's highest production dairy animal. It is black and white due to artificial selection by breeders.

Multiple choice evs production of food from animals dairy farm management cattle farming uses of animals contribution of louis pasteur discoveries by louis pasteur discovery of microorganisms

Which of the following is the high milk yielding variety of cow?

  1. Jamunapari

  2. Murrah

  3. Holstein

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

  • The high milk yielding variety of cow is Holstein. It is found in the northern parts of the country and the average milk production of this cow is 6000 to 7000 kgs per lactation.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice evs production of food from animals dairy farm management cattle farming uses of animals contribution of louis pasteur discoveries by louis pasteur discovery of microorganisms

Which of the following is the.high milk yielding variety of cow ? 

  1. Holstein

  2. Dorset

  3. Sahiwal

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

Holstein is one of the exotic breeds of cow. The average milk production of Holstein is about 16000 l per lactational period. It has lactation period of about 365 days.

Multiple choice evs production of food from animals dairy farm management cattle farming uses of animals contribution of louis pasteur discoveries by louis pasteur discovery of microorganisms

Cattle husbandry is done for 

  1. Milk production

  2. Milk and egg production

  3. Milk production and agricultural work

  4. Milk production egg production and agricultural work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cattle husbandry is done for two purposes milk production and agricultural work such as tilling, irrigation and carting.

Multiple choice biology economic importance of plants and animals uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

The expansion of CIMAP is

  1. Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  2. Central Institute of Medicinal and Semi-arid crop Plants

  3. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research with its headquarter in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of science and business of medicinal and aromatic plants. So the correct option is A. (Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants )

Multiple choice biology economic importance of plants and animals uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

In South East Asia, the basis of early agriculture was the
planting of

  1. Millets

  2. Legumes

  3. Some cereals

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

In South-East Asia, earlier the agriculture was practised by planting the base parts of the plant.

So the correct option is D.

Multiple choice biology economic importance of plants and animals uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

Which fibre crop occupies the maximum area in India or the most cultivated fibre crop in India is _______.

  1. Jute

  2. Cotton

  3. Flax

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

 India is 10% producer of cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) in whole world. The fibers are obtained from the fruit, a capsule. Cotton is mainly cultivated in Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat. 

So, the correct answer is 'Cotton'

Multiple choice biology economic importance of plants and animals uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

Cultivated cotton is obtained from ____________.

  1. Two species

  2. Three species

  3. Four species

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

Cotton obtained from four species of Gossypium genus namely, Gossypium arboreus, G. herbaceum (2n,) G.
hirsutum, G. barbadense (4n).

So, the correct answer is 'Four species'

Multiple choice biology economic importance of plants and animals uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

Which of the following is a pseudo-cereal crop

  1. Maize/Zea mays

  2. Barley/Hordeum vulgare

  3. Buck wheat/Fagopyrum esculentum

  4. Rice/Oryza sativa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A pseudocereal crop is a non-grass that are used in the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses). Examples are amaranth, quinoa, and buckwheat.

So the correct option is C.

Multiple choice biology plants in daily life uses of angiosperms importance and classification of angiosperms classification of angiosperms importance of plants

Which of the following crop is most important for human

  1. Barley

  2. Wheat

  3. Cotton

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

Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world and provides 20% of the daily protein and of the food calories for 4.5 billion people. It is the second most important food crop in the developing world after rice. The most planted crops throughout the world are wheat and maize (corn). 

So, the correct answer is 'Wheat'

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Crop failures in 1918-19 and 1920-21 caused the death of _________.

  1. 12 to 13 million people

  2. 13 to 14 million people

  3. 14 to 15 million people

  4. 15 to 16 million people
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 In 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortages of food. This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic. According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Seasonal hunger occurs in ________.

  1. Urban areas

  2. Rural areas

  3. Metro cities

  4. Both (a) and (b)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Seasonal hunger is a chronic, slow, persistent, insidious condition that affects generations of people in a geographic region. Unlike famine, this hunger is a cycle of quiet and predictable starvation.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

The-green revolution is also known as ________.

  1. wheat revolution

  2. milk revolution

  3. grain revolution

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

The green revolution refers to the large increase in the crop production and thus, it is also known as grain revolution.In India, green revolution took place in $1965$.