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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 biology the soil soil erosion (geo) soil erosion, soil conservation and uses of soil soil erosion and conservation

Farm land tends to erode most rapidly when planted with

  1. Wheat

  2. Potato

  3. Saccharum

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

Farm land tends to erode more rapidly when continuously planted with sugarcane, as sugarcane requires high moisture and organic content. As the amount of moisture and organic content decreases the top layers of soil can be easily eroded by wind or water

So, the correct answer is 'Saccharum'

Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

Maximum alcohol production per hectare of crop is from

  1. Potato

  2. Sugracane

  3. Sugarbeet

  4. <p>Tapioca</p>
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The amount of alcohol production per hectare of given crop is:

Potato - 396 gallons

Sugarcane - 662 gallons

Sugarbeet - 714 gallons

Tapioca - 410 gallons

Hence, maximum alcohol production is by sugarbeet.

So, the correct answer is 'Sugarbeet'.

Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

The plant which is not a component of energy cropping is

  1. Sugarcane

  2. Sugarbeet

  3. <p>Tapioca</p>

  4. <p>Euphorbia</p>
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Energy cropping is the cultivation of those plants which can be harvested to produce ethanol or bioethanol that can be used as a biofuel. Energy crops include sugarcane, sugarbeet, cassava (Tapioca), wheat, maize etc. Euphorbia is not an energy crop. Instead, it is a petro-crop or petroleum plant because it produces latex that has long chain hydrocarbons. This latex can be converted into biofuels and used as a substitute for petrol and other fuels.
So, the correct answer is 'Euphorbia'.
Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

Which one of the following is being utilized as a source of biodiesel in the Indian countryside?

  1. Euphorbia

  2. Beetroot

  3. Sugracane

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

Jatropha is a member of the euphorbia family. One of its great selling points as a biofuel is the fact that growing it need not compete with the cultivation of food. The selling point as a bioenergy crop is that it grows in marginal, eroded land, and is resistant to drought. 

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.