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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.

Plantation and food cropsCrop cultivation regionsLand measurement unitsAgricultural storage techniquesIntercropping systemsWater resource management

Agricultural Practices in India Questions

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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Multiple Choice Question:

The opportunity cost of $100kg$ of rice produced on a land which can also produce $80$ tonnes of wheat is _____________.

  1. $100kg$ of wheat
  2. $80$ tonnes of wheat
  3. $8,000$ tonnes of wheat

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

Opportunity cost of production of a commodity refers to the resources which have to be sacrifice in terms of the next best alternative which could have been produced using the same resources.
Therefore, the next best alternative which could be produced on the piece of land mentioned here is 80 tonnes of wheat, which is sacrificed for the production of 100 kg of rice.

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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

Under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) food grains given per family per month are _______.

  1. 40 kg

  2. 35 kg

  3. 25 kg

  4. 20 kg
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

After identifying the "poorest of the poor" through extensive surveying, the government began providing them an opportunity to purchase up to 35 kilograms of rice and wheat at a highly subsidised cost of three rupees per kilogram of rice and two rupees per kilogram of wheat.

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 $1965$.

Multiple choice geography trade in agricultural produce (part - b) agriculture and animal husbandry in tamil nadu trade in agricultural produce - ii tamil nadu agriculture

Ponni and _____ are major varieties of paddy grown in Tamil Nadu.

  1. Basmati

  2. Kichadi Samba

  3. Ambemohar

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

Ponni and Kichadi samba are major varieties of paddy grown in Tamil Nadu.

In Tamil Nadu rice is cultivated in varied agro-climatic, soil and stress conditions under eight different seasons with rice varieties of five different duration groups.

Multiple choice geography trade in agricultural produce (part - b) agriculture and animal husbandry in tamil nadu trade in agricultural produce - ii tamil nadu agriculture

Tamil Nadu grows almost all _____ crops.

  1. Tropical

  2. Sub-tropical

  3. Mountain crops

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

Tamil Nadu grows almost all Tropical crops.

Starch plants include manioc, rice, yams, taro, the legendary bread-fruit tree, and sweet potatoes. Tropical plants with edible fruits are banana, pawpaw, pineapple, coconut, carambola, guayava, and tamarind. Other important crops plants are cocoa, coffee, and sugar cane.

Multiple choice geography trade in agricultural produce (part - b) agriculture and animal husbandry in tamil nadu trade in agricultural produce - ii tamil nadu agriculture

Which are the main plantation crops of Tamil Nadu?

  1. Tea, coffee

  2. Rubber

  3. Paper

  4. Cashew

  5. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

When only a single crop is cultivated on an extensive scale over a large area, then it is known as plantation crop. These crops are utilized only after processing. In Tamil Nadu, eight plantation crops are grown. Cashew is the major plantation crop grown in Tamil Nadu. Tea, coffee, paper and rubber are the other plantation crops grown in Tamil Nadu.

Multiple choice geography trade in agricultural produce (part - b) agriculture and animal husbandry in tamil nadu trade in agricultural produce - ii tamil nadu agriculture

Which crop cultivated three times in a year at Thanjavur delta?

  1. Wheat

  2. Rice

  3. Sugarcane

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

The Thanjavur delta is known as the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu. Due to the availability of water from the Kaveri river, farmers can cultivate rice three times in a single year.