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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 geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

Cotton is a _____________.

  1. Food crop

  2. Cash crop

  3. Plantation crop

  4. Dry crop
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Cash crop
In modern agriculture, particularly when you cultivate large plots of land, it concentrates on growing crops for money. 
A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family. In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small part of a farm's total yield, while today, especially in developed countries, almost all crops are mainly grown for revenue.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

The "Golden fibre crop" is ___________.

  1. Tea

  2. Coffee

  3. Tobacco

  4. Jute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Jute is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called theGolden Fibre. Jute is an annualcrop taking about 120 days (April/May-July/August) to grow.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

How many varieties of cotton are grown in India?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 7
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 There are four commercially grown species of cotton, all domesticated in antiquity: Gossypium hirsutum – upland cotton, native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Florida (90% of world production)

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india

Sugarcane crop grows well in the areas with a rainfall of  ______________.

  1. 100 - 150 cm

  2. 75 - 100 cm

  3. 150 - 200 cm

  4. 200 cm and above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  1. A total rainfall between 110 and 150 cm is adequately provided the distribution is right, abundant in the months of vegetative growth followed by a dry period for ripening.
  2. During the active growth period, rainfall encourages rapid cane growth, cane elongation, and internode formation.
  3. But during the ripening period, high rainfall is not desirable because it leads to poor juice quality, encourages vegetative growth, the formation of water shoots and increase in the tissue moisture. It also hampers harvesting and transport operations. 
  4. This seems to be the case in regions of South America, South East Asia and some parts of Southern India.

 

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india

Sugarcane crop grows well in the areas with a rainfall of__________.

  1. 100-150 cm

  2. 75-100 cm

  3. 150-200 cm

  4. 200 cm and above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sugarcane grows well in tropical regions with 100-150 cm of rainfall well-distributed throughout the year. However, irrigation is necessary in areas of lower rainfall or even in areas of higher rainfall during the long dry spells.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india

Which of the following states has the highest sugarcane production in India?

  1. Bihar

  2. Punjab

  3. Uttar Pradesh

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

Uttar pradesh is the highest producer of sugarcane and then comes Maharastra. Uttar Pradesh accounts for 39% of the total sugarcane production in the country. More than 21 hectares land is under sugarcane cultivation in U.P. 

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

Cotton is a _____ crop.

  1. Tropical

  2. Sub-tropical

  3. Mountain

  4. Both A & B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cotton is a fibre crop, is a shrub native to tropical and sub tropical regions around the world. It is soft fluffy staple fibre which grows in a case. This fibre is yarn into threads. The fibre is almost pure cellulose. India is believed to be the original home of the cotton plant. It is a kharif crop.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

Which region differs on the basis of "crops and regions" in the below-given pairs?

  1. Wheat - Bhal region.

  2. Cotton- Golden leaf region.

  3. Tobacco- Charotar region.

  4. Sugarcane- South Gujarat and Saurashtra.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Anand in Gujarat is known as Charotar. Known for its production of Tobacco, it is also known as the Golden leaf region.