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Agricultural Practices and Land Use

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Access a comprehensive collection of questions on agricultural practices and land use planning. The topics span organic farming, sustainable agriculture, soil conservation, and crop rotation. These concepts are essential for general awareness preparation across banking, railway, and civil services examinations.

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Agricultural Practices and Land Use Questions

Multiple choice evs let's plant trees green revolution in india crop revolutions green revolution

Waterlogging and soil salinity are some of the problems that have come in the wake of 

  1. Soil erosion

  2. White revolution

  3. Green revolution

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

The Green Revolution, while increasing yields, led to issues like waterlogging and soil salinity due to excessive irrigation and chemical use.

Multiple choice economics the story of village palampur farming and non-farming activities in village non - economic activities economy of a village

The per hectare production of agricultural crops is less in India. Which of the following is not a reason for that?

  1. Literate farmers

  2. Social causes, small farms, less agricultural land.

  3. Inadequate irrigation facility.

  4. Lack of scientific approach.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The reasons for less  per hectare production of agricultural crops is less in India are:
1. Population pressure
2. Small farms - This creates difficulties in the application of modern inputs, adoption of scientific land improvement, water conservation, and plant protection measures.
3. Inadequate Irrigation Facilities
4. Illiteracy of farmers - They are not aware of modern technologies, their rights, etc which leads to their exploitation and eventually affects production.
Multiple choice gujarat: agriculture, industry and transportation transport, communication and trade geography

What is the main reason for the development of agriculture in Gujarat?

  1. Increase in rainfall

  2. Increase in irrigation facilities

  3. Increase in use of organic fertilizers

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In Gujarat, the main reason for the development of agriculture is the increase in irrigation facilities. Generally, irrigation means supplying water to the fields through the manmade sources like wells, under-ground water, small and big dams etc. This process is called irrigation. There are other projects for irrigation like the Narmada project where water is conserved in dams. Water is supplied to farms through canals.

Multiple choice botany economically useful plants and entrepreneurial botany horticulture organic farming horticulture and organic farming

Organic farming includes :

  1. Use of fertilisers and pesticides of biological origin

  2. IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

  3. Locally developed pest resistant varieties

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
 Organic farming includes the use of fertilizers and pesticides of biological origin, PM (Integrated Pest Management), locally developed pest-resistant varieties.
So, the correct option is 'All of these'
Multiple choice botany economically useful plants and entrepreneurial botany horticulture organic farming horticulture and organic farming

.......... is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides.

  1. Subsistence farming

  2. Ley farming

  3. Organic farming

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

Organic farming is a form of agricultural practices in which all the natural technique and products are used  such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control instead of chemically synthesized fertilizers or pest control. Thus, the organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides.

Multiple choice botany economically useful plants and entrepreneurial botany horticulture organic farming horticulture and organic farming

Organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals such as

  1. Fertilizers

  2. Herbicides

  3. Pesticides

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost, and biological pest control. Organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.
Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management micro, medium and small enterprises (msmes) nabard and kvic funding and assistance to small businesses privileges and other promotional measures for msmes world bank

Biofertilisers and biopesticides production Units can benefit from the _______ scheme. 

  1. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

  2. Agricultural and Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization

  3. Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for Commercial Production Units for organic/ biological Inputs

  4. Agriclinic and Agribusiness Centres Scheme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
CAPITAL INVESTMENT SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION UNITS FOR ORGANIC/ BIOLOGICAL INPUTS
The increasing and indiscriminate use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and deteriorating soil health and productivity is concerning people all over the world. Growing awareness for safe and healthy food has underlined the importance of organic farming, which is a holistic system based on the basic principle of minimizing the use of external inputs and avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 
Multiple choice economics plant breeding green revolution in india crop revolutions green revolution

Which is the technology included in Green revolution?

  1. Synthetic fertilizer

  2. Pesticides

  3. Irrigation

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Green Revolution involved a package of agricultural technologies to boost yields. This included the use of synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides, and improved irrigation systems alongside high-yielding variety seeds.

Multiple choice chemistry materials of daily use wool - animal fibre wool fibres from animals

Which of the following is/are Indian breed of sheep?

  1. Beetal

  2. Barbari

  3. Jamunapari

  4. all of them
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

$Beetal, Barbari, Jamunapari$ all are Indian breeds of sheep. Beetal are found mainly in the states of Punjab, Barbari is found in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gurgaon, Karnal, panipat and Rohtak in Haryana state and Jamunapari breeds are found mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh.