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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 business organisation and correspondence waste and its management sources of waste protecting our environment rules are for everyone

Which of the following method helps in conservation of soil?

  1. Plant windbreaks

  2. Practice contour farming

  3. Reduce impervious surfaces

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

Planting windbreaks, practicing contour farming, and reducing impervious surfaces are all established methods for preventing soil erosion and maintaining soil health.

Multiple choice geography pollution - types and sources environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region effects and successes of environment conservation

What are the negative effects on soil and water due to conventional, mechanized farming practices?

  1. reduction in soil organic matter

  2. soil erosion

  3. leaching of pesticides and fertilizers into the groundwater

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

Conventional farming systems share many characteristics like rapid technological innovation, large capital investments, uniform high-yield hybrid crops, extensive use of pesticides, fertilizers, and external energy inputs.

Negative effects include:

Reduction in soil organic matter may be attributed to excessive use of fertilisers.

Soil erosion because of over irrigation may lead to soil erosion

Leaching of pesticides and fertilizers into the groundwater due to extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers.

Multiple choice social science handicrafts and handlooms markets markets around us our bazaars

Consider the following statements about Agriculture market yard-

1.Although farmers are not required to pay anything, in practice they pay Rs 3.50 per every hundred rupees of trading towards unloading, cleaning and maintenance charges.
2.This is deducted by the trader while making payment to the farmer and is paid to the AMY office.

which of the above statements are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Although farmers are not required to pay anything, in practice they pay Rs 3.50 per every hundred rupees of trading towards unloading, cleaning and maintenance charges.
This is deducted by the trader while making payment to the farmer and is paid to the AMY office.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

Which matter is necessary for Plantation Agriculture?

  1. Technical knowledge.

  2. Machines, irrigation, fertilizer.

  3. Transport facility.

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

A plantation is a large-scale farm that specializes in cash crops. The characteristic features of this type of farming are large estates or plantations, large capital investment, managerial and technical support, scientific methods of cultivation, single crop specialization, cheap labour, and a good system of transportation which links the estates to the factories and markets for the export of the products. tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo, and sugarcane are some of the crops grown.

Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Golden revolution in India is the time period between which of the following years _______________.

  1. 1985-1990

  2. 1991-2003

  3. 1951-1965

  4. 1966-1970
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A significant increase in the production of horticultural products is called Golden revolution. In India period between 1991 and 2003 is termed as the period of Golden Revolution.      

Multiple choice

Dairy farming is usually practised near urban areas because ...

  1. dairy products are easily perishable

  2. only urban areas are suitable for dairy animals

  3. greener grass

  4. rural dwellers do not consume dairy produst
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dairy products like milk spoil quickly without refrigeration. Locating dairy farms near urban markets minimizes transport time and ensures products reach consumers before spoiling.

Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management trade trade and factors affecting trade trading and economic organisations trade and trade organisations

These are primary products:
This question has multiple answers.

  1. Cereals

  2. Cotton

  3. Computers

  4. Fruits
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B,D Correct answer
Explanation

Primary products are the products which are used in raw form ,which are not manufactured. Hence cereal, cotton and fruits are in raw form i.e they are produced by earth.

Multiple choice general knowledge resources of india and world animal husbandry and fishery green and white revolution agriculture in indian economy cattle farming agriculture sector

Which of the following cows gives maximum milk yield?

  1. Jersey

  2. Holstein

  3. Red Sindhi

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

Holstein cows are a dairy breed renowned worldwide for having the highest milk yield per lactation period among all dairy cattle breeds. Other breeds like Jersey have higher milk fat, but Holsteins lead in total volume.

Multiple choice general knowledge resources of india and world animal husbandry and fishery green and white revolution agriculture in indian economy cattle farming agriculture sector

Consider the following statements
1. India ranks first in the world in dairy milk production.
2. The per capita availability of dairy milk in India is more than the per capita availability of the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian dairy sector has acquired substantial growth momentum from the Ninth Five-year plan onwards, as a result of which the country now ranks first among the world's milk producing nations. The per capita availability of the milk has reached a level of 337g per day in the year 2017, which is more than the world average of 229g per day.

Multiple choice evs - i food for all improved methods of agriculture receding water table water conservation and irrigation cropping patterns whose forests?

Large scale storage of grains is done in _______________

  1. Plastic bags

  2. Silos

  3. Pouches

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

  • Insects in stored grain can cause much damage. The farmer may lose up to a third of the stored grain. 
  • Large scale storage of grains is done in silos and granaries to protect them from pests like rats and insects.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice vernalisation plant growth growth and development plant growth and development biology

The application of vernalization is

  1. Crop improvement

  2. Resistant to fungal disease

  3. Reduces cost of production

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


Vernalization (from Latin vernus, "of the spring") is the induction of a plant's flowering process by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter. After vernalization, plants have acquired the ability to flower. Through this process the quality of the crops can be improved, it helps to keep away the plants from the fungal disease and also helps to reduce the cost of the production.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Local breeds _____ show excellent resistance to diseases

  1. Red Sindhi

  2. Sahiwal

  3. Option a and b

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer is 'Option a and b'

Amongst the local breeds available Red Sindhi and Sahiwal cows have excellent resistance to diseases increasing their survival rates and can be used to hybridise with high yielding varieties to produce high yielding cows with good survival rates.

Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Which of the following is true for animal husbandry?

  1. Animal husbandry is the management and care of farm animals by humans, in which genetic qualities and behavior, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed

  2. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs,wool and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Animal husbandry is the management and care of farm animals by humans, in which genetic qualities and behavior, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed. A large number of farmers in India depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs,wool and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers.
So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B'.
Multiple choice zoology production of food from animals animal breeding animal husbandry and its importance introduction to animal husbandry

Which one of the following is an exotic breed of dairy cows?

  1. Jersey

  2. Frieswal

  3. Sahiwal

  4. Dangi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Indigenous breeds of an organisms means the organism is native to the area.
  • Such breeds are developed in a particular area.
  • Frieswal, Sahiwal and Dangi are indegenous breeds of diary cows whereas, Jersey is an exotic breed (belonging to another region).