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In which of the following states of India is intensive subsistence farming largely practiced?

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  1. Rajasthan

  2. Gujarat

  3. West Bengal

  4. Punjab

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • This type of farming is practiced in areas of high population pressure on land. It is labour intensive farming, where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining higher production. 
  • In India, the farmers of West Bengal, Kerala, the coastal Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu provide a good example of intensive subsistence wet paddy agriculture .

'Mixed farming' refers to __________.

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  1. Growing rabi crops and cash crops

  2. Growing food and non-food crops

  3. Growing more than one crop in the same field

  4. Growing kharifand cash crops

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
In mixed farming the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock. Two or more crops are grown together. 

When a farmer produces just enough to sustain his family, it is called _________.

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  1. Subsistence agriculture

  2. Commercial agriculture

  3. Pastoral farming

  4. Truck farming

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subsistence farming is characterised by small and scattered land holdings and the use of primitive tools, like a hoe and digging sticks by family members. As the farmers are poor, they do not use fertilisers or (HYV) seeds in their fields. Most of the food production is consumed by the farmers and their families.

Subsistence farming is practised to meet the needs of _____ family.

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  1. Contractor's

  2. Jagirdar's

  3. Owner's

  4. Farmers

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Majority of farmers in India practice subsistence farming. It is characterised by small and scattered landholdings and use of primitive tools, like hoe and digging sticks by family members. As the farmers are poor, they do not use fertilisers or (HYV) seeds in their fields. Most of the food production is consumed by the farmers and their families.

Which one of the following has the highest area under jhuming (shifting cultivation)?

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  1. Maharashtra

  2. Kerala

  3. Nagaland

  4. Punjab

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nagaland.
Jhum or jhoom cultivation is also called as shifting cultivation or cultivation or slash and burn cultivation.This type of cultivation is mainly practised in much of the world's Humid Low-Latitude, or climate regions, which have relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall.Shifting cultivation is practiced by nearly 250 million people, especially in the tropical rain forests of South America, Central and West Africa, and Southeast Asia. In India, it is practised by the hill tribes of Northeastern hill region like in the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland,Tripura, Arunachal pradesh and Mizoram and also in the states of Sikkim, Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra. In Andhrapradesh it is practiced in the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Khammam , East and West Godavari districts and sparsely in Adilabad disrtict. In all these regions , jhum cultivations is known by vernacular names.

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. 'Enrichment plantation' was introduced by the British in India.
2. 'Enrichment Plantation' makes biodiversity sustainable.

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  1. Only 1 is correct

  2. Only 2 is correct

  3. Both 1 and 2 are correct

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The British Government appointed German expert Dietrich Brand as the first Inspector General of Forest. He recommended the formation of rules and regulations of Forest Management and helped formulate the Indian forest Act, 1865. Scientific forestry was introduced when the forests were cleared for plantation.

Which one of the following is not a plantation crop in India?

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  1. Coconut

  2. Cotton

  3. Tea

  4. Rubber

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plantation crops constitute a large group of crops. The major plantation crops include coconut, arecanut, oil palm, cashew, tea, coffee and rubber; the minor plantation crops include cocoa.

In which of the following states is terraced cultivation not practiced?

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  1. Assam

  2. Haryana

  3. Nagaland

  4. TamilNadu

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Haryana.

Rice and other crops are grown on the terraces. Hilly areas use this method of cultivation. The states that practice this type of cultivation are Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, TamilNadu, and north-east states.

Plantation is also a type of ________.

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  1. Big farming

  2. Household farming

  3. Group farming

  4. Commercial farming

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Commercial farming.

Commercial farming is a type of farming in which crops are grown for commercial use only. It is a modernized method of farming that is undertaken on a large scale. In this type of farming the large land, labour and machines are used. Aquaponics farming is the best way of commercial farming because in this farming we can grow plants and fish in a single farming system. So it can decrease our production cost and increase our profit of farming.

Which one ofthe following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?

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  1. Shifting Agriculture

  2. Plantation Agriculture

  3. Horticulture

  4. Intensive Agriculture

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Plantation Agriculture.
Plantation agriculture has its roots in the past. In the early 18th and 19th centuries, a number of plantations were set up by westerners and western companies. They employed either local and foreign workers who were willing to work for a small wage. For example, the rubber plantations set up by the British in Malaya employed many workers from India. Today, most plantatons are owned by the local governments or big compnies.

PURPOSE
-Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial farming where crops are grown for sale. Some crops are sold as raw materials to manufactoring industries.

INPUTS:
-Land: Plantations are huge and can extend from a few hectares to a few thousand hectares. For example, in Malaysia, an oil palm plantation is usually at leasy 40 hectares in size.

-Capital: A large amount of capital is put into building roads, buying machinery and building factories to process the crops harvested from the plantations. 
Plantation owners also invest large amounts of their capital on fertilisers and pesticides. Fertilisers are applied to plantation crops as frequently as these crops use up nutrients from the land quickly. Since plantations usually grow one type of crop, pest attacks can cause total destruction of the plantations. Pesticides are therefore used in huge quantities to prevent crops from being entirely destryed by pests.

--Labour: Due to the large size of a plantation, a lot of labour is needed to tend to the crops and work in the nearby processing factories. For example in Malaysia;s large rubber plantations, many workers are hired to tap latex from rubber trees.

PRODUCE:
-the total output of a plantation is usually high. However, as a plantation covers a wide area of land, its output per unit are is usully low.

-Usually, only one type p crop is grown in a plantation. Common examples include rubber, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar cane, oil palm, cocoa and tobacco