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Which of the following agricultural products, farmers can not export directly?

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  1. Food grains

  2. Vegetables

  3. Flowers

  4. Fruits

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Food grains.

For exporting any commodity out of India, you need to go through many procedures that an ordinary farmer cannot handle by himself or herself.

First, being scattered individuals, farmers in general cannot produce a product at a scale needed for export, and cannot cope up with the elaborate and complex export procedures.

Second, most Indian farmers are smallholders with an average farm size of 1–2 hectares per family. In such cases, they have to produce crops every season to meet their own needs and to sell the small surplus in local markets immediately after harvest. They don’t have large surpluses needed for export.

Third, most foods are perishable in the short (vegetables, fruits) or medium term (grains) and as such they have to be sold to consumers before they rot. There are not adequate storage (cold storage) and refrigerated transport facilities to handle perishable goods in long transit.

Fourth, farmers are not organized into effective producer groups with a professional guidance and required infrastructure for export of commodities they produce. Only well-organized producer groups can bulk the products, process them well, add value wherever possible, organize all the permits and papers needed for export, and manage the prices for their raw and or processed products.

Which of the following is the aim of organic farming?

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  1. To produce crop with high nutritional value

  2. To maintain and improve long term fertility and sustainability of farmland

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The aim of organic farming is to establish and maintain soil-plant, plant- animal and animal soil interdependence and to create a sustainable agro- ecological system based on local resources, approaching in this way the concept of functional integrity of systems. Organic farming uses environmentally friendly methods of crop and livestock production, without use of synthetic fertilizers, growth hormones, growth enhancing antibiotics, synthetic pesticides or gene manipulation. Nevertheless, organic livestock farming is not a production method which solves all problems in livestock production sustainability. As of today, it is largely seen primarily as a production method for a specific premium market requiring special management qualifications. Its high capability for meeting increased consumer demand for environmentally friendly products is associated with better quality of products alongside animal welfare.

In which farming method the yield is low?

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  1. intensive farming

  2. extensive farming

  3. commercial cultivation

  4. plantation agriculture

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Extensive Farming

Extensive farming= large area For farming but less people to do work. Surplus production because of less population. Extensive farming done with machinery.

Intensive farming= less area for agriculture with no of people engages more. Less production. Intensive farming done with mannualy.

India farming is Intensive farming because 54.4% of indian population work in agriculture farming.

Which of the following is a new bio-fertilizers?

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  1. Green Blue Algae

  2. Nitrates

  3. Compost

  4. Farmyard manure

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Blue Green Algae
Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum and blue green algae(BGA) have been traditionally used as Biofertilizers. Rhizobiuminoculant is used for leguminous crops such as pulses. Azotobacter can be used with crops like wheat, maize, mustard, cotton, potato and other vegetable crops.

The largest area under plantation in India is in _______.

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  1. Kerala

  2. Karnataka

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Assam

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The largest area under plantation in India is in Assam. Assam produces the largest volume of tea from India. It's renowned for its strong, malty black teas.

Which of the following is NOT a plantation crop?

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  1. Coconut

  2. Potato

  3. Oil Palm

  4. Cashew

  5. Rubber

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Potato.

Plantation crops are known as cash crops. These crops are mostly grown at tropical and subtropical areas. These crops are grown for sale but not for local consumption. such crops include rubber, coffee, tea, various oil seeds, sugar cane,etc.

About area is rain fed in India.

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  1. One third

  2. One half

  3. Sixty per cent

  4. Three fourth

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In India, about 60% of total net sown area comes under rainfed lands.

To produce best results from HYV seeds we need _______.

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  1. Manure fertilizer

  2. Cow dung

  3. Good sunlight

  4. Plenty of water

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

HYV seeds stand for HEIGH YIELDING VARIETY. These are the good quality of seeds and produce a higher yield on a small piece of land but need plenty of water to produce the best results and they also increase the income of the farmers.

Which of the following is the local name of shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka?

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  1. Milpa

  2. Chitemene

  3. Chena

  4. Podu

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Shifting cultivation is a traditional practice of agriculture prevalent in various parts of Asia, Africa and South-America. It is known as lading in south-east Asia, milpa in Central America, Chitemene or tavy in Africa and Chena in Sri Lanka. In India it has different local names like dhya, penda, bewar, nevad, Jhum, podu.

Which of the following is not a problem created by the Green Revolution?

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  1. Conflict between large and small farmers

  2. Conflict between industrial workers and farm workers

  3. Conflict between owners and tenant farmers

  4. Conflict between employers and employees on agricultural farms

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Correct Option: B