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When was the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited was started?

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  1. 1953

  2. 1958

  3. 1967

  4. 1974

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd is an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India, under Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
Founded: 2 October 1958

Increase in import duties on agricultural products has proved detrimental to agriculture in the country. 

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Reduction in import duties on agricultural products have proved detrimental to agriculture in the country.

Slash and burn agriculture is known as ______ in north eastern states.

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  1. Jhumming

  2. Pamlou

  3. Milpa

  4. Bewar

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Jhumming is the local name of shifting cultivation practiced in North-Eastern regions of India.
  • Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.
  • In this type of farming,farmers usually choose a forest area ,then cut it down and burn it. 
  • The farmers then cultivate the land and grow crops on it.
  • It is jhumming in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.

Another name for shifting agriculture in north-eastern states like Assam is ___.

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  1. Jhumming cultivation

  2. Commercial farming

  3. Plantation agriculture

  4. Pisciculture.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:


  • Jhumming is the local name of shifting cultivation practiced in North-Eastern regions of India.
  • It is a ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. Farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. When the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. This type of shifting allows Nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes. It is jhumming in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.

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

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  1. Intensive

  2. Plantation

  3. Horticulture

  4. Shifting

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • A plantation is a large piece of land (or water) where one crop is specifically planted for widespread commercial sale and usually tended by resident laborers.
  •  The crops grown include - 
 fast-growing trees, cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugarcane, sisal, oil seeds (e.g.oil palms), rubber trees and various fruits.

In the production of castor seeds, India stands ______.

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  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Third

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world. Different oilseeds are grown covering approximately 12 per cent of the total cropped area of the country. Main oilseeds produced in India are groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum (til), soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and sunflower. Most of these are edible and used as cooking mediums.

What is the position of India in the production of sugarcane?

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  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Fourth

  4. Third

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sugarcane is a member of the grass family and is a tall tropical variety with a hard, thick stem which grows to a height of 3.5 m or more. Sugar is stored in the stem. India has the world's largest area under sugarcane. India stands next only to Brazil in the production of sugarcane and accounts for nearly one-fifth of the world cane production.

Which one of the following crops need cool growing season?

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  1. Green-gram

  2. Wheat

  3. Jute

  4. Sugarcane

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Wheat.

India, being the second largest producer of wheat in the world, has a high dependency on this rabi crop for its agricultural income. Wheat is a staple food among Indians, especially in the northern regions.
Wheat requires cool temperatures during its growing season in the range of about 14°c to 18°c. Rainfall of about 50 cms to 90 cms is most ideal. However, during harvesting season in the spring, wheat requires bright sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. Uttar Pradesh is the largest wheat growing state in India closely followed by Punjab and Haryana.

The main cause for Uttar Pradesh becoming the most important agricultural state of India is

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  1. Good cultivators

  2. Good climate

  3. Large market

  4. Extensive fertile plain

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

     Uttar Pradesh is a major contributor to the national food grain stock. Uttar Pradesh has a humid subtropical climate. Due to the fertile regions of the Indo-Gangetic plain and partly owing to irrigation measures such as the canals and tube-wells Uttar Pradesh has been the most common producer of food grains in India .

The largest producer of cashew nut in India is _____.

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  1. Maharashtra

  2. Gujarat

  3. Odisha

  4. Tamil Nadu

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In cashew nut production, India is second largest producer after Vietnam. Maharashtra is India’s largest cashew nut producing state. Maharashtra is followed by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.