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Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops wheat cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

Which type of soil is best suitable for wheat cultivation?

  1. Alluvial soil

  2. Black soil

  3. Laterite soil

  4. Loamy and clayey soil
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Loamy and clayey soil
Wheat crop is grown in different types of soils ranging from desert soil to heavy clay soil. Well-drained, fertile clayey loamy soils having moderate water holding capacity are ideal for wheat cultivation.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops wheat cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

Operation Flood refers to ________.

  1. Blue revolution

  2. Green revolution

  3. White revolution

  4. All the three
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Operation Flood was started by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970s. The objective of this programme was to create a nationwide milk grid. The result was that India became the largest producer of Milk and Milk Products. Operation flood is called White Revolution of India.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops wheat cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

A few showers of rain during the months of December and January are beneficial to the rabi crops because they _________.

  1. make the plant strong

  2. protect the crops from frost

  3. cause fall in temperature

  4. provide moisture for the germination of seeds
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A few showers of rain during the months of December and January are beneficial to the rabi crops because they protect the crops from frost.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - ii : food crops wheat cultivation in india production of agricultural crops food crops in india

Green revolution focused on _________.

  1. wheat

  2. wheat, rice, jawar, bajra and maize

  3. rice and wheat

  4. non-commercial crops
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C Correct answer
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Rice and Wheat 

Green Revolution Intensive plan of the 1960s to increase crop yields in developing countries by introducing higher-yielding strains of plant and new fertilizers. The scheme began in Mexico in the 1940s, and was successfully introduced in parts of India, se Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.