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

High yield variety seeds (HYV) were introduced in the course of _______________.

  1. White Revolution

  2. Green Revolution

  3. Blue Revolution

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

Green Revolution was introduced in India in year 1967.  The Green Revolution largly means increasing production of food grains by using High Yield Variety seeds. This enabled India in self sufficiency in food grain production.

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

What is the side effect of the Green Revolution?

  1. It made farmers ineffective

  2. It pushed farmers into debt

  3. It reduced soil fertility

  4. It enhanced soil fertility
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides during the Green Revolution led to long-term degradation of soil health and a reduction in natural soil fertility.

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

__________ was the world's largest integrated dairy program.

  1. Operation milk

  2. Operation flood

  3. Operation water

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

Operation Flood

Operation Flood, the world's largest integrated dairy development program, attempted to establish linkages between rural milk producers and urban consumers by organizing farmer-owned and -managed dairy cooperative societies. In the early 1990s, the program was in its third phase and was receiving financial assistance from the World Bank and commodity assistance from the European Economic Community. At that time, India had more than 64,000 dairy cooperative societies, with close to 7.7 million members. These cooperatives established a daily processing capacity of 15.5 million liters of whole milk and 727 tons of milk powder

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

_________ has largest dry fish market in Asia.

  1. Assam

  2. China

  3. Japan

  4. Sri Lanka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Assam has largest dry fish market in Asia.
Jagiroad is a place located in Mayong Sub-Division, in Morigaon district of Assam state, India. It includes a paper mill and World's biggest dry fish market.

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

Crops grown by people practicing shifting agriculture are ______________.

  1. Yam and Tapioca

  2. Rubber and Jute

  3. Coffee and Yam

  4. Rubber and Cotton
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting Cultivation:

(1) In this type of cultivation, at first, a patch of forested land is cleared by cutting and burning the trees and bushes.
(2) Then crops are grown.
(3) When the fertility of the soil is lost after two or three years then cultivators abandoned that patch of land and move on to another patch
(4)In this type of cultivation primitive tools like digging sticks and hoes are used.
(5)Mostly tuber crops like Tapioca, Casava, Manoic, and Yams are grown.

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

Which one of the following food grains is grown in China in the largest quantity?

  1. Rye

  2. Barley

  3. Rice

  4. Maize
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

About 75% of China's cultivated area is used for food crops. Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area. The majority of rice is grown south of the Huai River, in the Zhu Jiang delta, and in the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces.

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

The yield from Japanese method of rice cultivation is higher because of _____.

  1. use of good fertilizer

  2. use of good seeds

  3. use of good methods

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

This method includes the use of high yielding varieties of seeds, sowing the seeds in a raised nursery-bed and transplanting the seedlings in rows so as to make weeding and fertilizing easy. The Japanese method of rice cultivation has been successfully adopted in the main rice-producing regions of India.

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.