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Growing two or three different crops in one agricultural field at the same time is called 

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  1. Intensive farming

  2. Subsistence farming

  3. Land use

  4. Commercial farming

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Intensive Subsistence Farming
This is yet another variation of subsistence farming. In this method, cultivation happens across larger areas of land and thus, it is labor intensive. Also, to get a high quantity of produce chemical fertilizers and different irrigation methods are used to yield more crops.

Crops grown: Intensive subsistence farming yields two types of crops- wet and dry. While the wet crops include paddy, the dry ones vary from wheat, pulses, maize, millets, to sorghum, soya-beans, tubers, and vegetables.

Farmers growing crops only to sustain themselves is called __________.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Subsistence farming

  2. Intensive farming

  3. Sugarcane

  4. Commercial farming

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family is known as Subsistence farming. It persists today on a relatively wide scale in various areas of the world. It includes large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Subsistence farms usually consist of no more than a few acres. The farm technology tends to be primitive and of low yield.

Jhum cultivation is also called as 

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Hybrid farming

  2. Slash and burn farming

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter.

Which of the following characteristics are true about plantation agriculture?
I. Generally plantation agriculture is considered as an example of subsistence farming.
II. Generally single crop is grown on a large area in plantation agriculture
III. It has an interface of agriculture and industry
IV. It uses capital intensive inputs

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. I and IV

  2. III and IV

  3. I, II and III

  4. II, III and IV

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
True,
Generally single crop is grown on a large area in plantation agriculture
 It has an interface of agriculture and industry
 It uses capital intensive inputs

Who is putting pressure on India to allow greater imports of crops produced in their countries?

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Developed countries

  2. Developing countries

  3. Underdeveloped countries

  4. Arab countries

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Correct Option: A

Statement I: Shifting cultivation was widely prevalent in different parts of India in the 19th century.
Statement II: More and more people took to shifting cultivation when forests laws were enacted.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false

  2. Statement II is true, Statement I is false

  3. Both Statements are true, Statement II provides explanation to Statement I

  4. Both Statements are true, Statement II does not provide explanation to Statement I

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Statement is true and statement II is false.

Statement I: Shifting cultivation was widely prevalent in different parts of india in the 19th century.It was the traditional cultivation method of forest habitant.It affected the development of indian forestry in 19th century.It increased the pressure on exploitation of natural resources.Excessive shifting cultivation destroys the forest and leads to ecological degradation.
Statement II: More and more people took to shifting cultivation when forests laws were enacted is not true.After the implementation of forest laws people adopted the alternative methods of cultivation or profession.
So option A is correct.

The shifting cultivation in the north eastern region of India is called _____.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Jhuming

  2. Bewar

  3. Taungya

  4. Ladang

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The shifting cultivation in the north eastern region of India is called Jhuming.

So far as the cropping patterns in jhuming are concerned, the Jhumias adopt mixed cropping. The mixture of crops varies from tribe to tribe within a region. The shifting cultivators grow food grains, vegetables and also cash crops. In fact, the grower aims at growing in his jhum land everything that he needs for his family consumption. In other words, the choice of crop is consumption oriented.


Shifting cultivation is practiced in many parts of world with different local names. identify Incorrect pair among following: 

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Lading - Southeast Asia

  2. Milpa - Australia

  3. Tavy - Africa

  4. Chena - Sri Lanka

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shifting Cultivation is practiced in different regions of world with local names. 
Lading - Southeast Asia ; Milpa - Central USA(Not in Australia) ; Tavy - Africa ; Chena - Sri Lanka. 

Some farmers rotate their crops from year to year, switching from soyabeans to corn on the same fields. What is one of the advantages of doing this?

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Soyabeans add large amounts of carbon dioxide to the soil, which helps the corn crop.

  2. Both crops require the same fertilizing supplies, so farmers save by buying fertilizer in bulk

  3. Corn adds large amounts of phosphorus to the soil, which helps the soyabean crop

  4. The corn crop benefitsfrom reactive nitrogen added to the soil by the soyabean crop

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In addition to increasing corn yields and cutting nitrogen expense, keeping soyabeans in the rotation lowers next years corn rootworm management costs.

The crop grown in shifting cultivation is _____.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Maize

  2. Rice

  3. Wheat

  4. Cotton

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops like maize, yam, potatoes and cassava are grown. After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. Shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.