Question

24, Read the extract/sourco cnrefully and
answer the following questions:
Infact organic forming is much in vogue
today because it is practised without
factory made chemicals such as fortilisers
and pesticides. Hence, it does not affect
environment in a negative manner.
A few ecconomists think that Indian
farmers have a bleak future if they
continuo growing foodgrains on the
holdings that grow smaller and smaller
as the population rises. India's rural
population is about 833 million (2011)
which dependy upon 250 million
(approximate) hectares of agricultural
land, an average of less than half a hectare
per person.
Indian farmers should diversify their
cropping pattern from cereals to high-value crops. This will increase incomes and
reduce environmental degradation
simultaneously. Because fruits, medicinal
herbs, flowers, vegetables, bio-diesel crops
like jatropha and jojoba need much less
irrigation than rice or sugarcane. India's
diverse climate can be harnessed to grow
a wide range of high-value crops.
1. Which of the following can promote
sustainable development
agriculture ?
(a) Green Revolution
(b) Organic farming
(c) Commercial farming
(d) Subsistence farming
2. A few economists think that Indian
farmers have a bleak future because of
(a) Organic farming
(6) Division of land
(c) Diversification
(d) Industrialisation
3. Growing different crops in the same field along with animal husbandry,
horticulture etc. is known as
(a) Green revolution
(b) Modernisation of agriculture
(c) Diversification of agriculture
(d) Globalisation of agriculture
4. Diversification of agriculture is the need of the hour. Which of the
following justifies the statement ?
(a) It leads to sustainable
development of agriculture
(b) It Increases the income of the
farmers.
A .both(a) and (b)
B. only (a)
C. only (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)​

Answer 1

Answer:

1-b

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