A. Give short answers.
1. What is agriculture?
2. Give two examples each of food crops and cash crops.
3. Name two of the world's leading rice-growing countries and two of India's leading rtce-growing states.
4. Give two examples of fibre crops.
5. Name a commercial product that is made from the latex of trees Nense three countries where it is
produced
6. What is plantation farming? Name three crops thet are usually down on plantation
7. Mention any three things that helped farners grow roore props during the Green Revolution
8. Give two reasons why agriculture is important for a country's progress.
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Answers
Answer:
1. AGRICULTURE IS THE PRACTICE OF FARMING ,INCLUDING CULTIVATION OF SOIL
2. FOOD CROPS : RICE , BARLEY ,WHEAT ETC
CASH CROPS : COTTON , SUGARCANE ETC
4. EXAMPLES FOR FIBRE CROPS ARE COTTON AND JUTE
Answer:
1st- the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
2- FOOD CROP
1. These crops are grown for food such as cereals: wheat, rice maize, pulses, oil seeds.
2. These grow in the plains generally.
CASH CROP
1. These crops are cultivated for commercial purposes such as tea, coffee, rubber, coconut, and spices.
2. These grow in hilly areas on the slopes as water of rain should not stand in the roots as in case of tea
3rd answer-