In lesson 6 of social agriculture in India
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Question 1.
Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large scale?
A) Shifting Agriculture
B) Plantation Agriculture
C) Horticulture
D) Intensive Agriculture
Answer:
D) Intensive Agriculture
Question 2.
Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
A) Rice
B) Millets
C) Wheat
D) Cotton
Answer:
C) Wheat
Question 3.
Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
A) Pulses
B) Millets
C) Jowar
D) Sesamum
Answer:
A) Pulses
Question 4.
The largest producer of coffee in India is
A) Karnataka
B) Bihar
C) Assam
D) Punjab
Answer:
A) Karnataka
Question 5.
…………. is known as a golden fibre.
A) Cotton
B) Jute
C) Rubber
D) Mulberry
Answer:
B) Jute
Question 6.
An example of a beverage crop is
A) Rubber
B) Sugarcane
C) Coffee
D) Maize
Answer:
C) Coffee
Question 7.
This is not the character of commercial farming
A) Use of primitive tools
B) Use of HYV Seeds
C) Use of pesticides
D) Use of chemical fertilisers
Answer:
A) Use of primitive tools
Question 8.
Identify the odd one based on farming.
A) Rice
B) Tea
C) Rubber
D) Sugarcane
Answer:
C) Rubber
Question 9.
Staple food of majority of the people in India is
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Rice
D) Millets
Answer:
C) Rice
Question 10.
…………….. is a coarse grain.
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Rice
D) Jowar
Answer:
D) Jowar
Question 11.
…………… is not a coarse grain.
A) Jowar
B) Maize
C) Bajra
D) Ragi
Answer:
B) Maize
Question 12.
……………. is the largest producer of oil seeds in the world.
A) Indonesia
B) West Indies
C) USA
D) India
Answer:
D) India
Question 13.
India produces about of ………….. the world’s vegetables.
A) 2/5
B) 1/4
C) 2/5
D) 1/6
Answer:
D) 1/6
Question 14.
Rearing of silk worms is
A) Sericulture
B) Silkeulture
C) Epieulture
D) Monoculture
Answer:
A) Sericulture
Question 15.
Second phase of agriculture in India is from
A) 1947 -1965
B) 1950 -1965
C) 1966 -1990
D) post 1991
Answer:
C) 1966 -1990
Question 16.
84% of pulses in India are grown in
A) wet land areas
B) table land area
C) low land area
D) dry land area
Answer:
D) dry land area
Question 17.
Government took protective measures in agriculture prior to
A) 1971
B) 1981
C) 1991
D) 2001
Answer:
C) 1991
Question 18.
………….. is the largest producer of Jowar in India.
A) Rajasthan
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarath
D) Karnataka
Answer:
B) Maharashtra
Question 19.
…………………. is the largest producer of Groundnut in India.
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarath
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:
D) Andhra Pradesh
Question 20.
…………….. state is not a great producer of mangoes.
A) Kerala
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
D) Uttar Pradesh
Question 21.
…………….. is not practiced during ‘Zaid’ season.
A) Fodder
B) Cucumber
C) Barley
D) Watermelon
Answer:
C) Barley
Question 22.
Rice is a commercial crop in
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Tamilnadu
D) Haryana
Answer:
D) Haryana
Question 23.
Tea bushes require ………….., ………….., …………… climate all through the year.
A) Warm, moist, frost free
B) Warm, moist, frost
C) Cold, dry, frostfree
D) Warm, dry, frostfree
Answer:
A) Warm, moist, frost free
A variety of food and non-food crops are grown in different parts of the coun-try depending upon the variations in soil, climate and cultivation practices. Major crops grown in India are paddy, wheat, millets, pulses, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute, etc.
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Question 24.
Into how many types of crops are broadly divided?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 5
D) 6
Answer:
B) 2
Question 25.
Which of the following is a food crop?
A) Rice
B) Cotton
C) Sugarcane
D) Jute
Answer:
A) Rice
Question 26.
Which of the following is a non-food crop?
A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Cotton
D) Ragi
Answer:
C) Cotton
Question 27.
In which state rice does not grow?
A) AP
B) Assom
C) West Bengal
D) Rajasthan
Answer:
D) Rajasthan
Question 28.
In which state Jowar grow?
A) U.P
B) Punjab
C) Uttarakhand
D) Maharashtra
Answer:
D) Maharashtra
Question 29.
In which state maize grow?
A) U.P
B) M.P
C) Gujarat
D) Kerala
Answer:
A) U.P
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