Question

Land area under cultivation is virtually fixed. However, some wastelands in India had been converted
into cultivable land after 1960. Over the years, there have been important changes in the way of
farming, which have allowed the farmers to produce more crops from the same amount of land. These
changes include: Multiple cropping farming & Use of modern farming methods. Due to these changes
(in the late 1960s) productivity of land has increased substantially which is known as Green
Revolution. Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were the first to try out the
modern farming methods in India. After land, labour is the basic factor of production. Small farmers
provide their own labour, whereas medium and large farmers make use of hired labour to work on
their fields. After land and labour, capital is another basic factor of production. All categories of
farmers (e.g., small, medium and large) require capital. Small farmers borrow from big farmers or the
village moneylenders or the traders who supply them various inputs for cultivation. Modern farming
requires a great deal of capital.
Answer the following questions in reference to the above paragraph:
24.1) Which one of the following do small farmers borrow from moneylenders or traders? 1 M
(a) labour
(b) enterprise
(c) land
(d) capital
24.2) Multiple Cropping refers to: 1 M
(a) Cultivation of wheat and rice
(b) cultivation of two crops in alternate rows
(c) cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year
(d) cultivating crops and rearing animals on the same farm
24.3) What is Green Revolution? 1 M
24.4) Name any two states which tried the modern farming methods in India.

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