Multiple choice questions (i) Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area? (a) Shifting Agriculture (b) Plantation Agriculture (c) Horticulture (d) Intensive Agriculture (ii) Which one of the following is a rabi crop? (a) Rice (b) Gram (c) Millets (d) Cotton (iii) Which one of the following is a leguminous crop? (a) Pulses (b) Jawar (c) Millets (d) Sesamum (iv) Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop? (a) Maximum support price (b) Minimum support price (c) Moderate support price (d) Influential support price
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Answer:
(I) shifting agriculture
Explanation:
(2)gram
(3)jawar
(4) minimum support price
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Explanation:
A system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area is known as Plantation Agriculture.
Plantation agriculture refers to commercial farming which is undertaken for the purpose of making profit. It requires a large area of land .This type of plantation takes place in tropical climate which has high annual temperatures and receive heavy rainfall annually.
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Gram is a Rabi crops.
Rabi is an Arabic word which refers to spring. It refers to crops that are planted after the departure of the monsoon. These crops are sown in the month of October - November (winter) and harvested in March - April(spring). These crops are cultivated in dry season as a result they need irrigation at the right time to grow.
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Pulses is a leguminous crop.
Leguminous plants belongs to the family of Fabaceae. Their fruits are known as pods which have elongated beans. For example all the varieties of groundnuts, peas and beans.
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Minimum support price is announced by the Government in support of a crop.
Minimum Support Price is a mechanism of intervention through which the Government of India insures that the agricultural producers are safeguarded from any drastic fall in prices. The Government makes the announcement at the onset of the sowing season for few crops which is arrived after taking into the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices by the Government of India.
During bumper production years the market price of a particular commodity may fall below the minimum price announced by the Government. In this scenario the Government agencies come forward to buy out the entire produce offered by the farmers at the minimum price announced .
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