Q7. What is agriculture? List any three
features of Indian agriculture. (4
Marks)
Answers
Explanation:
(i) Indian Agriculture is mainly of intensive subsistence type.
(ii) It is mainly practised in areas of high population pressure on land.
(iii) It is labour intensive farming where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining high yields.
(iv) Farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land with absence of alternate source of livelihood which leads to enormous pressure on agricultural land.
(v) The right of inheritance has led to division of land among successive generations and rendered the size of land holding uneconomical.
Answer:
Name three features of Indian agriculture.
Solution:
a. Farmers own small piece of land and grow crops primarily for their own consumption.
b. Animals play a significant role in the various kinds of agricultural activities.
c. Farmers depend mainly upon monsoon rains.