Question

Very Short Answer Type Questions (4x1=4) a. What is multiple cropping? b. From which hill does the Narmada River emerge? c. Enumerate the easternmost and westernmost longitudes of India. d. What is a referendum?

Answer 1

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In agriculture, multiple cropping or multi-cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land during one growing season instead of just one crop. When multiple crops are grown simultaneously, this is also known as intercropping.

The Narmada rises at an elevation of about 3,500 feet (1,080 meters) in the Maikala Range in eastern Madhya Pradesh state on the border with Chhattisgarh state.

The easternmost longitude of India is 97° 25′ E. It is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

A referendum is a direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal and can have nationwide or local forms. This may result in the adoption of a new policy or specific law.

Answer 2

• the use of the same field for two or more crops whether of the same or of different kinds successfully during a single year.
• a general vote by the electrorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision is called referendum.