Subsistence Farming

Q. What are the characteristics of intensive subsistence agriculture?

1. Plots of land are small
2. Little human labour is required
3. Tuber crops are grown
4. Crops are grown in huge plantations

Q. Slash and burn farming is known with different names around the world. Match the name with the place.

1. India
2. Brazil
3. Mexico

Q. Why do nomad herders move from one place to another?

1. Unfavourable climatic conditions
2. Unfavourable terrain
3. Unfavourable leaders
4. Unfavourable environment

Q. Intensive subsistence agriculture is practised in _____ regions of the world.

1. sparsely populated
2. densely populated
3. all
4. different

Q. The plains are known as food baskets. Why ?

Q. Congo Basin is located in ___ .

1. Asia
2. South America
3. North America
4. Africa

Q. Shifting, burn farming and nomadic herding are all types of subsistence farming.

1. intensive
2. primitive
3. dense
4. tropical

Q. Identify features of subsistence agriculture.

1. Growing crops.
2. Raising animals.
3. Use of irrigation canals.
4. Growing crops and raising animals.

Q. Bimori, a tribal from Mexico practised a type of farming where he cleared patches of land and burnt down trees. What is this type of farming known as?

1. Jhum
2. Milpa
3. Roca
4. Masole

Q. Champak has a small plot of land where he grows rice and bajra for domestic consumption. Choose the correct statement(s) about Champak's practice of farming.

1. He uses simple tools for cultivation.
2. He has bought costly machinery so that his work would become easy.
3. He uses natural manure to the soil.
4. His wife and children help him in farming activities.

Q. Ramu grew rice in his field for his family. He exchanged the surplus produce in the local community in return for wheat. What type of farming is practised by Ramu?

1. Shifting agriculture
2. Plantation agriculture
3. Intensive subsistence agriculture
4. Extensive agriculture

Q. The cultivation of crops on a small scale to meet the consumption needs of the family is called _________.

1. Commercial farming
2. Subsistence farming
3. Irrigation farming
4. Plantation farming

Q. agriculture depends on both physical and natural factors explain why?

Q. Shifting cultivation is harmful to the environment and results in loss of biodiversity.

1. False
2. True

Q. The most important component of the rural economy was the _____________.

1. farmers
2. artisans
3. village officers
4. none of these

Q. People living in densely populated regions practice primitive subsistence agriculture.

1. True
2. False