Types of Farming

Q.

What is the basic constraint in raising farm production?

Q. The type of farming in which crops are grown for selling purpose is called _____ farming.

1. commercial
2. subsistence
3. pastoral
4. intensive

Q. Identify the alternate name of slash and burn agriculture.

1. Shifting agriculture
2. Commercial agriculture
3. Tribal farming
4. Extensive farming

Q. What kind of crops are grown in slash and burn agriculture?

1. Paddy
2. Indigo
3. Cassava
4. Tapioca

Q. The type of agriculture that is practised for the domestic consumption of the farmers is called _____ agriculture.

1. commercial
2. subsistence
3. plantation
4. private

Q. In India, _____ subsistence type of farming is prevalent.

1. intensive
2. extensive
3. plantation
4. None of the above

Q.

What is the other term used for shifting cultivation?

Q. Clearing a patch of forested land by cutting and burning trees for cultivation is known as _______.

1. subsistence cultivation
2. grain farming
3. slash and burn agriculture
4. intensive subsistence agriculture

Q. The kind of farming in which crops are grown is called _______.

1. fuchsia farming
2. tundra farming
3. arable farming
4. pastoral farming

Q. _____ cultivation is generally practised in forested areas.

1. Shifting
2. Intensive subsistence
3. Plantation
4. Commercial

Q.

Ladang Is The Name Given To Shifting Cultivation In

1. Mexico

2. Vietnam

3. Indonesia

4. Philippines

Q. Agriculture encompasses a variety of activities. Choose the activities that comprise of agricultural activities.

1. Cultivation of crops
2. Worshipping the God of rain
3. Fishing
4. Raising livestock

Q. Many countries like India do not allow ___ anymore because it is harmful to the environment and results in loss of biodiversity.

1. shifting agriculture
2. commercial agriculture
3. plantation agriculture
4. extensive farming

Q. Explain the two major types of agriculture?​

Q. Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types- intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture.

1. False
2. True

Q. The method of farming practised by tribals living in dense forests is called _____ farming.

1. intensive
2. extensive
3. primitive
4. modern

Q. Select the practices that come under agriculture.

1. Raising livestock
2. Forestry
3. Fishing
4. Gardening

Q. The term ___ means the cultivation of the soil for the growing foodgrains.

1. horticulture
2. agriculture
3. floriculture
4. viticulture

Q. Why do people who practise slash and burn agriculture shift to another place after a few years?

1. Lack of employment opportunities
2. Climate related factors
3. The soil becomes infertile
4. To expand their agricultural land.

Q. Identify types of farming practised around the world.

1. Casual
2. Subsistence
3. Commercial
4. Manufacturing

Q. Identify benefits to countries and individuals from agriculture.

1. Food supply source
2. All of the above
3. Employment of labour
4. Export of grains

Q. A holding which will yield the farmers at least a subsistence is known as _________.

1. marginal holding
2. optimum holding
3. economic holding
4. subsistence holding