Types of Agriculture

Q.

Why do farmers grow many fruits and vegetable crops inside large greenhouses? What are the advantages to the farmers?

Q. Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds is known as?

1. Viticulture
2. Horticulture
3. Sericulture
4. Pisciculture

Q. ________ is the commercial rearing of silk worms.

1. Horticulture
2. Pisciculture
3. Sericulture
4. Agriculture

Q. A field can be ploughed in 14 days. If 20 hectares of land is ploughed more daily, the work will be finished in 10 days. Find the area of the land which can be ploughed daily. Also, find the area of field

Q. Flowers like lily and gerbera are grown using _______ for maximum economic returns.

1. greenhouse farming
2. organic farming
3. plantation farming
4. market gardening

Q. Silk worms primarily feed on _________ leaves.

1. mango
2. tamarind
3. mulberry
4. neem

Q. _________ includes growing of vegetables, flowers and fruits for commercial use.

1. horticulture
2. agriculture
3. sericulture
4. fishery

Q. Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds is known as_______________.

1. pisciculture
2. horticulture
3. sericulture
4. agriculture

Q. Compare intensive farming and extensive farming.

Q. Name the term given to breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds.

1. Sericulture
2. Horticulture
3. Pisciculture
4. Viticulture

Q. Farming on a scale would require machinery and labourers for cultivation.

1. small
2. micro
3. large

Q. What is the cultivation of grapes called?

1. Agriculture
2. Horticulture
3. Sericulture
4. Viticulture

Q. Horticulture can be defined as_______

1. primitive farming
2. growing of wheat
3. growing of fruits and vegetables
4. bee keeping

Q. Name the term given to growing of vegetables, flowers, and fruits for commercial use.

1. Viticulture
2. Pisciculture
3. Sericulture
4. Horticulture