Agriculture Development

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

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

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

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

Q. Agriculture can be viewed as a system. Which one among the following is not an important input to agriculture?

1. Seeds
2. Profit
3. Labour
4. Fertilisers

Q. In which type of farming do the herdsmen move from place to place with their animals in search of fodder and water?

1. Nomadic herding
2. Commercial farming
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Subsistence farming

Q. Which one of the following countries is giving stiff competition to India with regard to jute production?

1. Brazil
2. Bangladesh
3. Thailand
4. Phillipines

Q. Name the type of activity that includes all those connected with extraction and production of natural resources

1. Livelihood
2. Tertiary
3. Primary
4. Secondary

Q. The plantation of which of the following crop is abundantly found in Malaysia?

1. Rubber
2. Coffee
3. Tea
4. All of the above

Q. From the given options, select the apt definition for the term "Agriculture".

1. The process of preparing the land to cultivate crops and rear livestock.
2. The extraction and production of resources by the nature.
3. The temperature and the amount of rainfall required for certain crops to grow.
4. The size of land holdings in an area.

Q. Discuss the different types of Economic activities of man.

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

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

Q.

Choose the correct option

Assertion(A): Composite Fish Culture Involves the cultivation of different varieties of fish having the same feeding habits.

Reason (R): Different varieties of fish utilize different areas of the same pond for their feed.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

3. A is true but R is false.

4. A is false but R is true.

Q.

Which soil is found in the Deccan plateau?

1. Red and Yellow

2. Alluvial

3. Laterite

4. Black

Q. What are food crops? Write a detailed note on the crops: Rice, wheat, and maize.​

Q.

Which of the following soil is best suitable for the growth of wheat?

1. Loamy

2. Clayey

3. Alluvial

4. Black

Q. Ladang is the name given to shifting cultivation in __________.

1. Mexico
2. Phillipines
3. Vietnam
4. Indonesia

Q. what is the difference between jhum cultivation and shifting cultivation?

Q. Which of the following is an important input for agriculture?

1. Machinery
2. Labour
3. All of the above
4. Fertilisers

Q. Name the type of activity that includes all those connected with extraction and production of natural resources.

1. Livelihood
2. Tertiary
3. Primary
4. Secondary

Q.

What is mariculture?

Q. Shifting cultivation in north-east India is called ______________.

1. Milpa
2. Roca
3. Jhumming
4. Ladang

Q. Which of the following soil is best suitable for the growth of wheat?

1. Black
2. Alluvial
3. Loam
4. Clay

Q. Why does jute grow so well in the Sunderbans area?

Q. What is shifting agriculture also known as?

1. Hack and grow method
2. Slash and smoke method
3. Slash and burn method
4. Slash and hack method

Q. ________ is the commercial rearing of silk worms.

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