Intensive Subsistence Agriculture and Commercial Farming

Q. Which kind of agriculture is known as slash and burn agriculture?

1. Primitive subsistence farming
2. Intensive commercial farming
3. Intensive subsistence farming
4. Primitive commercial farming

Q. Match the following places with their respective indigenous names of shifting cultivation.

1. Dipa
2. Jhumming
3. Dahiya
4. Podu

Q. Slash and Burn agriculture is known as Khil in the ________ region.

1. Western Ghats
2. Himalayan belt
3. Odisha
4. Jharkhand

Q. __________ is known as slash and burn agriculture.

1. Primitive subsistence farming
2. Intensive subsistence farming
3. Primitive commercial farming
4. Intensive commercial farming

Q.

The slash and burn agriculture is known as____ in Mexico and____ in the north-eastern region.

1. Roca, Jhumming

2. Milpa, Jhumming

3. Milpa, Khil

4. Roca, Khil.

Q. Which of the following are used in commercial farming?

1. High Yielding Variety seeds
2. Chemical fertilisers
3. Insecticides
4. Local seeds

Q. The type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large area is called _____ farming.

1. Sedentary
2. Subsistence
3. Jhum
4. Plantation

Q.

Which type of agriculture is capital intensive?

Q. Slash and burn agriculture is known as _______ in Brazil.

1. Roca
2. Milpa
3. Conuco
4. Ray

Q. Which of the following are used in subsistence farming?

1. Hoe
2. Dao
3. Digging sticks
4. Pesticides

Q. How does burning of certain areas help in creating fertile land?

1. Makes the land produce alluvial soil on its own.
2. Main competitors of crops like weeds and threats like pests are destroyed.
3. Crops react well to the heat produced by fire.
4. Provides nutrients that deposit on the soil in the form of ashes.

Q.

What is ‘shifting cultivation’ also known as?

1. Sustainable method

2. Slash and Burn method

3. Modern method

4. Scientific method

Q. Subsistence agriculture generally involves the usage of low-level ___.

1. technology
2. manpower
3. crops
4. water

Q. Why is the tree-less patch of land burnt in slash and burn agriculture?

1. To let the villagers know about the new farming
2. To increase the pollution
3. To destroy pests and weeds
4. To provide suitable conditions for crops to grow

Q.

Which of the following is not a result of excessive and careless use of fertilisers and water?

1. Water logging of the agricultural fields

2. Improvement in the quality of land

3. Depletion of micronutrients

4. Salinity of soil

Q. Which of the following are used in slash and burn agriculture?

1. Hoe
2. Dao
3. Digging sticks
4. Pesticides

Q. Which matter is necessary for Plantation Agriculture?

1. Transport facility.
2. Machines, irrigation, fertilizer.
3. All the three above mentioned matters.
4. Technical knowledge.

Q. What is commercial farming?

1. Cultivating crops for selling primarily in the market
2. Cultivating crops for exports
3. Cultivating crops for self-consumption
4. Cultivating crops for livestock

Q.

Clearing of forest is performed in -

1. Mixed Farming

2. Shifting Agriculture

3. Dry Farming

4. Both a & c

Q. Farming is classified into ___ farming and ___ farming.

1. Relative, Commercial
2. Personal, Commercial
3. Subsistence, Commercial
4. Subsistence, Rented

Q. What does Commercial Farming involve?

1. Seeds of high yielding variety
2. Huge manpower
3. Chemical fertilisers
4. Use of machines

Q. Which among the following inputs is not used in commercial farming?

1. Chemical fertilisers
2. Technologically advanced machines
3. High yielding varieties of seeds
4. Household labour

Q. Extract 12 indicates change in ownership.

1. True
2. False

Q. Match these places in India with their respective indigenous names of shifting cultivation.

1. Mizoram
2. Manipur
3. Odisha
4. Jharkhand
5. Jhumming
6. Pamlou
7. Pama Dabi
8. Kuruwa

Q. Which among the following inputs is not used in commercial farming?

1. Chemical fertilisers
2. Technologically advanced machines
3. High yielding varieties of seeds
4. Household labour

Q. The right to inheritance has led to the division of land into smaller fragments among successive generations.

1. True
2. False

Q. what is the importance of fertiliser industries in India?Explain the development .

Q. Match these places in India with their respective indigenous names of shifting cultivation.

1. Mizoram
2. Manipur
3. Odisha
4. Jharkhand
5. Jhumming
6. Pamlou
7. Pama Dabi
8. Kuruwa

Q. Which among the following statements are true about commercial farming?

1. It is a labour-intensive form of farming with minimal investment of capital and other supplementary machinery.
2. This form of farming involves the usage of more efficient methods of production to increase productivity and reduce costs.
3. Dairy farming, plantation farming, and livestock ranching are examples of commercial farming.
4. Modern inputs such as seeds of high yielding variety, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides are used to raise productivity.

Q. Among the below given options, select the crops that are grown in plantation farming.

1. Tea
2. Coffee
3. Rubber
4. Cotton
5. Sugarcane
6. Cashew
7. Banana
8. Maize