The Different Types of Farming

Q. Major crops grown in plantation are:

1. Tea
2. Cashew
3. Sugarcane
4. Rice

Q.

Type Of Farming To Meet Family Needs

Q. From which two words is the term "agriculture" derived?

1. Agro, colo
2. Agri, culture
3. Ager, colo
4. Agri, colo

Q. Match the different types of farming with relevant description:

1) Dry farming	A) Create patches of flat land on sloped areas
2) Commercial farming	B) Grow food and fodder crops, and rear animals
3) Terrace farming	C) Crops that require less water
4) Mixed farming	D) Crops are grown and animals are reared for selling purpose

1. 1-C; 2-D; 3-A; 4-B
2. 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D
3. 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C
4. 1-D; 2- B; 3-A; 4-C

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

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

Q. Primitive subsistence agriculture is also known by which of these following names?

1. Slash and burn agriculture
2. Plantations
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Terrace farming

Q. What do you mean by agriculture?

1. Raising crops
2. Rearing animals
3. Saving water
4. Renting soil

Q. What is Subsistence farming?

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

Q. What is another name for primitive subsistence agriculture?

1. Commercial farming
2. Slash and burn farming
3. Intensive subsistence farming
4. Pastoral farming

Q. In __________, shifting cultivation is known as Khil?

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

Q. Farming can be classified into ___ farming and ___ farming.

1. Subsistence
2. Commercial
3. Jhum
4. Ladang

Q. Match these countries with their respective indigenous names of shifting cultivation.

1. Mexico
2. Brazil
3. Vietnam
4. Indonesia
5. Venezuela
6. Milpa
7. Conuco
8. Roca
9. Ladang
10. Ray

Q.

Exaplain with example how mining, over irrigation are responsible for land degradation

Q. In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?

1. Plains of Uttar Pradesh
2. Punjab
3. Haryana
4. Uttaranchal

Q. Which among the following farming practices has led to the deterioration of soil quality and damage to the natural environment?

1. Intensive subsistence farming
2. Primitive subsistence farming
3. Sedentary farming
4. Mixed farming

Q. In shifting cultivation, fertilisers and modern inputs are used to enhance productivity.

1. True
2. False

Q. ___ is the science and art of cultivation on the soil, raising crops, and rearing livestock.

1. Industry
2. Agriculture
3. Fishing
4. Carpentry

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 is the principal crop grown in areas of intensive subsistence farming

Q. Primitive subsistence agriculture is also known as .

1. shifting cultivation
2. pastoral farming
3. mixed farming

Q. and are cultivated in wet farming regions.

(Fill in the blanks in alphabetical order).

1. Bajra
2. Paddy
3. Pulses
4. Sugarcane