Strategies of Sustainable Development

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Multiple cropping means growing:

1. only two crops

2. only three crops

3. up to four crops

4. more than one

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To achieve sustainable development, the following needs to be done

1. Technological progress should be input efficient and not input exhaustive

2. Renewable resources should be extracted on a sustainable basis, that is, rate of extraction should not exceed rate of regeneration

3. For non-renewable resources rate of depletion should not exceed the rate of creation of renewable substitutes

4. All of the above

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Justify that energy crisis can be overcome with the use of renewable sources of energy.

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Who is considered as the father of Indian Green Revolution?

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Mixed cropping has proved biologically most dynamic under ___.

1. Water stress condition

2. Irrigated condition

3. High soil fertility conditions

4. Land holding conditions

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HYV has caused a revolutionary change in agricultural productivity. But at the same time, it has been contributing to other factors like ___ & ___ .

1. Degradation of soil

2. Sustainable development

3. Environmental pollution

4. Organic farming

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___ is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land in the same growing seasons.

1. Mixed cropping

2. Crop rotation

3. Arable farming

4. None of the above

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Differentiate between the following: Mixed cropping and Intercropping

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What is meant by mixed cropping?

Q. The Green Revolution is a term used for ____________________.

1. Increasing the area under forests
2. Use of new technology for expansion in area under crops and increase of production and productivity in agriculture
3. Growing more trees
4. None of these

Q. The term eco-efficiency was coined by

1. WHO
2. NCBI
3. WWF
4. WBCSD

Q. Why is the cost of production of agriculture increasing after green revolution. State any 6 reasons.

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Green Revolution refers to___________.

1. Use of green manure

2. High Yielding Variety Programme

3. Grow more crops

4. Green vegetation

Q.

Sustainable development can be achieved by

1. Restricting use of renewable resources

2. Controlling the growth of population

3. Controlling pollution

4. All of the above