Chapter 4 :- Agriculture
1. Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Gram
(d) Cotton
2. In which of the countries, the ‘slash and burn’
agriculture is known as ‘Roca’?
(a) Brazil
(b) Indonesia
(c) Central Africa
(d) All of the above
3. In which country, slash and burn agriculture is
known as “Milpa”?
(a) Venezuela
(b) Brazil
(c) Central America
(d) Mexico and Central America
4. Milpa and Ladang are different names for___.
(a) shifting cultivation.
(b) mixed farming
(c) truck farming
(d) plantation agriculture
5. What is the other name of Jhumming?
(a) Shifting Cultivation
(b) Slash and Burn Agriculture
(c) Milpa
(d) All of these
6. Rubber grows well along the coast of ...........
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) None of these
7. In which state of India slash and burn is called
Jhumming?
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
8. ____ is a primary activity, which produces most of
the food that we consume.
(a) Agriculture
(b) sericulture
(c) apiculture
(d) lac culture
9. The Agriculture that is practiced on small patches
of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks is _____.
(a) Shifting Agriculture
(b) Primitive Subsistence Farming
(c) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(d) Commercial Farming
10. ____ farming practice depends on monsoon,
natural fertility of the soil and sustainability of other
environmental conditions.
(a) Shifting
(b) Primitive Subsistence
(c) Intensive Subsistence
(d) Commercial
11. It is a type of agriculture where farmers clear a
patch of land and produce food crops to sustain their
family. Choose correct option.
(a) Regular farming
(b) Clear farming
(c) Slash and burn farming
(d) None of these
12. Another name for shifting agriculture in northeastern states like Assam is ___.
(a) Kuruwa
(b) Kumari
(c) Bewar
(d) Jhumming
13. Which type of farming is practised in areas with high
population pressure on land?
(a) Shifting Farming
(b) Primitive Subsistence Farming
(c) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(d) Commercial Farming
14. In which of the following states of India is intensive
subsistence farming largely practiced?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Punjab
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
15. In which system of agriculture are high doses of
fertilizers and pesticides used?
(a) Intensive agriculture
(b) Extensive agriculture
(c) Jhooming
(d) plantations
16. The ____ has led to division of land among
successive generations and rendered the size of land
holding uneconomical.
(a) right of extractive
(b) right of acquired
(c) right of earned
(d) right of inheritance
17. High yielding variety of seeds and use of chemical
fertilisers are widely found in _____.
(a) shifting cultivation
(b) sedentary intensive farming
(c) Commercial farming
(d) mixed farming
18. Rice is a ____ crop in Haryana and Punjab, but in
Odisha, it is a ____ crop.
(a) commercial, subsistence
(b) subsistence, commercial
(c) domestic, commercial
(d) subsistence,domestic
19. What type of climate is required for sugarcane ?
(a) Dry and hot
(b) Hot and wet
(c) Cold and dry
(d) Cold and wet
20. Which one of the following oilseed in India is grown
in both Rabi and Kharif seasons?
(a) Groundnut
(b) Coconut
(c) Castor seed
(d) Mustard
21. ____ is also a type of commercial farming.In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large
area.
(a) Bewar
(b) Khil
(c) Jhumming
(d) Plantation
22. The plantation has an interface of ____ and
____.
(a) Industry, human
(b) Agriculture, Farmer
(c) Agriculture, Industry
(d) Industry, Farmer
23. Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Rubber
(c) Sugarcane
(d) wheat
24. Which of the following state is the largest producer
of tea in India?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Assam
(c) West Bengal
(d) Tamil Nadu
25. ____ is the largest producer of coffee in India.
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Karnataka
(d) All of these
26. A well developed network of _______connecting
the plantation areas, processing industries and
markets plays an important role in the development
of plantations.
(a) transport and communication
(b) Climate
(c) production
(d) Irrigation
27. How many cropping seasons in India?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
28. ____crops are sown in winter from October to
December and harvested in summer from April to
June.
(a) Rabi
(b) Zaid
(c) Kharif
(d) All of these
29. Barley, grams, mustard and peas are examples of ____.
(a) Rabi crop
(b) Zaid crop
(c) Kharif crop
(d) Plantation crop
30. How much of India’s population is engaged in
Agricultural activities
(a) Two third
(b) Half
(c) One third
(d) Almost all
31. Over the years, cultivation methods have changed
significantly depending upon the characteristics of
……
(a) Type of crop
(b) technological know-how
(c) Type of season
(d) Government intervention
32. What has been the main dependency of primitive
farming?
(a) monsoon
(b) labour
(c) suitability of other environment
(d) technical
33. What are the features of primitive subsistence
agriculture?
(a) Large amount of labour
(b) When the soil fertility decreases, the farmers
shift and clear a fresh patch of land
(c) Use of canals
(d) Use of fertilisers
34. Intensive Subsistence Farming is ….farming.
(a) Machine based
(b) labour intensive
(c) Crop rotation
(d) Soil consistent
35. Why is there enormous pressure on agricultural land?
(a) Overpopulation
(b) Small scale farmers are not able to earn livelihood
(c) Due to the law of inheritance and division of
land.
(d) Farmers of less land holdings are not able to
afford the right techniques
36. Which state is known for growing Rabi crops?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Odisha
(d) Punjab
37. Availability of ______ during winter months
due to the western temperate cyclones helps in the
success of Rabi crops.
(a) Sunlight
(b) Precipitation
(c) Frost
(d) Winds
38. Green Revolution was most successful in ____.for
growing rabi crops.
(a) Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
(c) Punjab and Tamilnadu
(d) Haryana and kerala
39. When are Kharif crops harvested?
(a) September-October
(b) December- January
(c) June-July
(d) April- May
40. Select the crop grown during the Kharif season.
(a) Barley
(b) Gram
(c) Rice
(d) pea
41. Select the important wheat growing state.
(a) West Bengal
(b) Odisha
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra
42. Select the crop grown in the Zaid season.
(a) cucumber
(b) Urad
(c) Bajra
(d) Maize
43. In Assam, West Bengal and Odisha, how many crops
of paddy are grown in a year?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4
44. How long does sugarcane take to grow?
(a) Almost 4 months
(b) Almost 6 months
(c) Almost 1 year
(d) Almost 3 months
45. India is the ………..largest producer of rice in the
world.
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
46. Rice requires high humidity with …….cm annual
rainfall?
(a) Above 100 cm
(b) Below 100 cm
(c) Above 75 cm
(d) Above 60 cm
47. How has it become possible to grow rice in areas of
less rainfall such as Punjab, Haryana and western
Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan?
(a) availability of cheap labour
(b) development of canals irrigation and tube-wells
(c) fertile soil
(d) development of the transport network
48. What kind of weather conditions are favourable for
the growth of Wheat?
(a) cool growing season and a bright sunshine
(b) Hot wet weather
(c) Monsoon
(d) Dry hot weather
49. Wheat needs ___ to ___ cm of annual rainfall
which should be evenly distributed over the growing
season.
(a) 80 and 100
(b) 50 and 75
(c) 75 and 90
(d) 90 and 100
50. Which among the following is growing over GangaSatluj plains in the north-west and black soil region ?
(a) Ragi
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) Maize
