CLASS 10 SST - GEOGRAPHY - AGRICULTURE - ALL IN ONE [1 MARK] [QUESTIONS]

All in One

Exam Practice

QUESTIONS

Objective Type Questions [1 mark each]

1. What population of India is engaged in agricultural activities?

(a) Two-Third

(b) Three-Fourth

(c) One-Fourth

(d) Two-Fourth

2. Which of the following methods have been changed depending upon the characteristics of physical environment, technological know-how and socio-cultural practice?

(a) Industrial activity

(b) Irrigation Pattern

(c) Cultivation

(d) None of these

3. .............. is a slash and burn agriculture.

(a) Extensive farming

(b) Commercial subsistence farming

(c) Jhumming

(d) None of the above

4. Which of the following farming practice depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions?

(a) Commercial farming

(b) Intensive subsistence farming

(c) Primitive subsistence farming

(d) Plantation

5. Which type of agriculture practice is famous in North-Eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland?

(a) Jhumming

(b) Slash and burn farming

(c) Commercial farming

(d) Subsistence farming

6. In which month the kharif crops are harvested?

(a) April-June

(b) September-October

(c) January-February

(d) June-July

7. Important crops like paddy, maize, jowar bajra etc are grown during which of the following seasons?

(a) Spring

(b) Summer

(c) Monsoon

(d) Winter

8. Aus, aman and boro are types of which crop?

(a) Maize

(b) Paddy

(c) Jowar

(d) Bajra

9. Watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops are the types of

(a) Zaid crop

(b) Kharif crop

(c) Rabi crop

(d) None of these

10. Which of the following is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India?

(a) Jowar

(b) Bajra

(c) Wheat

(d) Rice

11. For irrigation, most of the Indian farmers depend on

(a) reservoirs

(b) rivers

(c) monsoon

(d) tube wells

12. Which of the following was the main focus of our First Five Year plan?

(a) Cost of food grains

(b) Land reforms

(c) Industrialisation

(d) Globalisation

13. Which of the following is being used in making gunny bags, mats, ropes, yarn, carpets and other artefacts?

(a) Jute

(b) Cotton

(c) Fibre

(d) None of these

14. ........ is a scheme introduced by the Government of India for the benefit of the farmers.

(a) Kisan Credit Card

(b) Mudra Yojana

(c) Farmer Scheme

(d) Jan Dhan Yojana

15. Who was declared as spiritual heir of Gandhiji?

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Vinoba Bhave

(d) Sardar Patel

 

Very Short Answer Type Questions [1 Mark Each]

1. Why there are different farming practices developed in India?

or

Name the major factors which significantly influence the method of cultivation in India.

2. Why jhumming is a primitive subsistence farming in India?

3. 'Slash and burn' agriculture is practised only in India. Do you agree with it?

4. Can you name some primitive agricultural farming practices in South-East Asia?

5. What is commercial farming? CBSE 2015

6. Name some crops of commercial farming.

7. Briefly explain how plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.

8. What term does describe the system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area. CBSE 2016

9. Mention two factors that are important for the growth of plantations.

10. Give the reason for success of rabi crops in North-Western India.

11. What is the sowing period of kharif crops?

12. Briefly explain the pattern of paddy crops in Odisha and West Bengal.

13. What is zaid season in India?

14. What are coarse grains?

15. Maize is not a solely kharif crop in India. Do you agree?

16. Find out the importance of pulses in agricultural pattern in India.

17. What is leguminous crops?

18. Which state is the leading producer of Jowar? CBSE 2016

19. What is the position of India in sugarcane production in the world? CBSE 2015

20. Which state is the leading producer of rubber in India? CBSE 2015