GEOGRAPHY - Agriculture

Agriculture

Short Questions 1. Which are the major sugarcane producing states in India? Answer: Major sugarcane producing states...

Question Mark - 3

1. Describe any three main features of 'Kharif crop season." Answer : Features of Kharif crop season : i. It sta...

2. Describe any three main features of 'Rabi crop season. Answer : Features of Rabi crop season: i. It starts when...

3. Why age old cultivation methods have changed? Answer : Farming has been around for a long time in our country....

4. Explain any two geographical conditions required for the cultivation of pulses. Name any two important pulses produci...

5. Mention any four features of the Primitive Subsistence Farming. Answer : i. People practice primitive subsisten...

6. Diversification of agriculture can be helpful for the Indian farmers. Explain. Answer : (i) Most of the tradition...

7. Mention any three characteristics of the 'shifting agriculture'. Answer : i. The land is prepared by cutting...

8. How is 'Slash and Burn' agriculture done? Answer : 'Slash and Burn' agriculture, also known as Primitive Subsis...

9. What is 'Jhumming' called in different parts of India and in foreign countries? Answer : The farming method calle...

10. What is Intensive Subsistence Farming? Mention its two features. Answer : This kind of farming happens in place...

11. Why India is known as an agricultural country? Answer : India is called an agricultural country because there ar...

12. What is 'commercial farming'? Mention its major features. Answer : Commercial farming is when farmers grow crop...

13. Mention any two factors which play an important role in the development of plantations. Answer : i. Developed n...

14. How is plantation farming done? Answer : Plantation farming is a kind of farming done for business. i. This far...

15. Why is there enormous pressure on agricultural land? Answer : Even though the practice of dividing land among ge...

16. Name any four factors that have distorted the cropping pattern in India. Answer : i. Farmers get a good guarante...

17. With reference to oilseed, answer the following questions. (i) Name a kharif oilseed. Mention three states which ar...

18. What is the importance of rubber for the Indian economy? Answer : i. Rubber is an important industrial raw mater...

19. Name the two most important food crops of India. OR Name some states where they are produced Answer : i. The...

20. Which important millets are grown in India and what are their benefits? Answer : In India, important millets inc...

21. With reference to millets, answer the following questions? (i) What are the geographical conditions required for th...

22. Why jute is losing the market to synthetic fibres? Answer : This plant material is used to create things like ba...

23. Explain any three institutional reforms taken for the development of Indian agriculture. Answer : Three institu...

24. Name two important beverage crops grown in India. Who introduced these crops to the country ? What type of agricultu...

25. What was Comprehensive Land Development Programme? Answer : Under Comprehensive Land Development programme, ins...

26. Write a short note on rubber plantations in India. Answer : It's not a crop for eating, and it usually grows in...

27. Name the state which is the leading producer of rubber. Give two reasons. Answer : Kerala leads in the productio...

30. What is the agricultural term used for cultivation of fruits and vegetables? Mention its three features with referen...

31. Mention any three steps which have been taken by the government to check the exploitation of farmers by speculators...

32. What was comprehensive land development programme? Answer : A program for improving the land introduced changes...

33. What are rabi crops’ ? Give four examples. OR (i) Mention growing and harvesting periods of rabi crops. (ii) Me...

34. What is agricultural term used for cultivation of fruits and vegetables ? Mention its three features with reference...

35. Which is the staple crop used by the majority of people in India and what are its characteristics? Answer : Rice...

Question Mark - 5

1. Name the most important beverage crop of India. Describe the suitable climatic conditions required for its growth. Al...

2. Why is agriculture called the mainstay of Indian economy? OR What is the importance of agriculture in Indian econo...

3. What is primitive subsistence farming? Write any four features of subsistence farming. OR Why subsistence agricult...

4. What is Shifting agriculture? Why is it discouraged? Answer : Shifting Agriculture is when farmers cut down and u...

5. Describe the three cropping seasons of India. India has three cropping seasons : i. Rabi season : Winter cr...

6. What is Plantation agriculture? Write some features of the Plantation agriculture. OR Describe any four characteri...

7. Explain the favourable climatic conditions required for the production of rubber. Also mention the states producing r...

8. Which crop is known as the "golden fibre"? Explain two geographical conditions essential for the cultivation of this...

9. Describe the temperature and climatic conditions required for the cultivation of sugarcane. Name two leading producer...

9. Describe three geographical requirements for maize cultivation temperature, rainfall and soil. Name three maize produ...

10. Which states are the leading producers of the following horticultural crops? (i) Mangoes (ii) Bananas (iii) Grape...

11. How is the government helping the Indian farmers in increasing their agricultural production? Explain any four point...

12. Name any three features of Indian agriculture. OR What are the factors responsible for the backwardness of Indian...

13. "The Government of India has introduced various institutional and technological reforms to improve agriculure in the...

14. Describe various technological and institutional reforms which led to the Green and White Revolution in India. A...

15. Name any four oilseeds produced in India Explain the importance of oilseeds in our day to day life. OR Name any...

16. Name the two major beverage crops grown in India. Describe their growing areas. Answer : Tea and coffee are cruc...

17. “Today Indian farmers are facing a big challenge from international competition.” What are the various factors respo...

18. Name the two most important cereal crops grown in India. Describe the conditions required to grow these two crops....