Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
Which one of the following is not a food crop
(a) Rice
(b) wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Maize
Answer
Answer: (c) Cotton
Question 2.
Muskmelon grows in
(a) rabi season
(b) kharif season
(c) zaid season
(d) all the three seasons
Answer
Answer: (c) zaid season
Question 3.
It takes almost a year to grow.
(a) Rice
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Maize
(d) Bajra
Answer
Answer: (b) Sugarcane
Question 4.
One of the following pulses which does not help in restoring soil
fertility.
(a) Moong
(b) Gram
(c) Peas
(d) Arhar
Answer
Answer: (d) Arhar
Question 5.
The second largest producer of groundnut is
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
Answer
Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh
Question 6.
Which of the following is known as golden fibre?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk
Answer
Answer: (b) Jute
Question 7.
Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as:
(a) Sericulture
(b) Aquaculture
(c) Apeculture
(d) Pisciculture
Answer
Answer: (a) Sericulture
Question 8.
Coffee cultivation was first introduced in:
(a) Himalayas
(b) Aravalli Hills
(c) Garo Hills
(d) Baba Budan Hills
Answer
Answer: (d) Baba Budan Hills
Question 9.
What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?
(a) 21
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 4
Answer
Answer: (b) 12
Question 10.
Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
Answer
Answer: (d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities
Question 11.
Which of the following is the example of kharif crops?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Peas
Answer
Answer: (a) Rice
Question 12.
Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop
is grown on a large area?
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture
Answer
Answer: (b) Plantation agriculture
Question 13.
Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid
Answer
Answer: (a) Winter
Question 14.
Which one of the following crops is known as ‘Golden Fibre?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Groundnut
(d) Jute
Answer
Answer: (d) Jute
Question 15.
Which one of the following crops is a beverage crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Bajra
Answer
Answer: (a) Tea
Question 16.
Which country is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the
world?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
Answer
Answer: (d) India
Question 17.
Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the
following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
Answer
Answer: (a) Yemen
Question 18.
Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oilseeds
Answer
Answer: (c) Tea
Question 19.
Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Pakistan
Answer
Answer: (b) India
Question 20.
In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (d) None of these
Question 21.
Which of the following crops is not a millet?
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Ragi
(d) Bajra
Answer
Answer: (b) Maize
Question 22.
Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as
well as
exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd
Answer
Answer: (c) Tea
Question 23.
Which one is an important rabi crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Watermelon
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize
Answer
Answer: (c) Wheat
Question 24.
Which among the following is a fibre crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee
Answer
Answer: (b) Jute
Question 25.
Which of the following crops is used both as a food and as a fodder?
(a) Jowar
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Tea
Answer
Answer: (c) Maize
Given below are names of some crops grown in India. Categorise them into rabi, kharif and zaid crops.
bajra, barley, wheat, rice, maize, peas, jute, groundnut, watermelon, muskmelon, moong, grain
Answer
Answer:
Look at the given picture carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) What are these women engaged in?
(ii) Name the sates where it is grown.
Answer
Answer:
(i) These women are engaged in tea-leaves harvesting.
(ii) Tea is grown in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
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Multiple Choice Questions
Previous Years’ Questions
1. In which type of soil does maize grow well? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of the above
2. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the months of September-October? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
3. Which one of the following is a rabi crop? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Millets
(d) Cotton
4. ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is a [CBSE (CCE) 2011]
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Intensive agriculture
(c) Commercial agriculture
(d) None of these
NCERT Questions
5. Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area ?
(a) Shifting Agriculture
(b) Plantation Agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive Agriculture
6. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
(a) Pulses
(b) Millet
(c) Jowar
(d) Sesamum
7. Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop ?
(a) Maximum support price
(b) Minimum support price
(c) Moderate support price
(d) Influential support price
Additional Questions
8. Jhumming refers to
(a) Primitive subsistence farming in Brazil.
(b) ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture in North-eastern states of India.
(c) Primitive farming in Malaysia.
(d) Commercial farming in Punjab.
9. Bhoodan – Gramdan movement was initiated by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Bal GangadharTilak
10. India is the leading producer and exporter of ………….. in the world.
(a) Rubber
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Tea
(d) Rice
11. Rearing of silkworms is called as
(a) Pisciculture
(b) Agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Sericulture
12. Yellow revolution refers to
(a) increased production of eggs.
(b) increased production of oilseeds.
(c) increased production offish.
(d) increased production of pulses.
13. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called
(a) Floriculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Agriculture
14. The third agricultural season is
(a) Kharif
(b) Rabi
(c) Zaid
(d) Spring
15. India is the ………….. largest producer of sugarcane in the world.
(a) Fifth
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) fourth
16. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of rubber ?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh
17. White revolution refers to
(a) increased production of flowers.
(b) increased production of eggs.
(c) increased production of milk.
(d) increased production of fish.
18. The leading producer of Jowar is ……………..
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Assam
(d) Maharashtra
19. Which position does India rank in terms of rice production in the world ?
(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Second
(d) Fourth
20. Which one of the following statements is incorrect as regards to commercial farming ?
(a) Use of heavy doses of modern inputs.
(b) Crops are grown for sale.
(c) Family members are involved in growing crops.
(d) Practised on large land holdings.
21. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in area of ……………
(a) high population
(b) low population
(c) deserts
(d) thick forests
22. Punjab and Haryana grow rice mainly due to
(a) availability of cheap labour.
(b) development of canals irrigation and tubewells.
(c) fertile soil.
(d) development of transport network.
23. A type of millet rich in iron, calcium, other micro nutrients and roughage is …………..
(a) Bajra
(b) Rajma
(c) Jowar
(d) Ragi
24. Which crop is grown covering 12 per cent of total cropped area ?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Oil seeds
(d) Millets
25. Specialised cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called
(a) Agriculture
(b) Horticulture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Pisciculture
26. Which one of the following countries produce 13 per cent of world’s vegetables ?
(a) France
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) Japan
27. Rearing of silk worms to produce raw silk is called ………………
(a) Floriculture
(b) Pisciculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Viticulture
28. Which crop is used both as food crop and feed crop ?
(a) Rabi
(b) Millet
(c) Maize
(d) Pulses
29. India is the largest producer and consumer of this crop
(a) Millets
(b) Maize
(c) Pulses
(d) Oil seeds
30. Tea is a beverage crop initially introduced by the …………….
(a) Americans
(b) British
(c) Africans
(d) Australians
31. India produces ………. percent of world’s coffee production.
(a) 2 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 4 percent
(d) 1 percent
32. Oranges are mainly produced in the state of …………..
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
33. Grapes are mainly produced in the state of …………..
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Andhra Pradesh
34. ICAR refers to
(a) International Council of Aeronautical Research
(b) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(c) Indian Council of Animal Research
(d) International Commission for Agricultural Research
35. Grouping of small land holdings into a bigger one is called
(a) ceiling on land holdings.
(b) collectivisation.
(c) cooperative farming.
(d) consolidation of land holdings.
36. Which one of the following crops is commercial crop in one state while it is subsistence crop in another state ?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Rubber
37. Which day is celebrated as World Food Day ?
(a) 11th April
(b) 16th October
(c) 10th November
(d) 15th December
38. The percentage of India’s population engaged in agriculture is
(a) 1/3
(b) 2/3
(c) 1/2
(d) 3/4
39. A type of farming in which crops are grown using primitive tools is …………….
(a) Primitive subsistence farming
(b) Extensive agriculture
(c) Plantation
(d) Commercial farming
40. Rabi crops are sown in
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Autumn
(d) Spring
41. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of Jute?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) West Bengal
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