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1.
Give the difference between manures and fertilisers.
2.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth
3.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
4.
Name the factors influencing agriculture
5.
__________ activity is concerned with processing and manufacturing.
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
None of the above
6.
Cultivation of grapes is also known as _______
viticulture
horticulture
sericulture
pisciculture
7.
Slash and burn practice of agriculture is also known as
intensive farming
extensive farming
shifting farming
nomadic farming
8.
Leading producer of coffee is
Brazil
India
Russia
9.
Horticulture means
growing of fruits and vegetables
primitive farming
growing of wheat
10.
Why is the demand of jute decreasing in the domestic and international market?
11.
Name some coarse grains.
12.
What do you understand by single cropping and multiple cropping?
13.
What is pisciculture?
14.
Name the golden fibre. Where is it grown?
15.
What is mixed farming?
16.
Explain the two features of commercial farming.
17.
What is the main feature of plantation agriculture?
18.
What is Green Revolution?
19.
Define Nomadic herding
1.
The differences between manures and fertilizers are:
| Manures | Fertilizers |
| Manures are organic matter | Fertilizers are not organic. |
| These are made in farms itself | These are made in factories. |
| They do not pollute the soil | They pollute the soil. |
| They do not have a specific nutrient or is not rich in a specific nutrient |
They are rich in a specific nutrient |
2.
The fibre crops are cotton and jute.
The favourable climatic conditions are as follows:
Cotton
i.It requires high temperature, light rainfall, 210 frost free days and bright sunshine for its growth.
ii.It grows best on black and alluvial soils.
Jute
i.It requires high temperature, heavy rainfall and humid climate.
ii.It grows well on alluvial soil.
3.
This cultivation is the form of agriculture in which a plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and by burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops are grown.
After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. This is also known as slash and burn agriculture.
The disadvantages are as follows:
i.Large extent of deforestation.
ii.It leads to soil erosion and soil loss.
iii.Only practised on small patches of land.
4.
Factors influencing agriculture are:
i. Topography of soil
ii. Climate
5.
(b)
Secondary
6.
(a)
viticulture
7.
(b)
extensive farming
8.
(a)
Brazil
9.
(a)
growing of fruits and vegetables
10.
Following points show decrease in demand for jute owing to the Government of India:
i) The jute mills often failing to supply bags to sugar mills on time, as a result, jute mills in India are not getting orders from sugar mills and the demand for jute has dropped.
ii) The government has increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for jute
iii) Jute prices are also sensitive to climate fluctuations in Bangladesh and the North-West of India (West Bengal), which are the areas that produce two-third of the total global jute production and have similar climates and weather conditions.
iv) Despite expansion of jute growing area and intensification of its cultivation, India is not self-sufficient in the supply of raw material.
11.
( )
Jowar, bajra, ragi, etc.
12.
( )
When the land is cultivated once in a year, it is known as single cropping. When more than two crops are raised in a year from the same land, it is known as multiple cropping.
13.
( )
Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds is known as pisciculture.
14.
( )
Jute is known as golden fibre. It is grown mainly in India and Bangladesh
15.
( )
Mixed farming is the land used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestocks.
16.
( )
The two features of commercial farming are:
(i) The area cultivated and the amount of capital used is large.
(ii) Most of the work is done by machines
17.
( )
In plantation agriculture, only a single crop in grown
18.
Green revolution refers to that tremendous increase in agricultural production, which was possible due to the adoption of new agricultural strategy.
19.
In Nomadic Herding, herdsmen move from place to place with their animals for fodder and water, along defined routes. Sheep, camels, yaks, and goats are most commonly reared.
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