agriculture

Question 1

features of intensive subsistence farming

Answer 1

1. high population pressure on land
2. labour-intensive
3. high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation

Question 2

features of commercial farming

Answer 2

1. usage of high doses of HYV seeds, chemicals
2. high productivity
3. done of profits

Question 3

plantation features

Answer 3

1. commercial farming
2. single crop large area
3. huge capital
4. migrant labourers
5. tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana

Question 4

rabi
duration:
crops:

Answer 4

• winter sowing and summer harvest
• wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard

Question 5

kharif
duration:
crops:

Answer 5

• sown summer end and harvest winter end
• paddy, maize, jowar, bajra, tur, moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean

Question 6

zaid

Answer 6

• summer season
• watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables

Question 7

rice
temperature and rainfall:
soils:
states:
any special requirement?

Answer 7

1. kharif
2. 100cm+
3. 25 degrees
4. assam, WB, coasts of odisha, AP, maharashtra, UP, bihar
5. humidity, intense irrigation

Question 8

wheat
temperature and rainfall:
soils:
states:
any special requirement?

Answer 8

1. rabi
2. 50-75cm
3. alluvial soil and black soil
4. punjab haryana UP bihar MP rajasthan
5. cool climate bright sunshine

Question 9

millets [jowar bajra ragi]

soils:
states:

Answer 9

jowar:
rain fed and moist areas
maharashtra karnataka mp ap

bajra:
sandy and black soil
Rajasthan UP Haryana Gujarat Maharashtra

Question 10

maize
temperature and rainfall:
soils:
states:
any special requirement?

Answer 10

1. kharif
2. 21-27 degrees
3. old alluvial soil
4. Karnataka, MP, UP, Bihar, AP, telengana

Question 11

pulses [moong urad tur masur peas gram]
temperature and rainfall:
states:

Answer 11

1. survive in less moisture and dry regions
2. MP maharashtra UP karnataka Rajasthan

Question 12

sugarcane
temperature and rainfall:
soils:
any special requirement?

Answer 12

1. 21-27 degrees, 75cm
2. variety of soils
3. manual labour, water

Question 13

oilseeds [groundnut* coconut sesamum* mustard* linseed* sunflower]
temperature and rainfall:
states:

Answer 13

groundnut: kharif
gujarat rajasthan tamil nadu

linseed and mustard: rabi

sesamum: kharif in north rabi in south

Question 14

Tea
climate:
soils:
requirements:
states:

Answer 14

1. tropical and subtropical
   warm moist frost free climate
2. deep and fertile well drained soil
   rich in humus & organic matter
3. frequent showers
4. assam, WB, tamil nadu, kerala

Question 15

coffee states

Answer 15

nilgiris in karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu

Question 16

mango

Answer 16

maharashtra AP telengana UP WB

Question 17

oranges

Answer 17

nagpur and cherrapunjee

Question 18

banana

Answer 18

kerala, maharashtra, tamil nadu, mizoram

Question 19

lichi and guava

Answer 19

UP and Bihar

Question 20

pineapple

Answer 20

meghalaya

Question 21

grapes

Answer 21

AP telengana Maharashtra

Question 22

rubber
climate:
rain:
temperature:
states:

Answer 22

1. tropical and subtropical
2. moist and humid
3. 200cm+
4. 25 degrees+
5. kerala, tamil nadu, andaman and nicobar, meghalaya, karnataka

Question 23

institutional reforms

Answer 23

1. collectivisation
2. consolidation of holdings
3. cooperation
4. abolition of zamindari

Question 24

reforms

Answer 24

1. green revolution: package technology
2. white revolution
3. weather bulletins
4. provision for crop insurance
5. grameen banks
6. cooperative societies
7. schemes: KCC and PAIS
8. minimum support price, remunerative and procurement prices announced