Agriculture

Question 1

What are primary activities? Give examples.

Answer 1

Extraction and production of natural resources. Agriculture, fishing, gathering are some examples

Question 2

What are secondary activities? Give examples.

Answer 2

Processing of natural resources. Manufacturing of steel, baking of bread, weaving of cloth are examples

Question 3

What are tertiary activities? Give examples.

Answer 3

Support to primary and secondary sectors through service. Transport, trade, banking, insurance, advertising are examples

Question 4

Define agriculture. Name the activities done in agriculture.

Answer 4

Science and art of cultivation on soil. Raising of crops, rearing of livestock are done in agriculture. Also known as farming

Question 5

Define sericulture

Answer 5

Rearing of silkworms

Question 6

Define pisciculture

Answer 6

Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds

Question 7

Define viticulture

Answer 7

Cultivation of grapes

Question 8

Define horticulture

Answer 8

Cultivation of flowers, vegetables and fruits for commercial use

Question 9

What are the inputs of agriculture?

Answer 9

Seeds, fertilisers, machinery, labour

Question 10

Name the processes involved in agriculture

Answer 10

Ploughing, sowing, irrigation, weeding, harvesting

Question 11

What are the outputs agriculture?

Answer 11

Crops, wool, dairy and poultry products

Question 12

What is subsistence farming?

Answer 12

Subsistence farming is practised to meet the needs of the farmers family using low levels of technology and household labour for small output

Question 13

What is intensive subsistence agriculture?

Answer 13

The farmer cultivates a small plot of land, using simple tools and more labour

Question 14

What crops are grown in intensive subsistence agriculture?

Answer 14

Rice, wheat, maize, pulses

Question 15

Where is intensive subsistence agriculture practiced?

Answer 15

In the thickly populated areas of the monsoon region of South, Southeast, and East Asia

Question 16

What is shifting cultivation?

Answer 16

A plot of land is cleared by the felling of trees and burning them. The ashes are mixed with the soil and crops are grown. once the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned

Question 17

Where is shifting cultivation practised?

Answer 17

In the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of Southeast Asia and Northeast India

Question 18

What crops are grown in shifting cultivation?

Answer 18

Maize, yam, potatoes, and cassava

Question 19

Name shifting cultivation in Northeast India, Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia respectively

Answer 19

Jhumming in Northeast India, Milpa in Mexico, Roca in Brazil, Ladang in Malaysia