Class 12 LAND RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE MCQ

**1. What category of land-use includes areas demarcated by the government for forest growth in Land Revenue Records?** – (a) Culturable Wasteland – (b) Area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands – (c) Forests – (d) Barren and Wastelands

Answer

Answer: (c) Forests

**2. Which type of land is typically unsuitable for cultivation with available technology, such as barren hilly terrains and desert lands?** – (a) Area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands – (b) Culturable Wasteland – (c) Barren and Wastelands – (d) Current Fallow

Answer

Answer: (c) Barren and Wastelands

**3. What does the category “Land put to Non-agricultural Uses” include in land-use classification?** – (a) Area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves – (b) Fallow other than Current Fallow – (c) Land under settlements, infrastructure, industries, etc. – (d) Net Area Sown

Answer

Answer: (c) Land under settlements, infrastructure, industries, etc.

**4. Which category comprises land owned by the village ‘Panchayat’ or the Government, often considered as ‘Common Property Resources’?** – (a) Culturable Wasteland – (b) Area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands – (c) Current Fallow – (d) Area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves

Answer

Answer: (b) Area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands

**5. What is the category of land-use that includes orchards and privately owned land under fruit trees?** – (a) Culturable Wasteland – (b) Current Fallow – (c) Fallow other than Current Fallow – (d) Area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves

Answer

Answer: (d) Area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves

**6. How is ‘Culturable Wasteland’ defined in terms of uncultivated land duration?** – (a) More than five years – (b) Less than one agricultural year – (c) More than one year but less than five years – (d) Exactly five years

Answer

Answer: (a) More than five years

**7. What is the purpose of fallowing as a cultural practice in the context of land-use?** – (a) Increasing land fertility – (b) Accelerating crop growth – (c) Preventing soil erosion – (d) Enhancing water retention

Answer

Answer: (a) Increasing land fertility

**8. How is ‘Current Fallow’ different from ‘Fallow other than Current Fallow’?** – (a) Duration of uncultivation – (b) Type of crops grown – (c) Ownership status – (d) Availability of water resources

Answer

Answer: (a) Duration of uncultivation

**9. What is the term for the physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested?** – (a) Net Area Sown – (b) Jal Gram – (c) Jal Kshetra – (d) Jal Yojana

Answer

Answer: (a) Net Area Sown

**1. What factor significantly influences land-use in a region according to the given content?** – (a) Population density – (b) Economic activities – (c) Climate change – (d) Political stability

Answer

Answer: (b) Economic activities

**2. How does the size of the economy impact land-use, as explained in the passage?** – (a) It decreases pressure on land – (b) It has no impact on land-use – (c) It increases pressure on land – (d) It leads to land conservation

Answer

Answer: (c) It increases pressure on land

**3. In which sectors does the economy usually experience faster growth over time, leading to a shift in land-use?** – (a) Primary sector – (b) Secondary and tertiary sectors – (c) Agricultural sector – (d) Service sector

Answer

Answer: (b) Secondary and tertiary sectors

**4. Where do land-use changes tend to be sharp, especially around urban areas, according to the passage?** – (a) Rural farmlands – (b) Forested regions – (c) Coastal areas – (d) Large urban areas

Answer

Answer: (d) Large urban areas

**5. What is the primary reason for the gradual shift of land from agricultural uses to non-agricultural uses over time?** – (a) Decline in population – (b) Technological advancements – (c) Changes in income levels – (d) Growth of secondary and tertiary sectors

Answer

Answer: (d) Growth of secondary and tertiary sectors

**6. What is a common feature of developing countries like India in terms of land-use changes?** – (a) Decrease in population pressure – (b) Slow decline in agriculture’s share in GDP – (c) Rapid decline in economic activities – (d) Limited urbanization

Answer

Answer: (b) Slow decline in agriculture’s share in GDP

**7. Why does the pressure on agricultural land continue despite a reduction in the sector’s contribution to the economy?** – (a) Decrease in population dependent on agriculture – (b) Rapid decline in the number of people to feed – (c) Increase in the sector’s share in GDP – (d) Slow decline in the population dependent on agriculture

Answer

Answer: (d) Slow decline in the population dependent on agriculture

**1. What is the time span covered by the land-use changes shown in Figure 3.1?** – (a) 10 years – (b) 25 years – (c) 50 years – (d) 65 years

Answer

Answer: (c) 50 years

**2. According to the passage, how are the percentages in Figure 3.1 derived?** – (a) Based on the entire country’s land area – (b) With respect to the reporting area – (c) Calculated from the urban areas – (d) Using satellite imagery

Answer

Answer: (b) With respect to the reporting area

**3. What is the primary reason for the increase in the share of area under non-agricultural uses, according to the passage?** – (a) Decline in industrial activities – (b) Expansion of urban and rural settlements – (c) Decrease in infrastructural facilities – (d) Reduction in the service sector

Answer

Answer: (b) Expansion of urban and rural settlements

**4. What contributes to the increase in the share of area under forest, as per the passage?** – (a) Actual increase in forest cover – (b) Expansion of demarcated forest areas – (c) Decrease in industrial activities – (d) Reduction in rural settlements

Answer

Answer: (b) Expansion of demarcated forest areas

**5. Why does the passage mention that the increase in current fallow cannot be explained from information pertaining to only two points?** – (a) Lack of data on current fallow lands – (b) Fluctuation over years due to rainfall and cropping cycles – (c) Irrelevant to land-use changes – (d) Inconsistencies in reporting

Answer

Answer: (b) Fluctuation over years due to rainfall and cropping cycles

**6. What recent phenomenon is mentioned in the passage regarding net area sown?** – (a) Decrease due to non-agricultural use – (b) Increase due to industrial growth – (c) Increase due to the use of culturable wasteland – (d) Steady decline over time

Answer

Answer: (c) Increase due to the use of culturable wasteland

**7. What is the primary reason for the decline in net area sown before the recent increase?** – (a) Increase in non-agricultural use – (b) Industrial expansion – (c) Decrease in agricultural activities – (d) Growth of urban settlements

Answer

Answer: (a) Increase in non-agricultural use

Certainly! Apologies for the oversight. Let’s continue: **8. What factor has influenced land-use changes in India over the past four or five decades, according to the passage?** – (a) Political stability – (b) Economic changes – (c) Cultural shifts – (d) Technological advancements

Answer

Answer: (b) Economic changes

**9. How does the passage describe the relationship between the reporting area and changes in land categories?** – (a) Reporting area influences land changes – (b) Reporting area remains constant – (c) Reporting area fluctuates with land changes – (d) Reporting area is irrelevant to land changes

Answer

Answer: (b) Reporting area remains constant

**10. According to the passage, what has contributed to the increase in the area under non-agricultural uses?** – (a) Decline in industrial activities – (b) Expansion of industrial activities – (c) Decrease in urban settlements – (d) Reduction in infrastructural facilities

Answer

Answer: (b) Expansion of industrial activities

**11. What is the recent trend in the area under net sown, as per the passage?** – (a) Steady decline – (b) Fluctuating over years – (c) Recent increase – (d) Continuous increase

Answer

Answer: (c) Recent increase

**12. Why is the increase in the share under forest explained as an expansion of demarcated areas rather than actual forest cover increase?** – (a) Lack of accurate data on forest cover – (b) Changes in government policies – (c) Change in the demarcation process – (d) Actual increase in forest cover

Answer

Answer: (c) Change in the demarcation process

**13. According to the passage, what influences the trend of current fallow lands over the years?** – (a) Industrial activities – (b) Variability of rainfall and cropping cycles – (c) Technological advancements – (d) Government policies

Answer

Answer: (b) Variability of rainfall and cropping cycles

**14. What is the main reason for the decline in net area sown before the recent increase?** – (a) Expansion of urban settlements – (b) Decrease in population – (c) Increase in agricultural activities – (d) Increase in non-agricultural use

Answer

Answer: (d) Increase in non-agricultural use

**15. Which category has shown the highest rate of increase, according to the passage?** – (a) Area under forest – (b) Area under non-agricultural uses – (c) Current fallow lands – (d) Net area sown

Answer

Answer: (b) Area under non-agricultural uses

**1. What is the primary reason for the decline in barren and wasteland, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Decrease in agricultural pressure – (b) Increase in agricultural and non-agricultural pressure – (c) Expansion of cultivation – (d) Introduction of conservation measures

Answer

Answer: (b) Increase in agricultural and non-agricultural pressure

**2. Why has culturable wasteland witnessed a decline over time, according to the passage?** – (a) Lack of government attention – (b) Decrease in agricultural pressure – (c) Increase in illegal encroachment – (d) Successful reclamation practices

Answer

Answer: (c) Increase in illegal encroachment

**3. What is the main factor responsible for the decline in land under pastures and grazing lands, as per the passage?** – (a) Agricultural expansion – (b) Government policies – (c) Lack of interest in animal husbandry – (d) Natural disasters

Answer

Answer: (a) Agricultural expansion

**1. How can land be broadly classified based on ownership, according to the passage?** – (a) Urban and rural land – (b) Fertile and barren land – (c) Private land and common property resources (CPRs) – (d) Agricultural and non-agricultural land

Answer

Answer: (c) Private land and common property resources (CPRs)

**2. What is the ownership of common property resources (CPRs) as described in the passage?** – (a) Owned by individuals – (b) Owned by the state for individual use – (c) Owned by the community – (d) Owned by the government

Answer

Answer: (c) Owned by the community

**3. What role do CPRs play in the livelihood of the landless and marginal farmers, according to the passage?** – (a) Source of employment – (b) Source of income from livestock – (c) Space for cultivation – (d) Resource for industrial use

Answer

Answer: (b) Source of income from livestock

**4. Why are CPRs important for women in rural areas, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Source of income from livestock – (b) Access to medicinal plants – (c) Collection of fuel and fodder – (d) Ownership of natural resources

Answer

Answer: (c) Collection of fuel and fodder

**5. How are CPRs defined in the passage?** – (a) Government-owned resources – (b) Private property with communal access – (c) Community’s natural resources with specific access rights – (d) Exclusive property rights for individuals

Answer

Answer: (c) Community’s natural resources with specific access rights

**6. What are examples of Common Property Resources (CPRs) mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Private forests and pasture lands – (b) Community forests, pasture lands, village water bodies, and public spaces – (c) Private water bodies and agricultural lands – (d) Individual households and family units

Answer

Answer: (b) Community forests, pasture lands, village water bodies, and public spaces

**7. Who primarily collects fuel and fodder from Common Property Resources (CPRs) in rural areas, according to the passage?** – (a) Men – (b) Livestock – (c) Women – (d) Government authorities

Answer

Answer: (c) Women

**8. What is the purpose of CPRs in providing fodder and fuel for households?** – (a) Commercial use – (b) Industrial production – (c) Livelihood support – (d) Environmental conservation

Answer

Answer: (c) Livelihood support

**9. Why do landless and marginal farmers depend on CPRs for their livelihood, according to the passage?** – (a) Availability of government support – (b) Limited access to private land – (c) Abundance of natural resources – (d) High fertility of CPRs

Answer

Answer: (b) Limited access to private land

**10. How is the usage of Common Property Resources (CPRs) regulated, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Exclusive property rights – (b) Specific access rights with obligations – (c) Government ownership – (d) Unrestricted usage by the community

Answer

Answer: (b) Specific access rights with obligations

**11. What is the primary source of fuel for households obtained from Common Property Resources (CPRs)?** – (a) Coal – (b) Natural gas – (c) Firewood – (d) Electricity

Answer

Answer: (c) Firewood

**12. How does the decline in CPRs impact the livelihood of weaker sections, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) No impact – (b) Positive impact – (c) Negative impact – (d) Indirect impact

Answer

Answer: (c) Negative impact

**13. What role does CPR play in providing fodder for livestock?** – (a) Limited role – (b) No role – (c) Significant role – (d) Exclusive role

Answer

Answer : (c) Significant role

**14. Why are CPRs considered important for women in rural areas?** – (a) Source of employment – (b) Cultural significance – (c) Contribution to environmental conservation – (d) Collection of fuel and fodder

Answer

Answer: (d) Collection of fuel and fodder

**15. What is the definition of CPRs in the passage?** – (a) Exclusive property of individuals – (b) State-owned resources – (c) Community’s natural resources with specified access rights – (d) Private property with communal access

Answer

Answer: (c) Community’s natural resources with specified access rights

**1. Why is land resource more crucial for people dependent on agriculture compared to secondary and tertiary activities?** – (a) Land contributes more to agricultural output – (b) Land is less significant in agriculture – (c) Secondary and tertiary activities are land-intensive – (d) Land ownership is irrelevant in agriculture

Answer

Answer: (a) Land contributes more to agricultural output

**2. What is the direct impact of the quality of land on agriculture, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) It has no impact – (b) It affects other activities more than agriculture – (c) It is inversely proportional to productivity – (d) It directly affects productivity

Answer

Answer: (d) It directly affects productivity

**3. Besides its role as a productive factor, what other value does land ownership have in rural areas?** – (a) Industrial value – (b) Cultural value – (c) Social value and security – (d) Economic value only

Answer

Answer: (c) Social value and security

**4. How is the total stock of agricultural land resources estimated in the passage?** – (a) Adding up net sown area and all fallow lands – (b) Subtracting net sown area from fallow lands – (c) Adding up net sown area, fallow lands, and culturable wasteland – (d) Multiplying net sown area by fallow lands

Answer

Answer: (c) Adding up net sown area, fallow lands, and culturable wasteland

**5. What has been observed about the total stock of cultivable land in recent years, according to Table 3.1?** – (a) Significant increase – (b) Marginal decline – (c) Steady decline – (d) Constant growth

Answer

Answer: (b) Marginal decline

**6. What is the urgent need, as stated in the passage, considering the limited scope for bringing in additional land under net sown area in India?** – (a) Expansion of agricultural land – (b) Adoption of land-saving technologies – (c) Increase in fallow lands – (d) Reduction of cropping intensity

Answer

Answer: (b) Adoption of land-saving technologies

**7. How are land-saving technologies classified in the passage?** – (a) Those increasing land-use intensity and reducing output – (b) Those reducing yield per unit area of land – (c) Those increasing yield per unit area of land and land-use intensity – (d) Those reducing total output per unit area of land

Answer

Answer: (c) Those increasing yield per unit area of land and land-use intensity

**8. Why is high cropping intensity desirable for a country like India, according to the passage?** – (a) It reduces the demand for labor – (b) It increases unemployment – (c) It maximizes land utilization – (d) It minimizes the need for land-saving technologies

Answer

Answer: (c) It maximizes land utilization

**9. How is cropping intensity (CI) calculated, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) NSA/GCA × 100 – (b) 100 × NSA/GCA – (c) GCA/NSA × 100 – (d) 100 × GCA/NSA

Answer

Answer: (d) 100 × GCA/NSA

**10. What are the three distinct crop seasons in the northern and interior parts of India, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Summer, autumn, and winter – (b) Kharif, rabi, and zaid – (c) Monsoon, pre-monsoon, and post-monsoon – (d) Spring, summer, and winter

Answer

Answer: (b) Kharif, rabi, and zaid

**11. What crops are typically cultivated during the kharif season in India?** – (a) Wheat, gram, and mustard – (b) Rice, cotton, jute, jowar, bajra, and tur – (c) Watermelons, cucumbers, and vegetables – (d) Tropical and subtropical crops

Answer

Answer: (b) Rice, cotton, jute, jowar, bajra, and tur

**12. When does the rabi season begin and end, as per the passage?** – (a) June-July to September-October – (b) October-November to March-April – (c) April-May to June-July – (d) March-April to August-September

Answer

Answer: (b) October-November to March-April

**13. What is zaid, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) A type of tropical crop – (b) A short-duration summer cropping season – (c) A winter season for temperate crops – (d) A type of rainfed agriculture

Answer

Answer: (b) A short-duration summer cropping season

**14. Why does the distinction in cropping seasons not exist in southern parts of India, according to the passage?** – (a) Lack of agricultural activities – (b) Abundance of water resources – (c) High temperature and continuous soil moisture availability – (d) Presence of multiple cropping seasons

Answer

Answer: (c) High temperature and continuous soil moisture availability

**15. What is the primary advantage of the latter kind of technology, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Decrease in land-use intensity – (b) Reduction in labor demand – (c) Increase in output and demand for labor – (d) Minimization of cropping intensity

Answer

Answer: (c) Increase in output and demand for labor

**1. How can farming be classified based on the main source of moisture for crops?** – (a) Irrigated and rainfed – (b) Protective and productive – (c) Dryland and wetland – (d) Hardy and drought-resistant

Answer

Answer: (a) Irrigated and rainfed

**2. What is the objective of protective irrigation?** – (a) Achieving high productivity – (b) Protecting crops from soil moisture deficiency – (c) Providing excess water over rainfall – (d) Growing drought-resistant crops

Answer

Answer: (b) Protecting crops from soil moisture deficiency

**3. How does productive irrigation differ from protective irrigation?** – (a) It aims to protect crops from adverse effects – (b) It provides excess water over rainfall – (c) It achieves high productivity – (d) It conserves soil moisture

Answer

Answer: (c) It achieves high productivity

**4. On what basis is rainfed farming classified into dryland and wetland farming?** – (a) Type of crops grown – (b) Objective of irrigation – (c) Adequacy of soil moisture during cropping season – (d) Annual rainfall

Answer

Answer: (c) Adequacy of soil moisture during cropping season

**5. Where is dryland farming largely confined in India, according to the passage?** – (a) Regions with excess rainfall – (b) Regions with annual rainfall less than 75 cm – (c) Coastal regions – (d) Hilly regions

Answer

Answer: (b) Regions with annual rainfall less than 75 cm

**6. What crops are typically grown in regions with dryland farming in India?** – (a) Rice, jute, and sugarcane – (b) Ragi, bajra, moong, gram, and guar – (c) Wheat, gram, and mustard – (d) Tropical crops

Answer

Answer: (b) Ragi, bajra, moong, gram, and guar

**7. What issues may regions with wetland farming face, as mentioned in the passage?** – (a) Soil moisture deficiency – (b) Drought-resistant crops – (c) Flood and soil erosion hazards – (d) Aquaculture challenges

Answer

Answer: (c) Flood and soil erosion hazards

1. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is occupied by foodgrains?

(a) 11%

(b) 54%

(d) 75%

Answer

Answer: (c) 66%

2. How are foodgrains classified based on the structure of grain?

(a) By color

(b) By taste

(d) By aroma

Answer

Answer: (c) By size

3. What is the percentage of cereals in the total cropped area of India?

(a) 11%

(b) 22.07%

(d) 75%

Answer

Answer: (c) 54%

4. After China and the U.S.A, which country ranks third in cereal production?

(a) India

(b) Brazil

(d) Australia

Answer

Answer: (a) India

5. What are the two categories into which cereals are classified?

(a) Refined and unrefined

(b) Fine grains and coarse grains

(d) Winter and summer cereals

Answer

Answer: (b) Fine grains and coarse grains

6. What is the staple food for the majority of the population in India?

(a) Maize

(b) Wheat

(d) Rice

Answer

Answer: (d) Rice

7. How many varieties of rice are grown in different agro-climatic regions of India?

(a) 500

(b) 1,000

(d) 3,000

Answer

Answer: (d) 3,000

8. In which states do climatic conditions allow the cultivation of three crops of rice in an agricultural year?

(a) Punjab and Haryana

(b) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

(d) Himalayas and northwestern parts of the country

Answer

Answer: (c) West Bengal and southern states

9. What percentage of rice production in the world does India contribute?

(a) 10.5%

(b) 15.2%

(d) 22.07%

Answer

Answer: (d) 22.07%

10. Which states are the leading rice-producing states in India?

(a) Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha

(b) West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab

(d) Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Gujarat

Answer

Answer: (b) West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab

11. In which regions of India is rice cultivation introduced as a kharif crop during the southwest Monsoon season?

(a) Western U.P. and northern Rajasthan

(b) Southern states and West Bengal

(d) Eastern India to dry but irrigated areas of Punjab

Answer

Answer: (c) Himalayas and northwestern parts of the country

12. What is responsible for the higher yield of rice in the irrigated areas of Punjab and Haryana?

(a) Traditional farming methods

(b) Dry climatic conditions

(d) Limited usage of fertilizers and pesticides

Answer

Answer: (c) Genetically improved varieties of seed

13. Which areas have low yield of rice due to rainfed conditions?

(a) Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Western U.P. and northern Rajasthan

(d) Himalayas and northwestern parts of the country

Answer

Answer: (c) Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha

14. What major agricultural revolution led to the introduction of rice cultivation in Punjab and Haryana?

(a) White Revolution

(b) Blue Revolution

(d) Yellow Revolution

Answer

Answer: (c) Green Revolution

15. In which states is rice cultivation not a traditional practice?

(a) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

(b) Punjab and Haryana

(d) Madhya Pradesh and Odisha

Answer

Answer: (b) Punjab and Haryana

1. What is the percentage of total wheat production in India compared to the world?

(a) 8.2%

(b) 12.8%

(d) 25.3%

Answer

Answer: (b) 12.8%

2. In which season is wheat primarily cultivated in India?

(a) Kharif

(b) Rabi

(d) Summer

Answer

Answer: (b) Rabi

3. In which regions of India is wheat mostly grown under rainfed conditions?

(a) Indo-Gangetic Plain

(b) Himalayan highlands

(d) Western U.P.

Answer

Answer: (b) Himalayan highlands

4. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is under wheat cultivation?

(a) 8%

(b) 14%

(d) 25%

Answer

Answer: (b) 14%

5. Which states are the leading wheat-producing states in India?

(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

(d) Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu

Answer

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

6. In which states does jowar account for more than half of the total production in India?

(a) Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat

Answer

Answer: (b) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh

7. Where is bajra mostly cultivated in India?

(a) Indo-Gangetic Plain

(b) Himalayan highlands

(d) Deccan and central plateaus

Answer

Answer: (c) Northwestern and western parts

8. Which states are the leading producers of bajra in India?

(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Karnataka, Telangana, Bihar

(d) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala

Answer

Answer: (c) Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh

9. In which climatic conditions is maize primarily grown?

(a) Tropical

(b) Arctic

(d) Mediterranean

Answer

Answer: (c) Semi-arid

10. In which regions of India is maize cultivation not concentrated?

(a) Punjab and eastern regions

(b) Southern states and Deccan plateau

(d) Western U.P. and northern Rajasthan

Answer

Answer: (a) Punjab and eastern regions

11. What percentage of the total cropped area do pulses occupy in India?

(a) 8%

(b) 11%

(d) 20%

Answer

Answer: (b) 11%

12. Which regions of India are the main cultivation areas for pulses?

(a) Indo -Gangetic Plain and Himalayas

(b) Southern states and Deccan plateau

(d) Northwestern parts and central plateaus

Answer

Answer: (b) Southern states and Deccan plateau

13. What role do pulses play in increasing the natural fertility of soils?

(a) They reduce soil fertility

(b) They have no impact on soil fertility

(d) They decrease soil fertility through nitrogen depletion

Answer

Answer: (c) They increase soil fertility through nitrogen fixation

14. What percentage of the total cropped area do coarse cereals occupy in India?

(a) 8%

(b) 12.5%

(d) 20%

Answer

Answer: (c) 16.50%

15. Which state alone produces more than half of the total jowar production in India?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Maharashtra

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (b) Maharashtra

16. Where is maize not grown in India?

(a) Punjab

(b) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (a) Punjab

17. In which regions of India is maize cultivation sown in both kharif and rabi seasons?

(a) Northern India

(b) Southern states

(d) Southern states

Answer

Answer: (b) Southern states

18. In which states has the yield level of bajra increased during recent years?

(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan, Haryana

(d) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Answer

Answer: (b) Rajasthan, Haryana

19. Which states have high yields of wheat in India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar

(b) Punjab, Haryana

(d) Karnataka, Telangana

Answer

Answer: (b) Punjab, Haryana

20. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is under pulses cultivation?

(a) 8%

(b) 11%

(d) 20%

Answer

Answer: (b) 11%

1. In which season is Gram mostly cultivated in central, western, and northwestern parts of India?

(a) Kharif

(b) Rabi

(d) Summer

Answer

Answer: (b) Rabi

2. Which crop has displaced Gram from the cropping pattern in Haryana, Punjab, and northern Rajasthan following the green revolution?

(a) Rice

(b) Jowar

(d) Bajra

Answer

Answer: (c) Wheat

3. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is currently covered by Gram?

(a) 1.5%

(b) 2.8%

(d) 7%

Answer

Answer: (b) 2.8%

4. Which states are the main producers of Gram in India?

(a) Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra

(b) Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra

(d) Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka

Answer

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra

5. What is the primary name of Tur, which is the second important pulse crop in India?

(a) Chana

(b) Masoor

(d) Moong

Answer

Answer: (c) Arhar

6. In which regions of India is Tur cultivated under rainfed conditions?

(a) Northern India

(b) Southern states

(d) Central and southern states

Answer

Answer: (d) Central and southern states

7. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is covered by Tur?

(a) 1%

(b) 2%

(d) 5%

Answer

Answer: (c) 2.5%

8. Which state contributes about one-third of the total production of Tur in India?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Gujarat

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (c) Maharashtra

9. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is occupied by oilseeds?

(a) 8%

(b) 11%

(d) 18%

Answer

Answer: (c) 14%

10. Which regions of India are known for oilseeds cultivation?

(a) Gangetic Plain and Himalayas

(b) Deccan and central plateaus

(d) Eastern India and Assam

Answer

Answer: (b) Deccan and central plateaus

11. Which crop accounts for about 18.8% of the total groundnut production in the world (2018)?

(a) Soyabean

(b) Sunflower

(d) Rapeseed

Answer

Answer: (c) Groundnut

12. In which season is groundnut mostly cultivated in southern India?

(a) Kharif

(b) Rabi

(d) Summer

Answer

Answer: (b) Rabi

13. Which state has a comparatively high yield of groundnut?

(a) Telangana

(b) Gujarat

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer

Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu

14. What is the primary name for Rapeseed and Mustard collectively?

(a) Rai

(b) Sarson

(d) Taramira

Answer

Answer: (a) Rai

15. In which regions of India are Rapeseed and Mustard cultivated during the rabi season?

(a) Northern India

(b) Southern states

(d) Central and north-western parts

Answer

Answer: (d) Central and north-western parts

16. What percentage of the total cropped area in India is occupied by Rapeseed and Mustard?

(a) 1%

(b) 2%

(d) 5%

Answer

Answer: (a) 1%

17. Which state contributes about one-third of the total production of Rapeseed and Mustard in India?

(a) Haryana

(b) Rajasthan

(d) Gujarat

Answer

Answer: (b) Rajasthan

18. Which two oilseeds are mentioned as “other important oilseeds” in the given content?

(a) Groundnut and Soyabean

(b) Sunflower and Rapeseed

(d) Soyabean and Sunflower

Answer

Answer: (d) Soyabean and Sunflower

19. In which states is Soyabean mostly grown in India?

(a) Punjab and Haryana

(b) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

(d) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Answer

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

20. Which term is used for the cultivation season of Soyabean in India?

(a) Kharif

(b) Rabi

(d) Summer

Answer

Answer: (a) Kharif

1. Which two states together produce about 90% of the total output of soyabean in India?

(a) Maharashtra and Gujarat

(b) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

(d) Haryana and Punjab

Answer

Answer: (a) Maharashtra and Gujarat

2. In which states is sunflower cultivation concentrated in India?

(a) Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan

(b) Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh

(d) Assam, West Bengal, and Odisha

Answer

Answer: (b) Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh

3. What type of crops provide fiber for preparing cloth, bags, sacks, and other items?

(a) Cereals

(b) Pulses

(d) Oilseeds

Answer

Answer: (c) Fiber Crops

4. Which tropical crop is grown in the kharif season in semi-arid areas of the country and ranks second in the world in production?

(a) Jute

(b) Cotton

(d) Sunflower

Answer

Answer: (b) Cotton

5. India lost a large proportion of cotton growing area to which country during partition?

(a) China

(b) Pakistan

(d) Afghanistan

Answer

Answer: (b) Pakistan

6. Which region of India lost large jute growing areas to East Pakistan (Bangladesh) during partition?

(a) Western Ghats

(b) Gangetic Plain

(d) Eastern India

Answer

Answer: (d) Eastern India

7. What is the percentage of total cropped area in the country covered by cotton?

(a) 2.5%

(b) 4.7%

(d) 10%

Answer

Answer: (b) 4.7%

8. Which are the three cotton-growing areas mentioned in the content?

(a) Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana

(b) Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan

(d) Punjab, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (a) Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana

9. Which state accounts for about three-fourths of the jute production in India?

(a) Assam

(b) Bihar

(d) Odisha

Answer

Answer: (c) West Bengal

10. Which tropical crop is largely an irrigated crop in India and is concentrated in Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Cotton

(b) Jute

(d) Sugarcane

Answer

Answer: (d) Sugarcane

11. In which region is sugarcane cultivation largely concentrated in India?

(a) Indo-Gangetic Plain

(b) Western Ghats

(d) Eastern Himalayas

Answer

Answer: (a) Indo-Gangetic Plain

12. What percentage of the total groundnut production in the world does India produce?

(a) 10%

(b) 15%

(d) 25%

Answer

Answer: (c) 18.8%

13. Which crop is used for making coarse cloth, bags, sacks, and decorative items?

(a) Cotton

(b) Jute

(d) Sunflower

Answer

Answer: (b) Jute

14. How much of the total jute production of the world does India contribute?

(a) One-fourth

(b) One-third

(d) Half

Answer

Answer: (c) Three-fifth

15. Which state accounts for about three-fifths of the jute production in India?

(a) Assam

(b) Bihar

(d) Odisha

Answer

Answer: (c) West Bengal

1. Which state in southern India cultivates sugarcane in irrigated tracts?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Telangana

Answer

Answer: (c) Karnataka

2. In 2018, which country ranked second in sugarcane production after Brazil?

(a) China

(b) India

(d) Australia

Answer

Answer: (b) India

3. What percentage of the world’s sugarcane production does India contribute?

(a) 10%

(b) 15%

(d) 25%

Answer

Answer: (c) 19.7%

4. Which state in India produces about two-fifths of the country’s sugarcane?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh

5. In which regions of India is the yield level of sugarcane high?

(a) Northern India

(b) Southern India

(d) Western India

Answer

Answer: (d) Western India

6. What type of crop is tea primarily used for?

(a) Medicinal

(b) Beverage

(d) Construction

Answer

Answer: (b) Beverage

7. Which type of tea leaves are fermented?

(a) Green tea

(b) Black tea

(d) White tea

Answer

Answer: (b) Black tea

8. In which region of India did tea plantation start in the 1840s?

(a) Western Ghats

(b) Himalayas

(d) Brahmaputra valley of Assam

Answer

Answer: (d) Brahmaputra valley of Assam

9. What is India’s share in the world’s tea production as of 2018?

(a) 10%

(b) 15%

(d) 30%

Answer

Answer: (c) 21.22%

10. Which country ranks first among tea-exporting countries in the world?

(a) India

(b) China

(d) Brazil

Answer

Answer: (b) China

11. Which state accounts for about 53.2% of the total cropped area and more than half of the total production of tea in India?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Karnataka

Answer

Answer: (c) Assam

12. What variety of coffee is mostly grown in India?

(a) Liberica

(b) Arabica

(d) Espresso

Answer

Answer: (b) Arabica

13. What percentage of the world’s coffee production does India contribute?

(a) 1.5%

(b) 3.17%

(d) 8%

Answer

Answer: (b) 3.17%

14. Which state accounts for more than two-thirds of the total coffee production in India?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (c) Karnataka

15. In which geographical feature is coffee primarily cultivated in India?

(a) Plains

(b) Plateaus

(d) Highlands of Western Ghats

Answer

Answer: (d) Highlands of Western Ghats

1. What was the nature of Indian agricultural economy before Independence?

(a) Commercial

(b) Industrial

(d) Export-oriented

Answer

Answer: (c) Subsistence

2. What was the immediate goal of the Government of India after Independence in the agricultural sector?

(a) Increase cash crop production

(b) Switch from food crops to cash crops

(d) Reduce cultivated land

Answer

Answer: (c) Increase foodgrains production

3. What strategy was adopted to increase foodgrains production immediately after Independence?

(a) Importing foodgrains

(b) Intensification of cropping

(d) Decreasing cultivated area

Answer

Answer: (b) Intensification of cropping

4. What programmes were launched to overcome agricultural production stagnation during the late 1950s?

(a) Green Revolution

(b) Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP)

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

5. What challenge did India face during the mid-1960s regarding food?

(a) Food surplus

(b) Food crisis

(d) Abundance of rainfed land

Answer

Answer: (b) Food crisis

1. What were the new seed varieties of wheat and rice known as in the mid-1960s?

(a) Advanced Seeds

(b) Green Seeds

(d) Hybrid Seeds

Answer

Answer: (c) High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)

2. Which countries were the sources of the new seed varieties of wheat and rice?

(a) India and China

(b) Mexico and Philippines

(d) Australia and Vietnam

Answer

Answer: (b) Mexico and Philippines

3. Which regions of India initially benefitted from the Green Revolution?

(a) Southern and Eastern regions

(b) Western and Northern regions

(d) Irrigated areas of Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh

Answer

Answer: (d) Irrigated areas of Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh

4. What was a basic pre-requisite for the success of the new agricultural technology introduced during the Green Revolution?

(a) Export-oriented policies

(b) Introduction of cash crops

(d) Reduction of cultivated land

Answer

Answer: (c) Assured supply of soil moisture through irrigation

5. What term is used to describe the spurt of agricultural growth resulting from the new agricultural technology?

(a) Blue Revolution

(b) Yellow Revolution

(d) Green Revolution

Answer

Answer: (d) Green Revolution

6. What did the Green Revolution lead to initially?

(a) Agricultural stagnation

(b) Regional disparities

(d) Self-reliance in foodgrain production

Answer

Answer: (d) Self-reliance in foodgrain production

7. What did the Planning Commission of India focus on in the 1980s to induce regionally balanced agricultural development?

(a) Import-oriented planning

(b) Agro-climatic planning

(d) Urbanization

Answer

Answer: (b) Agro-climatic planning

1. What is the primary objective of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)?

(a) To promote urbanization

(b) To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, and climate-resilient

(d) To increase population density in rural areas

Answer

Answer: (b) To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, and climate-resilient

2. How does the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture promote farming systems?

(a) By encouraging monoculture

(b) By promoting location-specific integrated/composite farming systems

(d) By focusing only on cash crops

Answer

Answer: (b) By promoting location-specific integrated/composite farming systems

3. Which schemes promote organic farming in the country?

(a) Jal Yojana

(b) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

(d) Jal Nagari

Answer

Answer: (b) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and (c) Rashtriya Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

4. What is the focus of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture regarding natural resources?

(a) To deplete natural resources

(b) To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures

(d) To ignore natural resource conservation

Answer

Answer: (b) To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures

5. What is the overall aim of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture?

(a) To decrease agricultural productivity

(b) To make agriculture less remunerative

(d) To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative, and climate-resilient

Answer

Answer: (d) To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative, and climate-resilient

1. What has significantly increased in agricultural output during the last 50 years?

(a) Decrease in production

(b) Stagnation in yield

(d) Reduction in technology

Answer

Answer: (c) Impressive rate of increase

2. Which crops have shown a significant increase in production?

(a) Crops such as rice and wheat

(b) Only rice

(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Crops such as rice and wheat

3. What has played a crucial role in enhancing agricultural output?

(a) Decrease in irrigation

(b) Stagnation in technology

(d) Reduction in crop varieties

Answer

Answer: (c) Expansion of irrigation

4. What provided the basis for the introduction of modern agricultural technology?

(a) Decrease in agricultural output

(b) Expansion of irrigation

(d) Modern agricultural technology itself

Answer

Answer: (b) Expansion of irrigation

5. What has increased by 15 times since the mid-sixties?

(a) Use of pesticides

(b) Consumption of chemical fertilizers

(d) Expansion of modern technology

Answer

Answer: (b) Consumption of chemical fertilizers

6. Why has the use of pesticides increased significantly since the 1960s?

(a) Decrease in pest susceptibility

(b) Decrease in crop diseases

(d) Reduction in the use of modern technology

Answer

Answer: (c) High susceptibility of high yielding varieties to pests and diseases

7. What has diffused very fast in various areas of the country?

(a) Stagnation in technology

(b) Decrease in agricultural output

(d) Expansion of traditional farming practices

Answer

Answer: (c) Modern agricultural technology

1. What is the Farmer’s Portal primarily designed for?

(a) Entertainment purposes

(b) Seeking information related to agriculture

(d) Online shopping

Answer

Answer: (b) Seeking information related to agriculture

2. What types of information are provided on the Farmer’s Portal?

(a) Only information on crops

(b) Only information on insurance

(d) Entertainment-related information

Answer

Answer: (c) Detailed information on various aspects of agriculture

3. What interactive map details are available on the Farmer’s Portal?

(a) Map details related to travel

(b) Map details related to market prices

(d) Block level details related to soil fertility, storage, insurance, training, etc.

Answer

Answer: (d) Block level details related to soil fertility, storage, insurance, training, etc.

1. What is the percentage of cultivated land in India covered by irrigation?

(a) 10%

(b) 33%

(d) 75%

Answer

Answer: (b) 33%

2. What is the primary factor determining crop production on the majority of cultivated land in India?

(a) Soil fertility

(b) Irrigation

(d) Mechanization

Answer

Answer: (b) Irrigation

3. What percentage of cultivated land in India is dependent on rain for crop production?

(a) 10%

(b) 33%

(d) 75%

Answer

Answer: (d) 75%

4. Which areas in India are highly vulnerable to both droughts and floods?

(a) Punjab and Haryana

(b) Coastal regions

(d) Himalayan foothills

Answer

Answer: (c) Rajasthan and other drought-prone areas

5. What is a common phenomenon in low rainfall areas that may also experience occasional floods?

(a) Earthquakes

(b) Tornadoes

(d) Hailstorms

Answer

Answer: (c) Droughts

6. What is a significant problem in Indian agriculture in comparison to international levels?

(a) High productivity

(b) Low productivity

(d) Fluctuating productivity

Answer

Answer: (b) Low productivity

7. Which of the following countries has higher per hectare output for crops like rice, wheat, cotton, and oilseeds in comparison to India?

(a) U.S.A.

(b) Russia

(d) All of the above

Answer

Answer: (d) All of the above

8. What type of areas in India mostly grow coarse cereals, pulses, and oilseeds with low yields?

(a) Irrigated areas

(b) Rainfed areas, especially drylands

(d) Hilly areas

Answer

Answer: (b) Rainfed areas, especially drylands

1. Why do marginal and small farmers find the resource-intensive approach in modern agriculture unmanageable?

(a) Lack of knowledge

(b) Lack of interest

(d) Lack of water

Answer

Answer: (c) Expensive inputs

2. What do marginal and small farmers resort to in order to overcome the difficulties of expensive inputs in agriculture?

(a) Reduce crop production

(b) Avail credit

(d) Abandon agriculture

Answer

Answer: (b) Avail credit

3. What has forced many marginal and small farmers to fall into the trap of indebtedness?

(a) High returns from agriculture

(b) Low returns from agriculture

(d) Government support

Answer

Answer: (b) Low returns from agriculture

1. What was the most exploitative revenue system for Indian peasants during the British period?

(a) Mahalwari

(b) Ryotwari

(d) Feudalwari

Answer

Answer: (c) Zamindari

2. Why were land reforms not effectively implemented after Independence?

(a) Lack of awareness

(b) Lack of financial resources

(d) Lack of suitable land

Answer

Answer: (c) Lack of political will

3. What is detrimental to agricultural development due to the lack of implementation of land reforms?

(a) Exploitation of peasants

(b) Equitable distribution of land

(d) Increase in agricultural productivity

Answer

Answer: (c) Unequitable distribution of cultivable land

4. What is the average size of landholding doing under increasing population pressure?

(a) Increasing

(b) Stable

(d) Expanding

Answer

Answer: (c) Shrinking

5. What is the major reason for the uneconomic nature of small size fragmented landholdings?

(a) Lack of water

(b) High input costs

(d) Lack of consolidation

Answer

Answer: (d) Lack of consolidation

1. What is a major reason for a lack of commercialization in Indian agriculture?

(a) Lack of water resources

(b) Large landholdings

(d) Government regulations

Answer

Answer: (c) Farmers producing for self-consumption

2. In which areas has modernization and commercialization of agriculture taken place?

(a) Unirrigated tracts

(b) Rainfed areas

(d) Irrigated areas

Answer

Answer: (d) Irrigated areas

3. What is the seasonal unemployment range in unirrigated tracts?

(a) 1 to 3 months

(b) 4 to 8 months

(d) No unemployment

Answer

Answer: (b) 4 to 8 months

4. What is the primary reason for underemployment in the agricultural sector?

(a) Lack of education

(b) Technological advancements

(d) Low wages

Answer

Answer: (c) Seasonal nature of agricultural operations

5. What do most small and marginal farmers grow, considering their land resources?

(a) Commercial crops

(b) Fruits and vegetables

(d) Foodgrains for self-consumption

Answer

Answer: (d) Foodgrains for self-consumption

1. What is a serious consequence of the faulty strategy of irrigation and agricultural development?

(a) Increased crop yields

(b) Degradation of cultivable land

(d) Improved water management

Answer

Answer: (b) Degradation of cultivable land

2. In which areas is the situation of land degradation particularly alarming?

(a) Hilly regions

(b) Rainfed areas

(d) Irrigated areas

Answer

Answer: (d) Irrigated areas

3. What is a consequence of the excessive use of chemicals such as insecticides and pesticides?

(a) Increased soil fertility

(b) Alkalisation of soils

(d) Nitrogen fixation

Answer

Answer: (b) Alkalisation of soils

4. What has led to the displacement of leguminous crops in irrigated areas?

(a) Increased soil fertility

(b) Waterlogging

(d) Excessive use of chemicals

Answer

Answer: (d) Excessive use of chemicals

5. What has substantially reduced in irrigated areas owing to multiple cropping?

(a) Soil erosion

(b) Alkalisation of soils

(d) Waterlogging

Answer

Answer: (c) Duration of fallow

6. What has been obliterated by the process of multiple cropping in irrigated areas?

(a) Nitrogen fixation

(b) Soil erosion

(d) Waterlogging

Answer

Answer: (a) Nitrogen fixation

7. What types of degradation are experienced in rainfed areas in humid and semi-arid tropics?

(a) Alkalisation of soils

(b) Waterlogging

(d) Nitrogen fixation

Answer

Answer: (c) Wind erosion

8. What is often induced by human activities in rainfed areas?

(a) Waterlogging

(b) Alkalisation of soils

(d) Wind erosion

Answer

Answer: (d) Wind erosion