Modern farming method

The Green Revolution introduced the farmers to

• cultivation of wheat and rice

• cultivation of vegetables

• cultivation of sugarcane

• cultivation of forest

The new ways of farming need

• less land

• more capital

• machinery

• all of the above

multiple cropping refers to:

• cultivation of wheat and rice

• cultivation of two crops in alternate rows

• cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year

• cultivation of crops and rearing animals on the same farm

Which one of the following is not an effect of modern farming?

• Soil degradation

• Deforestation

• Decrease in groundwater

• Water pollution

Which Kharif crop is used for cattle feed?

• Sugarcane

• Potato

• Jowar and Bajra

• Wheat

Which of the following is a modern farming method?

• multiple croping

• use of HYV seeds

• Use of chemical fertilizers

• Both (b) and (c)

Which area in India has a low level of irrigation?

• Deccan plateau

• Coastal regions

• Riverine plains

• Both (a) and (b)

HYV stands for

• High Yielding Variety seeds

• Heavy Yielding Variety seeds

• Half Yielding Variety seeds

• None

Which of the following is grown in the raby season?

• Jowar and Bajra

• Wheat

• Soybean

• Rice

The standard unit of measuring agricltural land is

• Km

• Bhaga

• Gunitha

• Hectare