AGRICULTURE

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CROPPED AREA IS COVERED BY OILSEEDS CULTIVATION?

• 21

• 12

• 2

• 4

COFFEE CULTIVATION WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN:

• HIMALAYAS

• ARAVALLI HILLS

• GARO HILLS

• BABA BUDAN HILLS

BARLEY: RABI, COTTON: KHARIF, ______________: ZAID

• WHEAT

• MUSTARD

• SOYA BEAN

• CUCUMBER

__________ IS A FOOD AS WELL AS FODDER CROP.

• MAIZE

• WHEAT

• COFFEE

• TEA

WHICH SOIL IS REQUIRED TO GROW THIS CROP?

• BLACK SOIL

• LATERITE SOIL

• RED SOIL

• DESERT SOIL

WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF ICAR?

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(a)  

WHICH STATE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF RAGI?

• KERALA

• MAHARASHTRA

• KARNATAKA

• TAMIL NADU

SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE IS KNOWN AS _______________________IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

• CONUCO

• MILPA

• ROCA

• JHUMING

THE BHOODAN-GRAMADAN MOVEMENT INITIATED BY______________IS ALSO CALLED______________

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(a)  

ASSERTION(A): FEW ECONOMISTS THINK THAT INDIAN FARMERS HAVE A BLEAK FUTURE IF THEY CONTINUE GROWING FOOD GRAINS ON HOLDING THAT GROW SMALLER AND SMALLER AS THE POPULATION RISES.

REASON(R): INDIAN FARMERS SHOULD DIVERSIFY THEIR CROPPING PATTERN FROM CEREALS TO HIGH-VALUE CROPS.

• BOTH (A) AND (R) ARE TRUE BUT (R) IS NOT THE CORRECT EXPLANATION OF (A)

• (A) IS TRUE (R) IS WRONG

• (R) IS TRUE, (A) IS WRONG

• BOTH (A) AND (R) ARE TRUE AND (R) IS THE CORRECT EXPLANATION OF (A)