agriculture

________ is the world’s largest producer of sugarcane.

Name one staple crop of India

Primitive subsistence farming is also known as:

• Mixed farming

• Cooperative farming

• Slash and burn agriculture

• Commercial farming

Agriculture is best defined as 

• the hunting and gathering
• the altering genetic material of plants
• the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
• using technology to increase production

Which of the following is not correct about plantation farming?

• In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.

• The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.

• Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates.

• Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.

Which is the ideal condition for the growth of sugarcane?

• Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm

• Temperature below 17°C and 50 to 75 cm rainfall

• Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall

• none of the above

"The farm lands are usually smaller in size." This statement applies to: ___

• Commercial Farming

• Extensive Farming

• Peasant Farming

Wheat requires annual rainfall between:

• 50 and 75 cm

• about 200 cm

• 200 and 300 cm

• less than 20 cm

Rabi crops are:

• sown in winter and harvested in summer

• sown during rainy season and harvested in winter

• sown in summer and harvested in winter

• None of the above

Which type of agriculture deals with growing crops and raising livestock to feed the family only?

• Pastoral Agriculture

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Commercial Agriculture

• Surplus Agriculture