Agriculture

In which of the following type of farming
are the crops rotated?

• (a) Intensive.
  

• (c) Commercial.
  

• (b) Plantation.
  

• (d) All of these

Agriculture requires the following:

• (a) Only ploughing
  

• (b) Use of animals, implements, machines and manpower.

• 
  (c) Use of only manpower.
  

• (d) Just cultivate the crop.

In India, agriculture has developed because…

• (a) There are two seasons of agriculture in India.
  

• (b) Majority of the people depend on agriculture.
  

• (c) Traditional agriculture is practised in India.
  

• (d) In India factors like climate, soils,  water, etc. are conducive.

It is necessary that modern methods and technology be used in agriculture in India because…

• (a) There are factories producing improved seeds.
  

• (b) There are industries producing fertilizers
  

• (c) Population is growing and there are agro-based industries.
  

• (d) Modern means and machines are available.

..................................... means the process of supplying of water through artificial means such as pipes, canals, sprinklers, etc.

Since ..................................... are uncertain & highly variable, farming cannot entirely depend upon rains.

................................ farming is carried out in one and the same farm for years together.

In intensive farming the cultivator and his family are totally dependent on ...........................

In ......................... cultivation, every year a new area is chosen for cultivation.

The shifting cultivation is practised in the tropics in ....................... forested areas or hilly tracts.