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primary activity

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PLANTATION CROP?

a)

COFFEE

b)

WHEAT

c)

SUGARCANE

d)

RUBBER

2.

IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES COOPERATIVE FARMING WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN EXPERIMENT?

a)

RUSSIA

b)

DENMARK

c)

INDIA

d)

THE NETHERLANDS

3.

………….is local name of shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka.

a)

ladang

b)

Chena

c)

milpa

d)

jhuming

4.

Which crops grown under Mediterranean cultivation?

a)

Citrus fruits

b)

Tea

c)

Coffee

d)

Wheat

5.

Which one is not a plantation crop?

a)

Groundnuts

b)

coffee

c)

tea

d)

coconuts

6.

Co- operative farming is popular in which pair of countries?

a)

None of these.

b)

U.S.A. and Canada.

c)

Australia and New Zealand.

d)

Norway, Denmark and Italy.

7.

What is demerits of Primitive subsistence cultivation?

a)

Low and uncertain productivity.

b)

Soil erosion.

c)

Forest fire and loss of habitat for wildlife.

d)

All of these.

8.

Which one is not perfectly matched?

a)

Viticulture- Cultivation of grapes.

b)

Horticulture- Cultivation of fruits and vegetables.

c)

Apiculture- Rearing of silkworm.

d)

Floriculture- Cultivation of flowers.

9.

Statement I. Nomadic herding is practiced mostly in hilly and deserted regions of the world.

Statement II. Because any other economic activities can’t be performed efficiently except nomadic herding due to climatic and physical restraints.

a)

Both statements are correct

b)

Only I is correct.

c)

Only II is correct.

d)

Both statements are incorrect.

10.

Which one is not related to primary human activities?

a)

Transportation and communication.

b)

Hunting and Gathering.

c)

Mining.

d)

Agriculture.

11.

This image represents which economic sector?

a)

Tertiary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Primary Sector

d)

Quaternary Sector

12.

What is an economic activity

a)

Helping someone

b)

Playing cricket

c)

Earning a livelihood

d)

Reading a book

13.

Primary economic activities include

a)

Lumbering

b)

Animal husbandry

c)

Hunting and gathering

d)

All of the above

14.

Which is the most primitive type of primary activity.

a)

Lumbering

b)

Hunting and gathering

c)

Crop cultivation

d)

Animal husbandry

15.

People engaged inprimary activities are also called as

a)

Blue collar

b)

Red collar

c)

White collar

d)

Gold collar

16.

Which one of the following comes under primitive subsistence activity

a)

Nomadic herding

b)

Commercial livestock rearing

c)

Plantation agriculture

d)

Dairy farming

17.

Transhumance is the practice in which herders move to ...........in summers and to .............in winter.

a)

Mountains , valley

b)

Plains , valley

c)

Mountains , valley

d)

Plateau, plains

18.

Which one group of country is correct regarding commercial livestock rearing

a)

New Zealand Australia Argentina

b)

Pakistan Afghanistan Iran

c)

Japan South Korea Philippines

d)

Canada Greenland

19.

What is the mean area of shifting cultivation for tribal people.

a)

Tropical Africa and South America

b)

Australia

c)

Central North America

d)

Western Indian subcontinent

20.

The main cause for people to practice intensive subsistence agriculture is

a)

Availability of land in abundance

b)

High population pressure on land

c)

Better technical know how

d)

Availability of machinery

21.

Intensive subsistence agriculture is dominated by wet paddy cultivation in

a)

South and southeast Asia

b)

Central North Africa

c)

Australia and New Zealand

d)

North America

22.

Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?

a)

Tea, coffee

b)

Sugarcane, cotton

c)

Maize, millet

d)

Rubber, banana

23.

What are Fazendas?

a)

Large coffee plantations in Brazil

b)

Large size rice fields in India

c)

Large size banana plantation in Sri Lanka

d)

Large size rubber plantation in Malaysia

24.

Temperate grasslands in Eurasia is called as

a)

Prairies

b)

Steppes

c)

Pampass

d)

Velds

25.

Temperate grasslands in North America is called as

a)

Prairies

b)

Velds

c)

Downs

d)

Steppe

26.

Agriculture in Which crop cultivation and animal husbandry is done simultaneously is called as

a)

Mixed farming

b)

Dairy farming

c)

Nomadic herding

d)

Plantation agriculture

27.

Farming in which various crops are are sown in field at alternative spaces at same time.

a)

Intercropping

b)

Crop rotation

c)

Mixed cropping

d)

None of the above

28.

The facility of quick transportation refrigeration and pasteurization is very important in

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Dairy farming

c)

Mixed farming

d)

Cooperative farming

29.

.................... Is famous for the production of citrus fruits like oranges grapes olives figs etc

a)

Mediterranean agriculture

b)

Dairy farming

c)

Cooperative farming

d)

Plantation agriculture

30.

Truck farming is a part of

a)

Market gardening and horticulture

b)

Dairy farming

c)

Animal husbandry

d)

Mixed farming

31.

The model of KOLKHOZ which was introduced in erstwhile Soviet Union to improve the efficiency of agriculture is an example of

a)

Cooperative farming

b)

Commercial livestock rearing

c)

Collective farming

d)

Dairy farming

32.

Which type of mining use shaft method to extract mineral

a)

Open cast mining

b)

Underground mining

c)

Both

d)

None of the above

33.

What are the factors which affect mining activity

a)

Size and grade of mineral

b)

Technology available and used

c)

Labour and transport cost

d)

All of the above

34.

Cooperative farming became very famous in

a)

Netherlands

b)

Denmark

c)

India

d)

Brazil

35.

Mediterranean type of climate is characterized by

a)

Rainfall in winter season

b)

Rainfall in summer season

c)

Blowing of hot winds

d)

Frequent droughts

36.

Shifting cultivation in North East India is also called as

a)

Jhuming cultivation

b)

Milpa

c)

Ladang

d)

None of the above

37.

Which is not a Primary Economic Activity

a)

Teaching

b)

Farming

c)

Fishing

d)

Forestry

38.

What does this picture show?

a)

A water reservoir

b)

Potable water

c)

A water treatment plant

d)

Irrigation