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Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture MCQ

1. Which of the following is not correct about plantation farming?
(a) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
(c) Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates.
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.

Answer: (d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.

2. Which one of the following is not a food crop
(a) Rice
(b) wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Maize

Answer: (c) Cotton

3. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab

Answer: (d) Punjab

4. What is Primitive Subsistence Farming known as in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Penda
(c) Jhumming
(d) Milpa

Answer: (c) Jhumming

5. Which of the following are plantation crops?
(a) Rice and maize
(b) Wheat and pulses
(c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane
(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane

6. Muskmelon grows in
(a) rabi season
(b) kharif season
(c) zaid season
(d) all the three seasons

Answer: (c) zaid season

7. Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as well as exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd

Answer: (c) Tea

8. Which of the following is the most important occupation of the people of India?
(a) Food gathering
(b) Agriculture
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Services

Answer: (b) Agriculture

9. The three major cropping seasons of India are:
(a) Aus, Aman and Boro
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait
(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid

10. One of the following pulses which does not help in restoring soil fertility.
(a) Moong
(b) Gram
(c) Peas
(d) Arhar

Answer: (d) Arhar

11. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) Kharif

12. Which of the following crops is produced during zaid cropping season?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Muskmelon
(c) Groundnut
(d) Moong

Answer: (b) Muskmelon

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13. Rabi crops are:
(a) sown in winter and harvested in summer
(b) sown during rainy season and harvested in winter
(c) sown in summer and harvested in winter
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) sown in winter and harvested in summer

14. The second largest producer of groundnut is
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala

Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh

15. Which of the following crops is not a millet?
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Ragi
(d) Bajra

Answer: (b) Maize

16. Which of the following is a kharif crop?
(a) Barley
(b) Peas
(c) Bajra
(d) Mustard

Answer: (c) Bajra

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17. Kharif crops are grown:
(a) with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October
(b) with the onset of winter and harvested in summer
(c) with onset of Autumn and harvested in summer
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October

18. Which of the following is known as golden fibre?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk

Answer: (b) Jute

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19. What is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk called?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Pisciculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Agriculture

Answer: (c) Sericulture

20. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen

Answer: (c) India

21. The main food crop of Kharif season is:
(a) Mustard
(b) Pulses
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat

Answer: (c) Rice

22. Coffee cultivation was first introduced in:
(a) Himalayas
(b) Aravalli Hills
(c) Garo Hills
(d) Baba Budan Hills

Answer: (d) Baba Budan Hills

23. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these

Answer: (d) None of these

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24. Which of the following crops is the main source of jaggary, khandsari and molasses?
(a) Arhar
(b) Coconut
(c) Linseed
(d) Sugarcane

Answer: (d) Sugarcane

25. Important non-food crops of our country are:
(a) Tea and coffee
(b) Millets and pulses
(c) Cotton and jute
(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Cotton and jute

26. What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?
(a) 21
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 4

Answer: (b) 12

27. Cultivation of coffee is confined to which of the following hills?
(a) Nilgiri
(b) Aravali
(c) Shivalik
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Nilgiri

28. Tea cultivation is an example of which of the following types of agriculture?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Plantation
(c) Beverage cultivation
(d) Intensive agriculture

Answer: (b) Plantation

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29. The two main wheat growing regions are:
(a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap
(b) North-eastern part and eastern-coastal plains
(c) Deccan plateau and Konkan coast
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap

30. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

Answer: (d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

31. Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea

Answer: (a) Yemen

32. Which of the following is the primary objective of India’s food security policy?
(a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
(b) To diversify crop production to increase income of the farmers.
(c) To provide insurance against crop failures.
(d) To shift from foodgrain production to commercial crops.

Answer: (a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.

33. Wheat requires annual rainfall between:
(a) 50 and 75 cm
(b) about 200 cm
(c) 200 and 300 cm
(d) less than 20 cm

Answer: (a) 50 and 75 cm

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34. Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid

Answer: (a) Winter

35. Which one of the following is the feature of plantation agriculture?
(a) Single crop
(b) Large area
(c) Produce raw material for industries
(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

36. Which State is the largest producer of bajra?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana

Answer: (a) Rajasthan

37. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these

Answer: (d) None of these

38. Which one of the following is not a fibre crop?
(a) Cotton
(b) Rubber
(c) Jute
(d) Hemp

Answer: (b) Rubber

39. Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oilseeds

Answer: (c) Tea

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40. Which is the right condition for the growth of maize?
(a) Temperature between 21 °C to 27°C and old alluvial soil
(b) Temperature below 17°C and shallow black soil
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Temperature between 21 °C to 27°C and old alluvial soil

41. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

Answer: (d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

42. Which one is an important rabi crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Watermelon
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize

Answer: (c) Wheat

43. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called:
(a) Floriculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Agriculture

Answer: (c) Horticulture

44. Which among the following is a fibre crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee

Answer: (b) Jute

45. Which is the ideal condition for the growth of sugarcane?
(a) Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm
(b) Temperature below 17°C and 50 to 75 cm rainfall
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) none of the above

Answer: (a) Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm

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46. Which of the following conditions can spoil tea crop?
(a) Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year
(b) Frost free climate
(c) Deep fertile well drained soil
(d) Clayey soil which has high water holding capacity

Answer: (d) Clayey soil which has high water holding capacity

47. ‘Slash and burn agriculture’ is a:
(a) shifting agriculture
(b) intensive agriculture
(c) commercial agriculture
(d) none of these

Answer: (a) shifting agriculture

48. Which one of the following is a rabi crop? (Textbook)
(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Gram
(d) Cotton

Answer: (b) Millets

49. Which of the following is the principal crop grown in areas of Intensive Subsistence Farming?
(a) Yams and Sweet Potato
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) Cotton

Answer: (c) Rice

50. Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?
(a) Primary activity
(b) Secondary activity
(c) Tertiary activity
(d) All the above

Answer: (a) Primary activity

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