1. With which crop has Green Revolution been associated?
Wheat
2. Watermelons grow best in ___
Sandy soil
3. The crop mainly grown in hills is ___
sweet potato
4. HYV refers to ___
High yielding variety
5. In a slanting hilly Indian terrain experiencing more than 200 cms of annual rainfall, which one of the following crops can be cultivated best?
Tea
6. World’s maximum newsprint comes from ___
Deciduous forest
7. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by ___
Terrace cultivation
8. Which one of the following categories of workers is termed as cultivators?
Those who lease in land and cultivate
9. Which one of the following animals is called farmers friend?
Earthworm
10. Golden Revolution refers to ___
Horticulture
11. The crops grown after the summer monsoon are called ___
Rabi
12. The largest irrigation canal in India is called the ___
Indira Gandhi Canal
13. Which breed of the following buffalo breeds is found in the south western part of Gujarat?
Surti
14. BT seed is associated with ___
Cotton
15. Desertification can be checked by ___
checking over-grazing
16. Green Revolution was started in ___
1960
17. Which of the following is not a cause of low productivity in Indian agriculture?
Co-operative farming
18. In which part of India, canal irrigation system is the most common?
Uttar Pradesh
19. Which of the following types of soil is best suited for cotton cultivation?
Black
20. Which of the following methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture?
Dry farming
21. Which of the following are not grown in the Kharif season?
Barley and mustard
22. Rotation of crops means ___
growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility
23. The adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in ___
1966
24. ‘Brown Revolution’ is ___
growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India
25. Mechanization of Indian agriculture on a considerable scale is not possible due to ___
small holdings
26. Laterite soils are found in area where ___
temperature is high and rain fall is heavy
27. Kharif crops are sown ___
at the beginning of the Southwest monsoon
28. Where is India’s most prized tea grown?
Darjeeling
29. For the cultivation of Tobacco the soil should be rich in ___
potash
30. The part of Equatorial region which has well developed rubber plantations is ___
Malaysia