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AP State Syllabus 9th Class Social Bits 6th Lesson Agriculture in India with Answers
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Question 1.
Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large scale?
A) Shifting Agriculture
B) Plantation Agriculture
C) Horticulture
D) Intensive Agriculture
Answer:
D) Intensive Agriculture
Question 2.
Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
A) Rice
B) Millets
C) Wheat
D) Cotton
Answer:
C) Wheat
Question 3.
Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
A) Pulses
B) Millets
C) Jowar
D) Sesamum
Answer:
A) Pulses
Question 4.
The largest producer of coffee in India is
A) Karnataka
B) Bihar
C) Assam
D) Punjab
Answer:
A) Karnataka
Question 5.
…………. is known as a golden fibre.
A) Cotton
B) Jute
C) Rubber
D) Mulberry
Answer:
B) Jute
Question 6.
An example of a beverage crop is
A) Rubber
B) Sugarcane
C) Coffee
D) Maize
Answer:
C) Coffee
Question 7.
This is not the character of commercial farming
A) Use of primitive tools
B) Use of HYV Seeds
C) Use of pesticides
D) Use of chemical fertilisers
Answer:
A) Use of primitive tools
Question 8.
Identify the odd one based on farming.
A) Rice
B) Tea
C) Rubber
D) Sugarcane
Answer:
C) Rubber
Question 9.
Staple food of majority of the people in India is
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Rice
D) Millets
Answer:
C) Rice
Question 10.
…………….. is a coarse grain.
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Rice
D) Jowar
Answer:
D) Jowar
Question 11.
…………… is not a coarse grain.
A) Jowar
B) Maize
C) Bajra
D) Ragi
Answer:
B) Maize
Question 12.
……………. is the largest producer of oil seeds in the world.
A) Indonesia
B) West Indies
C) USA
D) India
Answer:
D) India
Question 13.
India produces about of ………….. the world’s vegetables.
A) 2/5
B) 1/4
C) 2/5
D) 1/6
Answer:
D) 1/6
Question 14.
Rearing of silk worms is
A) Sericulture
B) Silkeulture
C) Epieulture
D) Monoculture
Answer:
A) Sericulture
Question 15.
Second phase of agriculture in India is from
A) 1947 -1965
B) 1950 -1965
C) 1966 -1990
D) post 1991
Answer:
C) 1966 -1990
Question 16.
84% of pulses in India are grown in
A) wet land areas
B) table land area
C) low land area
D) dry land area
Answer:
D) dry land area
Question 17.
Government took protective measures in agriculture prior to
A) 1971
B) 1981
C) 1991
D) 2001
Answer:
C) 1991
Question 18.
………….. is the largest producer of Jowar in India.
A) Rajasthan
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarath
D) Karnataka
Answer:
B) Maharashtra
Question 19.
…………………. is the largest producer of Groundnut in India.
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarath
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:
D) Andhra Pradesh
Question 20.
…………….. state is not a great producer of mangoes.
A) Kerala
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
D) Uttar Pradesh
Question 21.
…………….. is not practiced during ‘Zaid’ season.
A) Fodder
B) Cucumber
C) Barley
D) Watermelon
Answer:
C) Barley
Question 22.
Rice is a commercial crop in
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Tamilnadu
D) Haryana
Answer:
D) Haryana
Question 23.
Tea bushes require ………….., ………….., …………… climate all through the year.
A) Warm, moist, frost free
B) Warm, moist, frost
C) Cold, dry, frostfree
D) Warm, dry, frostfree
Answer:
A) Warm, moist, frost free
A variety of food and non-food crops are grown in different parts of the coun-try depending upon the variations in soil, climate and cultivation practices. Major crops grown in India are paddy, wheat, millets, pulses, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute, etc.
Read the text given and answer the questions.
Question 24.
Into how many types of crops are broadly divided?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 5
D) 6
Answer:
B) 2
Question 25.
Which of the following is a food crop?
A) Rice
B) Cotton
C) Sugarcane
D) Jute
Answer:
A) Rice
Question 26.
Which of the following is a non-food crop?
A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Cotton
D) Ragi
Answer:
C) Cotton
Study the table and answer the questions given below it.
| Grain | Where it grow |
| Rice | West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, etc. |
| Wheat | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab |
| Jowar | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh |
| Bajra | Rajasthan |
| Maize | Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh |
Question 27.
In which state rice does not grow?
A) AP
B) Assom
C) West Bengal
D) Rajasthan
Answer:
D) Rajasthan
Question 28.
In which state Jowar grow?
A) U.P
B) Punjab
C) Uttarakhand
D) Maharashtra
Answer:
D) Maharashtra
Question 29.
In which state maize grow?
A) U.P
B) M.P
C) Gujarat
D) Kerala
Answer:
A) U.P
Observe the map given and answer the following.
Question 30.
Which state is the largest producer of sugarcane?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Punjab
D) Nagaland
Answer:
B) Maharashtra
Question 31.
Which state is the largest producer of groundnut?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Goa
D) Haryana
Answer:
A) Andhra Pradesh
Question 32.
Sesamum is a …………… crop.
A) Kharif
B) Rabi
C) Zaid
D) None
Answer:
A) Kharif
Question 33.
Choose the correct one.
1. Paddy is a Kharif crop
2. Wheat is a Zaid crop
A) 1 is true
B) 2 is true
C) 1 & 2 are true
D) None
Answer:
A) 1 is true
Question 34.
Choose the wrong pair from given below.
A) Bhakra Nangal – Himachal Pradesh
B) Hirakud – Odisha
C) Damodar valley – West Bengal
D) Nagarjuna Sagar-Tamilnadu
Answer:
D) Nagarjuna Sagar-Tamilnadu
Question 35.
One among the below belongs to green revolution
A) HYVs
B) New Technical Methods
C) Irrigation facilities
D) Above all
Answer:
D) Above all
Question 36.
Who is not relate to the Government Administration?
A) Thahasildar (MRO)
B) Beauticians
C) Police
D) Collector
Answer:
B) Beauticians
Question 37.
Who decides the minimum support price for agricultural products ? .
A) Farmers
B) Mediators
C) Buyers
D) Government
Answer:
D) Government
Examine the above given map and answer the 38 and 39 questions.
Question 38.
Paddy is not a major crop in this South Indian state
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Tamilnadu
Answer:
B) Karnataka
Question 39.
Paddy is a major crop in one of the North Indian states
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Punjab
C) Rajasthan
D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:
B) Punjab
Question 40.
Rubber crop needs high rainfall. So it grows well in region.
A) Equatorial
B) Tropical
C) Mediterranean
D) Tundra
Answer:
A) Equatorial
Question 41.
Which among the following is mainly a Kharif crop?
A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Barley
D) Gram
Answer:
A) Paddy
Question 42.
This is not cropping season in India.
A) Rabi
B) Kharif
C) Zaid
D) Arabica
Answer:
D) Arabica
Question 43.
Choose the wrong pair from given below.
A) Coffee – Karnataka
B) Tea-Assom
C) Wheat-Andhra Pradesh
D) Rubber – Kerala
Answer:
C) Wheat-Andhra Pradesh
Question 44.
………………… are help in decomposition of plant and animal substances and turns them as organic matter.
A) Bacteria
B) Fungi
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above
Answer:
C) Both A and B
Question 45.
Choose the correct one
1) Wheat is a ‘RABI’ crop
2) Watermelon is ‘ZAID’ crop
A) 1 is true
B) 2 is true
C) 1 & 2 are true
D) 1 & 2 are false
Answer:
C) 1 & 2 are true
Question 46.
Culturing of silk worms is known as
A) Apiculture
B) Horticulture
C) Sericulture
D) Aquaculture
Answer:
C) Sericulture
Question 47.
Original home of cotton Plant
A) Bangladesh
B) India
C) China
D) Italy
Answer:
B) India
Question 48.
High production in crops related to which revolution?
A) Blue Revolution
B) Green Revolution
C) Black Revolution
D) Red Revolution
Answer:
B) Green Revolution
Question 49.
Rearing of silk worms for the produc¬tion of silk is known as
A) Epiculture
B) Sericulture
C) Brown culture
D) Aqua culture
Answer:
B) Sericulture
Question 50.
Which crop is known as the golden fibre?
A) Cotton
B) Jute
C) Rubber
D) Tea
Answer:
B) Jute
Question 51.
The percentage of irrigated land in the entire cultivable land in India is
A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 40%
D) 70%
Answer:
C) 40%
Question 52.
Which of the following is not a non-food crop?
A) Rubber
B) Cotton
C) Jute
D) Maize
Answer:
D) Maize
Question 53.
Which of the following practices can help in increasing crop production in dry land areas?
i) rainfall conservation
ii) afforestation
iii) mixed crop farming Choose the correct answer.
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All – i, ii and iii
Answer:
D) All – i, ii and iii
Question 54.
Which of these Government of India schemes provides the farmers on-line trading platform for agricultural commodities?
A) National Agriculture Market (NAM)
B) Minimum Support Price (MSP)
C) Goods and Service Tax (GST)
D) Farmer Bazaars (FB)
Answer:
A) National Agriculture Market (NAM)
Question 55.
How does the above image reflect in the context of Indian agriculture?
A) Small farmers hold more land than big land owners.
B) Land available for small farmers is very less.
C) The number of big land owners is more than small farmers.
D) Almost all of the agricultural land is available for small farmers.
Answer:
B) Land available for small farmers is very less.
Question 56.
Which of the following crops are NOT suitable for dry land agriculture?
A) Jute, Paddy
B) Ragi, Gram
C) Groundnut, Bajra
D) Jowar, Soyabean
Answer:
A) Jute, Paddy
Question 57.
Which of the following is correctly matched?
a) Nagarjuna Sagar i) Himachal Pradesh
b) Bhakra – Nangai ii) Andhra Pradesh
c) Hirakud iii) Odisha
A) a – iii, b – ii, c – i
B) a – ii, b – i, c – iii
C) a – i, b – iii, c – ii
D) a – i, b – iii, c – ii
Answer:
B) a – ii, b – i, c – iii
Question 58.
Which of the following crop is related with the ‘Arabica’ variety?
A) Wheat
B) Tea
C) Coffee
D) Cotton
Answer:
C) Coffee
Question 59.
Which of the following States is declared as the first organic farming state of India
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Assom
D) Kerala
Answer:
B) Sikkim
Question 60.
A little over 40% of the total cultivable land in India is irrigated. Remaining lands drylands. Which of the following activity increases sustainable production in such dryland areas?
A) Digging many Borewells in that area
B) Increasing usage of pesticides
C) Conserving rainfall that the area receives
D) Extended use of chemical fertilizers
Answer:
C) Conserving rainfall that the area receives
Question 61.
Consider the following statements and find out which of them is / are true.
A) The minerals in organic fertilizers are slowly available to plants.
B) Chemical fertilizers reduce the fertility of the soil in course of time.
A) Only B is true
B) Both A and B are True
C) Both A and B are False
D) Only A is true
Answer:
B) Both A and B are True
Question 62.
Uttar Pradesh : Sugarcane :: ? : Rubber
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Assam
Answer:
B) Kerala
Question 63.
The crop that is known as the ‘golden fiber’ is :
A) Silk
B) Jute
C) Hemp
D) Cotton
Answer:
B) Jute
Question 64.
The important project which is under construction for the development of agriculture in Andhra Pradesh is:
A) Polavaram
B) Dummugudem
C) Ichampalli
D) Pranahitha-chevella
Answer:
A) Polavaram
Question 65.
Observer the picture given below.
Which reality of Indian agriculture does the picture sav about?
A) Fall of prices
B) Uneven land distribution
C) The adverse impact of green revolution
D) Low yielding
Answer:
B) Uneven land distribution
Question 66.
The crop which is being extensively used both as food and fodder is:
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Ragi
D) Paddy
Answer:
B) Maize
Question 67.
Instruction: Observe the following map and answer the questions from 67 to 71:
The state that is denoted by C in the map is:
A) The largest producer of pulses
B) The largest producer of millets
C) The largest producer of paddy
D) The largest producer of groundnut
Answer:
C) The largest producer of paddy
Question 68.
With which letter is Andhra Pradesh denoted?
A) C
B) D
C) E
D) B
Answer:
B) D
Question 69.
True among the following regarding the state shown with ‘D’ is:
X : The largest sugarcane producer
Y : The largest wheat producer
A) Y only
B) Both X and Y
C) Neither X nor Y
D) X only
Answer:
B) Both X and Y
Question 70.
The state that is denoted by E is a famous tea producer.
Find out the name of that state.
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Assam
C) West Bengal
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:
B) Assam
Question 71.
Which letter denotes the state of first cement factory?
A) C
B) B
C) A
D) D
Answer:
A) C
Question 72.
“Foreign trade in farm products was proved very much helpful to our farmers.”
A) No, it actually caused farmers income to fluctuate a lot. It helped no farmer in India.
B) It may be helpful for a few big farmers but many small farmers are not happy with that. Government has to be very careful in framing such policies.
C) It is the mistake of the farmers only, if they lose, They have to learn how to save.
D) Yes, it is true, Now all our farmers are happily exporting their products and gaining much profit.
Answer:
B) It may be helpful for a few big farmers but many small farmers are not happy with that. Government has to be very careful in framing such policies.
Question 73.
“Green revolution was very useful to India.”
A) No, it only damaged our agriculture sector.
B) It would be too early to judge the effect of green revolution now.
C) It helped India to become self sufficient in food grains but later it caused several environmental problems too.
D) Yes. It was very useful. It saved the nation from the problem of food shortage.
Answer:
C) It helped India to become self sufficient in food grains but later it caused several environmental problems too.
Question 74.
“We have to think of as future generation about clean India, Swach Bharath.”
A) We should not bother about anything now except our studies and marks.
B) We have to avoid the use of plastic and to habituate growing plants and using toilets etc.
C) Since we are after all students, nothing can we do in this regard.
D) Yes, we have to aim at the cleanest nation.
Answer:
B) We have to avoid the use of plastic and to habituate growing plants and using toilets etc.
Question 75.
Which one among the following features does not relate to Indian agriculture?
A) Cultivation in small plots
B) Highest average yielding
C) Rain fed agriculture
D) Providing employment to majority of the workers.
Answer:
B) Highest average yielding
Question 76.
Which of the following crop requires high temperature, light rainfall, 210 frost – free days and bright sunshine.
A) Jute
B) Cotton
C) Tea
D) Coffee
Answer:
B) Cotton
Question 77.
Tea is a …………. crop.
A) Fiber Crop
B) Food Crop
C) Beverage Crop
D) Industrial Crop
Answer:
C) Beverage Crop
Observe the map and answer the questions 78 and 79.
Question 78.
Which of the following states are ma¬jor cotton producing states?
A) Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal, Odissa
C) Rajasthan, Karnataka
D) Gujarat, Maharashtra
Answer:
D) Gujarat, Maharashtra
Question 79.
Which of the following states are major sugarcane producing states?
A) Himachal, Odissa
B) Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka
C) Rajasthan, Punjab
D) Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
Answer:
B) Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka
Read the table carefully to answer questions 80, 81 and 82.
Number of Holding in India over the years
Question 80.
Maximum number of operational land holdings in India is
A) Small
B) Medium
C) Large
D) Marginal
Answer:
A) Small
Question 81.
What is the average size of small land holding in India?
A) Above 2 hectares
B) Between 1 to 2 hectares
C) Between 2 to 4 hectares
D) Above 10 hectares
Answer:
B) Between 1 to 2 hectares
Question 82.
Which of these can be concluded from the information given in the table?
A) The operational landholdings have more than doubled between 1970-71 and 2010-11.
B) Semi-medium holdings are the least in number in India.
C) The large operational landholdings have gradually decreased in India over the years.
D) Almost all of the agricultural land under cultivation is available for small farmers.
Answer:
C) The large operational landholdings have gradually decreased in India over the years.