Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which Of the following are primary activities?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Mining
(c) Fishing
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 2.
What is cultivation of grapes called’?
(a) Sericulture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Floriculture
(d) Horiculture
Answer
Answer: (b) Viticulture
Question 3.
The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?
(a) Barter system
(b) Water system
(c) Farm system
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Farm system
Question 4.
Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
(a) Subsistense
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Subsistense
Question 5.
Which of these is not commercial farming?
(a) Commercial Grain
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) Plantation
Answer
Answer: (c) Organic
Question 6.
…………….. is also knowh as a paddy
(a) Wheat
(b) Jowar
(c) Rice
(d) Bajra
Answer
Answer: (c) Rice
Question 7.
Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Both of these
Question 8.
Rubber plantation is famous in:
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Brazil
(c) Malaysia
(d) USA
Answer
Answer: (c) Malaysia
Question 9.
Which of the following are coarse grains?
(a) Jowar
(b) Bajra
(c) Ragi
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 10.
Which of the following country is a leading producer of rice?
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) Malaysia
(d) Egypt
Answer
Answer: (a) China
Question 11.
Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
(a) Desert
(b) Loamy
(c) Sandy
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Loamy
Question 12.
Which of these are Millets?
(a) Jowar
(b) Ragi
(c) Both of these
(d) Maize
Answer
Answer: (c) Both of these
Question 13.
Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Nylon
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Cotton
Question 14.
Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture?
(a) U.S.A
(b) Bangladesh
(c) India
(d) Bhutan
Answer
Answer: (a) U.S.A
Match the following
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Organic farming | (a) The practice of ploughing against the slopes on the hill |
| (ii) Mixed farming | (b) In which organic materials and natural pesticides are used |
| (iii) Contour ploughing | (c) In which herdsmen move place to place with their livestock |
| (iv) Nomadic herding | (d) Farms, farms animals and farmers together |
| (v) Farming ecosystem | (e) in which crops are raised and livestock are kept on the farm to have animal products |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Organic farming | (b) In which organic materials and natural pesticides are used |
| (ii) Mixed farming | (e) in which crops are raised and livestock are kept on the farm to have animal products |
| (iii) Contour ploughing | (a) The practice of ploughing against the slopes on the hill |
| (iv) Nomadic herding | (c) In which herdsmen move place to place with their livestock |
| (v) Farming ecosystem | (d) Farms, farms animals and farmers together |
State whether true or false:
1. Extraction is an example of tertiary activity.
Answer
Answer: False
2. Cash crops are grown in subsistence farming.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Gathering is a primary activity.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Beverages are labour intensive crops.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Shifting agriculture is shifting of crops after a few years.
Answer
Answer: False
6. Mixed farming is a type of commercial farming.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Shifting agriculture is also known as
Answer
Answer: Slash and bum
2. soil and climate are vital factors for agricultural activities.
Answer
Answer: Topography
3. Advertising is an example of activities.
Answer
Answer: Tertiary
4. Jute is grown intensively in and
Answer
Answer: India, Bangladesh
5. Coarse grains are also called
Answer
Answer: Millets