Primitive farming techniques are still used in India. What is this kind of slash and burn agriculture called in the northeastern states?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. One-third of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities. b. Agriculture also produces raw material for various industries. c. Some agricultural products like tea, coffee, spices, etc. are also exported.

Which of the following crops are grown in the slash and burn type of cultivation of the North-East?

a. Paddy b. Millet c. Wheat d. Maize

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Plantation is a type of intensive subsistence farming. b. Plantations cover large tracts of land with the help of migrant labourers. c. All the produce in plantations is used as raw material in respective industries.

Which of the following is not a crop grown in the zaid season?

Which of the following grains are important millets grown in India?

a. Maize b. Jowar c. Bajra d. Ragi

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Jute is known as the golden fibre. b. Jute grows well in drier parts of the black cotton soil of the Deccan plateau. c. It is used in making gunny bags, mats, ropes, yarn, carpets and other artefacts.

The government announces remunerative and procurement prices for important crops to check the exploitation of farmers by speculators and middlemen. What are these prices called?

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The tea plant grows well in tropical and sub-tropical climates endowed with deep and fertile well-drained soil, rich in humus and organic matter. b. Tea bushes require warm and moist frost-free climate all through the year. c. India is the largest producer of tea in the world.

Which among the following crops are important kharif crops?

a. Paddy b. Soya bean c. Mustard d. Groundnut

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The growth rate in Indian agriculture is decelerating. b. PDS is a programme which provides food grains and other essential commodities at subsidised prices in rural and urban areas. c. Gene revolution refers to inventing new hybrid varieties of seeds.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Tea is grown as a plantation crop in Assam. b. Coffee is grown as a plantation crop in Kerala. c. Rice is grown as a plantation crop in Karnataka.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Wheat is the most important cereal crop in the country. b. There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country – the Ganga-Satluj plains in the North-West and the black soil region of the Deccan. c. The major wheat-producing states in India are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. India has three cropping seasons. b. Kharif crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June. c. Rabi crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October. d. Zaid season is a short season during the summer months between the kharif and rabi seasons.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in areas of high population pressure on land. b. The main characteristic of this type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs in order to obtain higher productivity. c. Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya are some of the states where this type of farming is practised.