CUET Geography India People and Economy Chapter 5 Land Resources and Agriculture

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Geography - MCQ on LAND RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE

Class XII

Q.1. Which one of the following is not a land use category?

a. Fallow land

b. Marginal land

c. Net sown area

d. Culturable wasteland

Answer:

 

b. Marginal land

Q.2.In the last forty years there is a decrease in the deforestation has been noticed because of :

a. Increase in forest land

b. Increase in the notified area for forests.

c. Better Participation of peoples in managing forests.

d. Extensive and efficient efforts of afforestation.

Answer:

d

Q.3.Which one of the following is the main form of degradation in irrigated areas ?

a. Gully erosion

b. Wind erosion

c. Salinisation of soil

d. Siltation of land

Answer:

c) Salinisation of soil.

Q.4.Which one of the following crops is not cultivated in dryland area.

a. RAGI

b. groundnut

c. Jowar

d. Sugarcane

Answer:

Sugarcane

Q.5.In which of the following group of countries of the world HYVS of wheat and rice were produced ?

a. Japan and Australia

b. Mexico and Philippines

c. USA and Japan

d. Mexico and Singapore

Answer:

 

b. Mexico and Philippines

Q.6.Area of the land surface used for agriculture in a year :

a. Agricultural field

b. Net sown area

c. cultivable land

d. None

Q.7. .The cash crop of which India is the principle consumer and producer :

a. Coffee

b. Jute

c. Rice

d. Tea

Answer:

 

d. Tea

Q.8. .How much proportion of India’s population is depend on agriculture for its livelihood ?

a. 75%

b. 70%

c. 72%

d. 73%

Answer:

 

b. 70%

Q.9. .India ranks ….in the production of fruit and vegetables :

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

d. Fourth

Answer:

 

b. Second.

Q.10.In terms of geographical area under agriculture India ranks :

a. Third

b. Fourth

c. Fifth

d. Second

Answer:

 

d. Second.

Q.11.The agriculture practice in which rain water is the only source of water is called :

a. Contour farming

b. Rainfed agriculture

c. Agricuture

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Rainfed Agriculture

Q.12.The city where CAZRI is located :

a. Jaipur

b. Jodhpur

c. Jaisalmer

d. Jabalpur

Answer:

 

b. Jodhpur.

Exp.CAZRI stands for Central Arid Zone Research Institute.

Q.13.The first ranking crop in India:

a. Wheat

b. Rice

c. Gram

d. Cotton

Answer:

 

b. Rice.

Q.14.Cotton is not grown in which of the following regions of India :

a. Black soil region

b. Red soil region

c. Alluvial soil region

d. Flood plains of north-east region.

Answer:

 

d. Flood plains of north-east region.

Q.15.The crops sown in Nevember and harvested in April and May :

a. Kharif crops

b. Cash crops

c. Rabi crop

d. Food crops.

Answer:

c) Rabi crops

Q.16.Kharif crops are grown in :

a. September

b. December

c. June and July

d. March and April

Answer:

c) June and July

Q.17.Intensity of cropping refers to ;

a. raising a number of crops from the same field.

b. growing only one crop intensively

c. Raising of crops in the different fields.

d. None

Answer:

a. Raising a number of crops from the same field.

Q.18.Intensity of cropping increases with the :

a. Increasing crop number

b. decreasing crop number

c. no effect of change in the number of crops.

d. None

Answer:

a. Increasing crop number.

Q.19.Leading producer of coffee in India is :

a. Tamil Nadu

b. Kerala

c. Karnataka

d. Assam

Answer:

Karnataka.

Q.20.Planning commission in India initiated agro climatic planning in the year:

a. 1997

b. 1990

c. 1998

d. 1996

Answer:

c) 1998

Q.21.agro-climatic planning aimed at :

a. Agricultural development

b. Impact of climate on agriculture

c. Regionally balanced agricultural development in the country.

d. none

Answer:

c)

Q.22.A fallow land is a:

a. Non agricultural land.

b. Agricultural Waste land

c. Arable land left uncultivated for some time to restore fertility of its soil.

d. None

Answer:

c) Arable land left uncultivated for some time to restore fertility of its soil.

Q.23.Zaid season refers to: _

a. Winter season

b. Rainy season

c. Summer season

d. Autumn

Answer:

c) Summer season

Q.24. Which of the following is not a problem of Indian agriculture? `

a. Intensive human labour

b. Small land holdings.

c. Low productivity

d. Lack of commercialisation

Answer:

a. Intensive human labour.

Geography - MCQ on LAND RESOURCES and AGRICULTURE

Find below CUET Geography Chapter 5 Land Resources and Agriculture questions set-2

Q.1. What is the meaning of agriculture:

a. Land resource

b. Land cultivation

c. Land use

d. Land utilisation

Answer:

 

b. Land cultivation

Exp. It is a Latin word.

Q.2. In India…….is the life bone of the economy:

a. Manufacturing

b. Services

c. Agriculture

d. All the above

Answer:

c) Agriculture.

Exp. India is mainly an agrarian country.

Q.3. Agriculture contributes nearly ….per cent of GDP.;

a. 25

b. 35

c. 40

d. 26

Answer:

 

d. 26.

Q.4. The state with the highest net sown area :

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Bihar

Answer:

 

b. Punjab.

Q.5. Net sown area can not be increased due to certain reason then to increase production it is necessary that we increase the:

a. Use of manures and hybrid seeds.

b. Intensity of cropping

c. Use of science and technology.

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Intensity of cropping.

Exp. Which can be done by increasing the area sown more than once.

Q.6. Permanent pastures and grazing lands amounts to about …. of the total reporting area of the country :

a. 10 per cent

b. 4 per cent

c. 15 per cent

d. 6 per cent

Answer:

 

b. 4 per cent

Q.7. .Miscellaneous tree crops and groves account for ……hectares area:

a. 2.3 million

b. 3.6 million

c. 5.4 millions

d. 12 millions

Answer:

 

b. 3.6 million

Q.8. .Area under fallow land category accounts for……million hectares of land :

a. 24.6

b. 34.2

c. 44.8

d. 24.9

Answer:

24.9.

Exp. Fallow land is that land which was used for cultivation but is temporarily out of cultivation.

Q.9. .Cultivated land left fallow :

a. To renew their fertility

b. Because they become barren

c. Farmers do not have money to spent on cultivation

d. None.

Answer:

a) To renew their fertility.

Q.10. Highest crop intensity among the states is found :

a. Punjab

b. West Bengal

c. Himachal Pradesh

d. Uttar pradesh

Answer:

a) Punjab Exp .Intensity isabout 194.43%.

Q.11. The intensity of cropping is low in :

a. North-East

b. Peninsular states

c. North India

d. Central India

Answer:

 

b. Peninsular states.

Q.12. Farming in the areas with less than….annual rainfall is known as dry land farming:

a. 65cm

b. 75cm

c. 85cm

d. 50cm

Answer:

 

b. 75cm.

Q.13. About one third of agricultural area in India is under…… farming:

a. Wet land

b. Dry land

c. Irrigated

d. None

Answer:

 

b. dry land.

Q.14. The main rain fed crops are:

a. Coarse cereals

b. Pulses

c. Oil seeds and cotton

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. all the above.

Q.15. Rice occupies about …. Of the cropped area in India:

a. 20%

b. 50%

c. 23%

d. 27%

Answer:

c) 23%.

Exp. Rice is the major food crop of India.

Q.16. About…. of rice area of the world is in India.:

a. 23%

b. 29%

c. 34%

d. 45%

Exp. India is the fourth largest producer of rice in the world.

Q.18. Jowar is grown on….of agricultural land of India :

a. 15%

b. 16%

c. 24%

d. 13%

Answer:

 

b. 16%.

Q.19.India produces about ……of the world’s wheat :

a. 6%

b. 8%

c. 9%

d. 10%

Answer:

 

b. 8%.

Q.20.About 75% of India’s Jowar is grown in:

a. The plateau of south India

b. Rajasthan

c. Gujarat

d. Haryana

Answer:

 

b.

Q.21. India is the second largest producer of …….in the world:

a. Spices

b. Groundnut

c. Almonds

d. Mustard

Answer:

 

b. Groundnut.

Q.22. Largest producer of natural rubber in India is :

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Karnataka

d. Cochin

Answer:

a) Kerala. Q.23.The use of fertilizers to increase production caused which of the following :

a. Soil Salinisation

b. Ground water pollution

c. Emergence of new pests and diseases.

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above.

Q.24. Prices of Indian farm products are high priced in the international market because:

a. In the developed countries highly productive seeds are available

b. High scale use of sophisticated machinery in the developed countries.

c. Farmers in the developed countries are given heavy

subsidies this has reduced the cost of production .

d. All the above .

Answer:

 

d. All the above.

Q.25. To reduce the farm products in India there should be :

a. An unrestricted ,unified national market for farm products within the country.

b. No foreign trade in farm products.

c. Heavy subsidies for farmers.

d. All the above.

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Answer:

 

d. All the above.

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