Chap 2.
4 : Agriculture
CHAPTER 2.4
CBSE BOARD Objective Questions Exam 2019-2020
CLASS : 10th
SUB : Social Science
Unit 4 : Contemporaray India - II
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1. OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 9. Which out of the following is a Rabi crop?
(a) Barley (b) Paddy
1. Which of the following methods have been changed (c) Jute (d) None of these
depending upon the characteristics of physical Ans : (a) Barley
environment, technological know-how and socio-
cultural practice? 10. Which out of the following is a Zaid crop?
(a) Industrial activity (b) Irrigation Pattern (a) Moong (b) Mustard
(c) Cultivation (d) None of these (c) Urad (d) Watermelon
Ans : (c) Cultivation Ans : (d) Watermelon
2. Jhumming in Brazil is called: 11. For irrigation, most of the Indian farmers depend on
(a) Ladang (b) Masole (a) reservoirs (b) rivers
(c) Roca (d) None of these (c) monsoon (d) tube wells
Ans : (c) Roca Ans : (c) monsoon
3. What is ‘Boro’ ? 12. The crops grown in Rabi season are:
(a) Kharif crop (b) Zaid crop (a) wheat, peas, barley and mustard
(c) Rabi crop (d) None of these (b) rice, jute, maize, soyabean
Ans : (a) Kharif crop (c) pulses, melons, vegetables
(d) sugarcane and tobacco
4. Ragi is very rich in:
(a) Zinc (b) Iodine Ans : (a) wheat, peas, barley and mustard
(c) Iron (d) Phosphorous 13. Which of the following farming practice depends upon
Ans : (c) Iron monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability
of other environmental conditions?
5...............is a slash and burn agriculture. (a) Commercial farming
(a) Extensive farming (b) Intensive subsistence farming
(b) Commercial subsistence farming (c) Primitive subsistence farming
(c) Jhumming (d) Plantation
(d) None of the above
Ans : (c) Primitive subsistence farming
Ans : (c) Jhumming
14. Which type of agriculture practice is famous in North-
6. Agriculture contributes............to the national income Eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and
of India. Nagaland?
(a) 33% (b) 22% (a) Jhumming
(c) 40% (d) none of these (b) Slash and burn farming
Ans : (d) none of these (c) Commercial farming
(d) Subsistence farming
7. Rabi crops are sown in:
(a) winters (b) monsoon Ans : (a) Jhumming
(c) summers (d) none of these 15. What population of India is engaged in agricultural
Ans : (a) winters activities?
(a) Two-Third (b) Three-Fourth
8. Which of the following is the staple food crop of a (c) One-Fourth (d) Two-Fourth
majority of the people in India?
(a) Jowar (b) Bajra Ans : (a) Two-Third
(c) Wheat (d) Rice 16. In which moths the kharif crops are harvested?
Ans : (d) Rice (a) April-June (b) September-October
(c) January-February (d) June-July
Ans : (b) September-October
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17. Important crops like paddy, maize, jowar, bajra etc
appropriate word(s).
are grown during which of the following seasons?
(a) Spring (b) Summer 1. India has three cropping seasons: .......... ,............and
(c) Monsoon (d) Winter .......... .
Ans : (c) Monsoon Ans : rabi, kharif, zaid
18. Aus, aman and boro are types of which crop? 2. Agriculture provides livelihood to more than 63
(a) Maize (b) Paddy percent of India’s .......... .
(c) Jowar (d) Bajra Ans : population
Ans : (b) Paddy 3. Millets are also called .......... .
19. Watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and
Ans : Coarse grains
fodder crops are the types of 4. The three types of tea are .......... , .......... , .......... .
(a) Zaid crop (b) Kharif crop
Ans : Green, black, oolong
(c) Rabi crop (d) None of these
Ans : (a) Zaid crop 5.............is a name given to ‘slash and burn’ agriculture
in North-Eastern States of India.
20. Which of the following was the main focus of our First Ans : Jhumming
Five Year plan?
(a) Cost of food grains (b) Land reforms
(c) Industrialisation (d) Globalisation 3. TRUE/FALSE
Ans : (b) Land reforms
DIRECTION : Read each of the following
21. Who was declared as spiritual heir of Gandhiji? statements and write if it is true or false.
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
1. Agriculture is an age-old and a primary economic
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru activity.
(c) Vinoba bhave Ans : True
(d) Sardar Patel
2. Intensive subsistence farming is a bush or tree farming.
Ans : (c) Vinoba bhave
Ans : False
22. Which of the following is being used in making
gunny bags, mats, ropes, yarn, carpets and other 3. Crops grown between March and June are known as
artefacts? ‘Zaid’ crops.
(a) Jute (b) Cotton Ans : False
(c) Fibre (d) None of these
Ans : (a) Jute 4. Kharif crop requires temperature between 21cC to
27cC.
23..........., is a scheme introduced by the Government
Ans : True
of
India for the benefit of the farmers.
(a) Kisan Credit Card (b) Mudra Yojana DIRECTION : Complete the following
(c) Farmer Scheme (d) Jan Dhan Yojana statements with
Ans : (a) Kisan Credit Card
24. Tick the characteristics of commercial farming.
(a) Plots of land are fragmented.
(b) Transport and communication plays an
important role.
(c) The yield is usually low.
(d) The pressure of population is high on land.
Ans : (b) Transport and communication plays an
important role.
25. The crop that is used both, as food and fodder.
(a) ragi (b) jowar
(c) maize (d) none of these
Ans : (b) water
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5. Coffee plantations are located in Odisha, Bengal
and Bihar.
Ans : False
4. ASSERTION AND REASON
DIRECTION : In the following questions, a
statement of assertion is followed by a
statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
(a) If Both assertion and reason are true and
reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If Both assertion and reason are true but reason
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If Both assertion and reason are false.
1. Assertion : India’s primary activity is Agriculture.
Reason : Two-thirds of its population is engaged
in agricultural activities.
Ans : (a) Both assertion and reason are true and
reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Agriculture is a primary activity, which produces most
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of the food that we consume. Two-thirds of India’s
population is involved in agricultural activities and Ans : (d) Both assertion and reason are false.
earns livelihood through it. Rice is a kharif crop and requires about 100 cm of
2. Assertion : Agriculture is not an old economic activity. rainfall. However India is the largest producer as
Reason : Farming varies from subsistence to well as the consumer of pulses in the world. These
commercial type. are the major source of protein in a vegetarian diet.
Ans : (d) Both assertion and reason are false. 8. Assertion : Tea cultivation, is a labour - intensive
industry.
Cultivation methods have changed significantly
Reason : Cultivation can be done throughout the
depending upon the characteristics of physical,
year .Tea bushes require warm and moist frost- free
environmental and technological methods. Agriculture
climate.
is definitely an old economic activity in India. Thus,
both reason and assertion are false. Ans : (b) Both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
3. Assertion : Plantation has an interface of agriculture
and industry. The tea plant grows well in tropical and sub-tropical
Reason : Plantation is a type of commercial farming, climates endowed with deep and fertile well- drained
a single crop is grown on a large area. soil, rich in humus and organic matter. It is
consumed on large basis in India being an important
Ans : (a) Both assertion and reason are true and
beverage crop.
reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
9. Assertion : Organic farming is much in vogue.
The plantation has an interface of agriculture and
Reason : In organic forming, crops are grown using
industry. Plantations cover large tracts of land, using
high doses to increase production.
capital intensive inputs, with the help of migrant
laborers. All the produce is used as raw material in Ans : (c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
respective industries. Organic farming is much in vogue today because it
4. Assertion : Biochemical inputs and irrigation are used is practiced without factory made chemicals such as
for obtaining higher production. fertilizers and pesticides. Hence, it does not affect
Reason : Doses of biochemical input are used to grow environment and human beings in a negative
crops rapidly. manner.
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Variety of food and non food crops are grown in
different parts of the country depending upon the
variations is soil, climate and cultivation practices.
Major crops grown in India are rice, wheat, millets,
pulies, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and
jute, etc
6. Assertion : apple food crop in India is rice and requires
less rain.
Reason : Our country is the fourth largest producer
of rice in the world.
Ans : (c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
It is the staple food crop of a majority of the people
in India. Our country is the second largest producer
of rice in the world after China. Cultivation of rice
requires annual rainfall above 100 cm . In the areas
of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
7. Assertion : Pulses are not considered as a major
source of protein in a vegetarian diet.
Reason : Rice is a rabi crop and requires lot of rain
to grow.
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