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What is subsistence intensive farming?

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  1. Farming for local/self consumption

  2. Farming for commercial purposes

  3. Farming for community

  4. Farming for charity

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Correct Option: A
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Farming that is carried on small land holdings that produce food crops for local consumption and not for external trade is known as subsistence intensive farming. Most farmers in Tamil Nadu practice subsistence intensive farming.

Paddy and sugarcane are the main crops grown under _______.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Irrigation farming

  2. Subsistence farming

  3. Plantation farming

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
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Irrigation farming
Irrigation essentially means the watering of land to make it ready for agricultural purposes. An irrigation system is the supplying of water via artificial canals and channels to growing plants and crops in a field.

Sugarcane and paddy are water-intensive crops, and hence they need irrigation if adequate rainfall is not available.

The cultivation of crops on a small scale to meet the consumption needs of the family is called _________.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Commercial farming

  2. Subsistence farming

  3. Irrigation farming

  4. Plantation farming

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Correct Option: B
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Subsistence farming

Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to feed themselves and their families. In subsistence agriculture, farm output is targeted to survival and is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus trade. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to feed and clothe themselves during the year. Planting decisions are made principally with an eye toward what the family will need during the coming year, and secondarily toward market prices. Tony Waters[1] writes: "Subsistence peasants are people who grow what they eat, build their own houses, and live without regularly making purchases in the marketplace."

Which one of the following farming practices is banned at present?

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  1. Intensive farming

  2. Shifting cultivation

  3. Mixed farming

  4. Subsistence farming

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Correct Option: B
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An agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later is known as shifting cultivation. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility. Once the land becomes inadequate for crop production, it is left to be reclaimed by natural vegetation, or sometimes converted to a different long term cyclical farming practice. Ecological consequences from shifting cultivation are often deleterious. Shifting cultivation results in infertility of land. That’s why it is banned at present.

If the crops are grown for own use without commercial objective, then such type of farming is called _______.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Primitive farming

  2. Subsistence farming

  3. Commercial farming

  4. Primitive commercial farming

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Correct Option: B
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Subsistence farming
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to feed themselves and their families. In subsistence agriculture, farm output is targeted to survival and is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus trade. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to feed and clothe themselves during the year. Planting decisions are made principally with an eye toward what the family will need during the coming year, and secondarily toward market prices. Tony Waters  writes: "Subsistence peasants are people who grow what they eat, build their own houses, and live without regularly making purchases in the marketplace."

The farming in which crops are raised and rearing of livestock is carried out in the same field is __________.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Primitive farming

  2. Commercial farming

  3. Mixed farming

  4. Plantation farming

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Correct Option: C
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A type of farming in which production of crops is done with rearing of livestock on one farm is known as mixed farming. It is a system of farming in which a farmer conducts different types of agricultural practices together. Mixed farming is done with the view of increasing his income through different sources. Mixed farming is the combining of two independent agricultural enterprises on the same farm.

______% of the pulses grown in Madhya Prades.

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  1. 45

  2. 55

  3. 40

  4. 23

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Correct Option: D
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Madhya Pradesh is India's largest pulse producing state, which accounts for 23% of total pulse production in the country. Madhya Pradesh is followed by Uttar Pradesh (18%), Maharashtra (14%), Rajasthan (11%) and Andhra Pradesh (9%).

______% of the total cultivable land in India is irrigated.

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  1. 55

  2. 60

  3. 35

  4. 75

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Correct Option: C
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35%
The total arable land in India is 160 million hectares (395 million acres). According to the World Bank, only about 35% of total agricultural land in India was reliably irrigated in 2010.

The agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot is called _______.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Shifting Cultivation

  2. Plantation farming

  3. Hybrid farming

  4. Crop rotation

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Correct Option: A
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Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

In Karnataka, shifting cultivation is called ________.

geography human environment interactions: the tropical and the subtropical region plantation of crops agricultural nature of indian economy the nature of the indian economy part 1

  1. Ponama

  2. Podu

  3. Kumari

  4. Jhuming

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Correct Option: C
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Shifting farming, an ancient type of farming is practiced by some tribal people from the outskirts of cities and villages in India. It is a form of agriculture in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. Major crops like rice, corn, jowar, bajra, ragi, chillies, oil-seeds, etc are grown under shifting cultivation. It is known by various names in various regions like Kumari in Karnataka and Ponam in Kerala.