Tag: land utilisation, its pattern and crops of karnataka

Questions Related to land utilisation, its pattern and crops of karnataka

Karnataka's ___ is an important marketing centre for tobacco.

  1. Bijapur

  2. Belgaum

  3. Gulbarga

  4. Nippani


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nippani is an important marketing centre for tobacco. It is located in Belagavi district of Karnataka. High-quality tobacco is grown in Nippani and its surrounding villages.

Karnataka produces ________ % of the country's coffee production.

  1. 65

  2. 75

  3. 70

  4. 72


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Karnataka's coffee production accounts for over 70 per cent of India's. But now, rain has damaged plantations in the coffee-producing regions of Kodagu and Chikmagaluru. Karnataka accounts for over 70 per cent of the coffee produced in the country.

Land reforms refers to __________.

  1. reforms regarding ownership of land

  2. reforms regarding use of land

  3. reform in governments' role

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Land reforms refers to reforms regarding ownership of land.
Land reform (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural land

__________ district has the largest net sown area in Karnataka.

  1. Mysurur

  2. Gulbarga

  3. Bengaluru

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gulbarga district has the largest net sown area (8.8%) in Karnataka followed by Bijapur (8.3%) and Belgaum (8.0%) and lowest in Bangalore (U) (0.5%).

__________ district stands first in Karnataka in the production of paddy.

  1. Koppal

  2. Kalaburgi

  3. Belagavi

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Koppal district stands first in Karnataka in the production of paddy. Rice is grown in Karnataka in 27 districts. Out of which 14 districts are under high productivity group (yield more than 2,500 Kg/ha).

Land reforms programme in India has aimed at

  1. Fragmentation of holdings

  2. Subdivision of holdings

  3. Consolidation of holdings

  4. Collection of holdings


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Land reforms programme in India has aimed at Consolidation of holdings.
The foremost important objective of land reforms in India is to make provision for more rational use of scarce land resources. It can be done by changing the conditions of holdings, ceilings on land holdings. This helps cultivation process in a most economical manner without any wastage of land, labour and capital.

To overcome the problems of farmers, the Government of Karnataka has launched the programme called ______.

  1. Food for work

  2. Raita mitra

  3. Twenty point programme

  4. Ceiling on land holding


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Considering the importance of the need to provide effective extension services to the farmers, Raita Mitra Yojane, a demand-driven Agricultural Extension System was initiated in Karnataka state in 2001, replacing the earlier extension system by establishing agricultural extension centres at hobli/sub-block level called Raitha Samparka Kendras (RSKs). These Kendras are intended to provide technical information on crop selection, crop production, and crop protection related know-how, market and weather information etc., to the farmers.