indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The term ‘Blue Revolution’ refers to India’s focus on aquaculture and water reform. Things like drinking water and fish farmaring are addressed in the policy changes that comprise the Blue Revolution.

Answer: (c)

The total area under irrigated rice is about 22.00 million hectares, which accounts for about 49.5 per cent of the total area under rice crop in the country.

Rice is grown under irrigated conditions in the states of

1. Punjab,
2. Haryana,
3. Uttar Pradesh,
4. Jammu & Kashmir,
5. Andhra Pradesh,
6. Tamil Nadu,
7. Sikkim,
8. Karnataka,
9. Himachal Pradesh and
10. Gujarat.

In these states, rice is grown under irrigated conditions more than 50-90%.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Blue Revolution is the water equivalent of the green revolution and primarily refers to the management of water resources that can steer humanity to achieve drinking water and crop irrigation security.

In other contexts, it refers to aquaculture or fish farming. The term "blue revolution" refers to the remarkable emergence of aquaculture as an important and highly productive agricultural activity.

Aquaculture refers to all forms of active culturing of aquatic animals and plants, occurring in marine, brackish, or freshwaters.

Answer: (a)

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons for various benefits such as avoiding the buildup of pathogens and pests that often occurs when one species is continuously cropped.

Crop rotation also seeks to balance the fertility demands of various crops to avoid excessive depletion of soil nutrients. A traditional element of crop rotation is the replenishment of nitrogen through the use of green manure in sequence with cereals and other crops.