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

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Kharif crop refers to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any domesticated plant sown in the rainy (monsoon) season on the Asian subcontinent. Such crops are planted for autumn harvest and may also be called the summer or monsoon crop in India and Pakistan.

Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the southwest monsoon season.

Examples include Millet, Paddy, etc. Rice is the main Kharif crop. Other Kharif crops are sugarcane & cotton. Wheat is a Rabi crop.

Answer: (a)

Large scale exploitation of groundwater is done with the help of tube wells. Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan receive less than 40 cm annual rainfall and are deficient in surface water resources.

As such, these states exploit more than 85 per cent of the available groundwater for irrigation. The demand for groundwater for irrigation started increasing in Punjab and Haryana with the advent of the Green Revolution in the 1960s.

States/union territories with small replenishable groundwater resource of less than one BCM/year are

1. Goa,
2. Himachal Pradesh,
3. Meghalaya,
4. Nagaland,
5. Tripura,
6. Sikkim,
7. Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
8. Chandigarh,
9. Dadra and Nagar Haveli,
10. Daman and Diu,
11. Delhi,
12. Lakshadweep and
13. Pondicherry.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

Black soil becomes sticky when wet. It is deficient in:

• Nitrogen, Phosphorous and organic matter and rich in Iron, lime, calcium, potassium, aluminium and magnesium.

Generally, black soil is found in the central, western and southern states of India.

Answer: (d)