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

Answer: (b)

Red soils develop in a warm, temperate, wet climate under deciduous forests and have thin organic and mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on a red layer made of iron oxide(ferric oxide).

Red soils generally form from iron-rich sediments. They are usually poor growing soils, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate.

Answer: (d)

Red rot disease is caused by fungus and sugarcan is afficted by it.

Answer: (a)

Green Revolution was started in 1960. Hybrid highyielding wheat was first introduced to India in 1963 by Dr. Norman Borlaug. Borlaug has been hailed as the Father of the Green Revolution. The methods adopted included the use of high yielding varieties (HYV) of seeds.

Answer: (a)

Millets and Rice are grown mostly under subsistence farming. Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to feed and clothe themselves during the year.

Answer: (a)

In India, rice as a cereal grain is the most widely consumed staple food. 90% of the world’s rice is produced in Asia, with 50% in China and India. Most rice is consumed in the country where it is produced, so global trade in rice is relatively small compared to production.

Answer: (a)

The principal Kharif crops are :

1. jowar,
2. maize,
3. cotton,
4. groundnut,
5. jute,
6. tobacco,
7. sugarcane,
8. bajra,
9. pulses,
10. green vegetables,
11. gourd,
12. lady’s finger etc.

These are mainly summer season’s crops. These require much water and a long hot season. The Kharif crops are harvested in October-November.