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Questions : The chief characteristics of shifting cultivation are
  1. High dependence on manual labour
  2. Low level of technology
  3. Utilization of poor soils through fallowing
  4. Use of chemical fertilizers

(a) 1, 2 and 4

(b) 1, 3 and 4

(c) 2, 3 and 4

(d) 1, 2 and 3

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Shifting cultivation is a type of farming where people make temporary clearings in the forest to grow food. When the soil is no longer fertile after two to three years, the shifting cultivators abandon the field to look for another suitable plot of land.

The first field is left to fallow, or rest, while the cultivators begin the cycle of activities on a new plot of land. The farmers may return to the same plot of land after 20 to 30 years.

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Question : 1

Which one of the following states is the pioneer in introducing contract farming in India?

a) Haryana

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Punjab

d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

Rajasthan is the chief producer of

a) Gram

b) Cotton

c) Mustard

d) Wheat

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

Which of the following is not a cash crop?

a) Jute

b) Jowar

c) Groundnut

d) Sugarcane

e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer: (b)

Cash crop is a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. Jowar is not a cash crop.

Question : 4

Rainbow Revolution is related with

a) Green revolution

b) Blue revolution

c) White revolution

d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Which of the following are not examples of shifting cultivation? 

  1. Ladang
  2. Jhum
  3. Pondu
  4. Fazenda
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

a) 1 and 4

b) 1, 2, and 3

c) 3 and 4

d) 2 and 4

Answer: (c)

A Fazenda is a plantation found throughout Brazil; during the colonial period, they were concentrated primarily in the north eastern region, where sugar was produced, expanding during the 19th century in the south eastern region to coffee production.

Pondu is a traditional Congolese recipe for a classic stew of cassava leaves (saka-saka)

Question : 6

‘Pusa Bold’ is a variety of

a) Wheat

b) Gram

c) Mustard

d) Groundnut

Answer: (c)

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