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Questions : Consider the following statements
  1. Rural forestry aims to raise the trees on community land and on privately owned land.
  2. Farm forestry encourages individual farmers to plant trees on their own farmland to meet the domestic need of the family.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Both 1 and 2

(c) Only 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

Rural forestry (also known as community forestry) aims to raise the trees on community land and on privately owned land as in farm forestry. Farm forestry encouraged individual farmers to plant trees on their own farmland to meet the domestic needs of the family. All these schemes are taken up under the social forestry programme.

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Question : 1

Macaroni wheat is most suitable under what conditions?

a) Highly irrigated conditions

b) Rainfed conditions

c) Late sown conditions

d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched based on Soil & State?

a) Alluvial — Uttar Pradesh

b) Laterite — Punjab

c) Regur — Maharashtra

d) Red and yellow — Chhattisgarh

Answer: (b)

Laterite soils are found mainly in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and the hilly regions of Orissa and Assam. Laterite soil is rich in aluminium and iron, formed in wet and hot tropical areas.

Almost all laterite soils are red due to the presence of iron oxides. It is prepared by the prolonged and rigorous weathering of the parent rock.

Question : 3

Consider the following crops of India.

  1. Cowpea
  2. Green Gram
  3. Pigeon Pea
Which of the above is/are used as pulse, fodder and green manure?

a) Only 1 and 2

b) Only 1 and 3

c) Only 2

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

List I List II
(Soils) (State)
A. Alluvial 1. Rajasthan
B. Black soil (Regur) 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Desert 3. Maharashtra
D. Red 4. Meghalaya
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 2 3 4 1

d) 4 2 3 1

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

Bulk of natural rubber in India is produced in

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (c)

The areas in India in which the rubber is produced can be divided into Two zones – traditional and nontraditional. The traditional zone comprises the southwest coastal regions of India

i.e. Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and districts of Kerala.

In India, 92% of rubber production is from Kerala. Kerala and Tamil Nadu share 86% of the growing area of natural rubber.

Question : 6

Which of the following statements about alluvial soils of India are correct?

  1. These are mostly clay soils and form deep cracks during dry season.
  2. Usually they are very productive soils.
  3. These soils occur at high elevations as well as at low elevations.
  4. Many of these soils are deficient in nitrogen, humus and phosphorus.

a) 1 and 2

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 2 and 4

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (c)

The alluvial soil is spread all over the plains of north India. They are also found in the four delta regions of the south. Strips of alluvium occur along rivers in the plateau as well as in the mountains. Alluviums are mainly loams, i.e. mixtures of sand and clay.

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