indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Subsistence farming, a form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.

Preindustrial agricultural peoples throughout the world have traditionally practised subsistence farming. Some of these peoples moved from site to site as they exhausted the soil at each location.

As urban centres grew, agricultural production became more specialized and commercial farming developed, with farmers producing a sizable surplus of certain crops, which they traded for manufactured goods or sold for cash.

Shifting cultivation is an example of subsistence farming.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

India is at the brink of a Golden Revolution in Horticulture. India ranks first in the total production of coconut and areca nutand is the largest producer, processor, consumer and exporter of cashew nut in the world.

It is estimated that all the horticulture crops put together cover nearly 11.6 million hectares area with an annual production of 149million MT. Though these crops occupy hardly 7% of the cropped area they contribute over 18% to the gross agricultural output in the country.