indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world’s biggest dairy development programme which made India, a milk-deficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the USA in 1998, with about 17 per cent of global output in 2010–11, which is 30 years doubled the milk available per person, and which made dairy farming India’s largest self-sustainable rural employment generator.

The Anand pattern experiment at Amul, a single, cooperative dairy, was the engine behind the success of the programme.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

India has the world’s largest cropped and irrigated area.The cropping pattern of foodgrains in India is dominated by cereal crop.The average size of an Indian farm holding is below 2 hectares which constitute almost 80% of all Indian farmers.

Answer: (c)

Jhum or Jhoom cultivation is a local name for slash and burn agriculture practised by the tribal groups in the northeastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also in the districts of Bangladesh like Khagrachari and Sylhet.

This system involves clearing a piece of land by setting fire or clear-felling and using the area for growing crops of agricultural importance such as upland rice, vegetables or fruits.

Answer: (d)