indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

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: (c)

Answer: (d)

The Deccan Plateau is ideally suited for coffee cultivation in India. Coffee is grown in three regions of India with Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu forming the traditional coffee growing region of South India. These three states produce almost the entire coffee grown in India.