indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

A plantation is a large artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption. Plantation crops constitute a large group of crops.

The major plantation crops include coconut, areca nut, oil palm, cashew, tea, coffee and rubber; the minor plantation crops include cocoa.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Groundnut is mostly grown as a Kharif crop and contributes to around 45 per cent of the total oilseed production in the country. Groundnut is a popular crop in South India.

Four Peninsular states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat together contribute over 80 per cent of the area and production of groundnut in the country.

Answer: (d)

Though temperature and humidity are one of the key elements of weather crucial for a good harvest, agriculture in India is said to be the handmaid of monsoon. This is on account of the lack of irrigational facilities across the country. A good monsoonal year often means a bumper harvest.