indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

Dry Areas receive an annual rainfall of 750 mm or less and there is no irrigation facility for raising crops. Most of the rivers of the Deccan Plateau are seasonal and the rainfall received from retreating monsoon winds is also moderate. So Dry Farming in India is extensively practiced in Deccan Plateau.

Answer: (a)

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.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Shusk Samrat is a variety of rice.

Answer: (d)

Monoculture is the agricultural practise of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.

It is widely used in modern industrial agriculture and its implementation has allowed for large harvests from minimal labour.

However, this ratio remains true only if the accounting for the labour required is limited to the number of workers employed on the farm. If the indirect work of employees involved in producing chemicals and machinery are taken into account, the ratio of labour to output is higher.