Question : Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to
Option 1: multiple cropping
Option 2: plantation agriculture
Option 3: terrace farming
Option 4: extensive farming
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Correct Answer: plantation agriculture
Solution : The correct answer is plantation agriculture.
Plantation agriculture is the practice of growing a single crop in a large agricultural farmland. It is usually done for the commercial purposes and for export. It is not a sustainable agricultural practice because it leads to the decline in biological diversity of that area and extracts the nutrients from the soil extensively. In this type of agriculture cash crops like jute, rubber, tea, coffee, cotton etc is grown.
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Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
I like tea and I like coffee.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Question : At the time of indenpendence , predominantly India practised
Option 1: Subsistence agriculture
Option 2: Mixed farming
Option 3: Plantation agriculture
Option 4: Shifting agriculture
Question : In rainforests, which kind of cultivation is practised?
Option 1: Dry farming
Option 2: Vertical farming
Option 3: Terrace farming
Option 4: Slash-and-burn
Question : Plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil erosion are called:
Option 1: Shelter belts
Option 2: Contour ploughing
Option 3: Strip cropping
Option 4: Afforestation
Question : What is farming along with animal husbandry called?
Option 1: Mixed farming
Option 2: Mixed agriculture
Option 3: Dairy farming
Option 4: Truck farming
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