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Which name is given to slash and burn farming in the north-eastern states of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tools are typical of primitive subsistence farming in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Dipa is a local name for slash and burn farming in which part of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which input pattern marks intensive subsistence farming?Read the answer and worked solution →Which system of agriculture grows a single crop on a large area?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these crops is a plantation crop in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature best describes commercial farming in India?Read the answer and worked solution →In which state is rice grown mainly as a subsistence crop rather than a commercial crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three cropping seasons are recognised in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rabi crops are sown in which months?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group lists only rabi crops?Read the answer and worked solution →Kharif crops are harvested in which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these crops is grown in the kharif season?Read the answer and worked solution →Assam, West Bengal and Odisha grow three paddy crops a year. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which season falls between the rabi and kharif seasons during summer months?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crops are typically produced in the zaid season?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian crop takes almost a year to grow?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop is the staple food of a majority of people in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country ranks first in rice production, ahead of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rice needs annual rainfall of at least about how much?Read the answer and worked solution →What made rice cultivation possible in low-rainfall Punjab and Haryana?Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat needs about how much annual rainfall, evenly spread over the growing season?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two zones are the main wheat-growing zones of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat is the second most important cereal crop of India. To which season does it belong?Read the answer and worked solution →On which soils does bajra grow well?Read the answer and worked solution →Which millet is very rich in iron, calcium and roughage?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop is used both as food and as fodder?Read the answer and worked solution →Maize grows best within which temperature range?Read the answer and worked solution →Which grain is the third most important food crop of India by area and production?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these grains is NOT a millet?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which name is given to slash and burn farming in the north-eastern states of India?

  1. Plantation farming
  2. Bewar farming
  3. Kharif farming
  4. Jhumming farming
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Correct answer: D. Jhumming farming

1. Farmers clear a patch of forest, burn it and grow food crops. 2. In the north-eastern states this practice is called jhumming. 3. Plantation farming grows one cash crop on a large estate, and kharif is a crop season, so neither names this practice. _Source: NCERT Class 10 Contemporary India II, Ch 4 Agriculture, Types of Farming_

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Which tools are typical of primitive subsistence farming in India?

  1. Tractors and combine harvesters
  2. Hoe, dao and digging sticks
  3. Electric pumps and sprinklers
  4. Seed drills and power tillers
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Correct answer: B. Hoe, dao and digging sticks

1. Primitive subsistence farming is done on small patches of land. 2. It relies on simple tools such as the hoe, dao and digging sticks, plus family labour. 3. Tractors, harvesters and pumps belong to modern commercial farming. _Source: NCERT Class 10 Contemporary India II, Ch 4 Agriculture, Types of Farming_

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Dipa is a local name for slash and burn farming in which part of India?

  1. Kutch region of Gujarat
  2. Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu
  3. Wayanad hills of Kerala
  4. Bastar district of Chhattisgarh
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Correct answer: D. Bastar district of Chhattisgarh

1. Slash and burn farming has many local names across India. 2. Dipa is the name used in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. The other regions are not listed with this name. _Source: NCERT Class 10 Contemporary India II, Ch 4 Agriculture, Types of Farming_

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