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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Agriculture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A village patwari updates the land-use register each year. Which department keeps land-use records?Read the answer and worked solution →A field has lain uncultivated for six years. Under which land-use category does it fall?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer rests one plot for a single season this year. That plot is counted as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which land-use category has grown fastest in India since 1950-51?Read the answer and worked solution →Village grazing land is shrinking as fields spread onto it. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →A dryland farmer in a region getting 60 cm of rain grows hardy crops. What is dryland farming's rainfall limit?Read the answer and worked solution →In a rainfed village, farming is locally called barani. Barani farming depends on:Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer sows wheat, gram and mustard in October. Which cropping season is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Watermelons and cucumbers are grown on irrigated land after the rabi harvest. Which season is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Foodgrains dominate Indian farming. Roughly what share of the total cropped area do they occupy?Read the answer and worked solution →India ranks third in world cereal production. Which two countries are ahead?Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab and Haryana were not traditional rice areas. When did irrigated rice farming start there?Read the answer and worked solution →A Punjab farmer harvests over 4,000 kg of wheat per hectare. Which states have such high wheat yields?Read the answer and worked solution →More than half of India's jowar comes from one state. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →A Rajasthan farmer picks a hardy crop that survives dry spells in hot conditions. Which coarse cereal fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do pulses like gram and tur improve soil fertility?Read the answer and worked solution →A trader buys pigeon pea, also called red gram. Which pulse is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajasthan grows about one-third of India's output of which oilseed group?Read the answer and worked solution →Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together grow about 90 per cent of which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Long staple American cotton grown in northwest India is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →West Bengal accounts for about three-fourths of India's output of which fibre crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state produces about two-fifths of India's sugarcane?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rabi cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pulsesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the crop leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the oilseedsRead the answer and worked solution →Kharif or rabiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the land useRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    3
    Question
    Cropping seasons in India
  2. Answer
    210
    Question
    Frost-free days cotton needs
  3. Answer
    12
    Question
    Percent of cropped area under oil seeds
  4. Answer
    8
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    Maximum months cotton takes to mature
  5. Answer
    100
    Question
    Minimum annual rainfall in cm for rice
  6. Answer
    4
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    Number of major fibre crops
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_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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Agriculture bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Slash and burn farming of the North East.
    Item
    Jhumming
  2. Clue
    Sown Oct to Dec, harvested Apr to June.
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    Rabi
  3. Clue
    Sown with the monsoon, harvested Sept Oct.
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    Kharif
  4. Clue
    Short summer season for melons.
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    Zaid
  5. Clue
    Millet rich in iron and calcium.
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    Ragi
  6. Clue
    Single crop on a large area, like tea.
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    Plantation
  7. Clue
    Jute, grown in renewed flood plains.
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    Golden fibre
  8. Clue
    Coffee variety brought from Yemen.
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    Arabica
  9. Clue
    The White Revolution in milk.
    Item
    Op Flood
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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A village patwari updates the land-use register each year. Which department keeps land-use records?

  1. Land revenue department
  2. Survey of India office
  3. State forest department
  4. Census of India office
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Correct answer: A. Land revenue department

1. Land-use records are kept by the land revenue department. 2. They add up to the reporting area. 3. Survey of India measures geographical area instead. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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