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India's first attempt at land-tenure reform after Independence was the abolition of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these crops requires temperature between 21°C-27°C and annual rainfall of 75-100 cm?Read the answer and worked solution →Operation Flood is associated with which Indian agricultural development?Read the answer and worked solution →India is the largest producer and consumer of which crop in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian state ranks first in the production of black soils' principal crop — cotton?Read the answer and worked solution →The technology mission for oilseeds, launched in 1986 to make India self-sufficient in edible oils, contributed to which 'revolution'?Read the answer and worked solution →Manufacturing is classified as which type of economic activity?Read the answer and worked solution →The expansion of manufacturing depends on which key input?Read the answer and worked solution →The first textile mill in India was set up in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which industry is called the 'backbone of modern industry'?Read the answer and worked solution →In NIC 2008 classification, industries are categorised PRIMARILY by:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is an agro-based industry?Read the answer and worked solution →India is the second largest producer of which manufactured good in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a public-sector iron and steel plant located in Chhattisgarh?Read the answer and worked solution →Aluminium smelting industry sites tend to be located near sources of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a basic chemical product of the chemical industry?Read the answer and worked solution →Fertilizer industry in India centres around which type of fertilizer production?Read the answer and worked solution →The cement industry is BEST located near which combination of resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Bengaluru is often called the 'electronic capital of India' because it hosts:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a major industrial pollution problem associated with India's manufacturing growth?Read the answer and worked solution →Approximately what is manufacturing's share in India's GDP, As per your syllabus, chapter?Read the answer and worked solution →The high-tech industry's most rapid growth in India has been in:Read the answer and worked solution →Industrial regions of India are NOT located in which of these areas?Read the answer and worked solution →The most important means of moving freight in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →India has the second-largest road network in the world, after:Read the answer and worked solution →National Highway 44 — the longest in India — runs between:Read the answer and worked solution →India's container traffic is highest at which port?Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Quadrilateral super-highway project connects which four metropolitan cities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's biggest inland-waterway terminal port?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first major satellite-launch operation hub is at:Read the answer and worked solution →

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India's first attempt at land-tenure reform after Independence was the abolition of:

  1. Zamindari system
  2. Inam land grants
  3. Sharecropping
  4. Tenancy at will
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Correct answer: A. Zamindari system

1. syllabus discusses post-Independence institutional reform. 2. The collective national priority was to abolish the zamindari system. 3. Land ceiling Acts and tenancy reforms followed; Bhoodan was a parallel voluntary movement. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Land Reforms ¶1_

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Which of these crops requires temperature between 21°C-27°C and annual rainfall of 75-100 cm?

  1. Rice
  2. Wheat
  3. Cotton
  4. Tea
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Correct answer: C. Cotton

1. syllabus specifies climatic requirements per crop. 2. Cotton requires moderate temperature (21-27°C) and rainfall (75-100 cm) with bright sunshine for its growth. 3. Rice needs higher rainfall (>100 cm) and humidity; wheat needs cooler temperatures (10-20°C) and lower rainfall (50-75 cm); tea requires heavy rainfall and shade. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Cotton ¶2_

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Operation Flood is associated with which Indian agricultural development?

  1. Pulse production
  2. Milk production (White Revolution)
  3. Cotton production
  4. Sugarcane production (typical)
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Correct answer: B. Milk production (White Revolution)

1. Your syllabus mentions Operation Flood as part of post-1965 agricultural revolutions. 2. Operation Flood — also known as the White Revolution — transformed India into the world's largest milk producer. 3. It was led by Verghese Kurien through the Anand Pattern dairy cooperatives. 4. Green Revolution covered cereals; Yellow Revolution covered oilseeds; Blue Revolution covered fisheries. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Modern Agriculture ¶3_

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