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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 →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Farm bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Farmers, fishermen and miners work outdoors. What are workers in primary activities nicknamed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the oldest economic activity known to humans?Read the answer and worked solution →Gatherers sell tree bark that yields which medicine?Read the answer and worked solution →Chewing gum base, chicle, comes from the milky juice of which tree?Read the answer and worked solution →Herders who move with livestock in search of pasture and water practise:Read the answer and worked solution →Which animals do nomads rear in the mountains of Tibet and the Andes?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In a rainfed village, farming is locally called barani. Barani farming depends on:

  1. Rainfall only
  2. Canal water only
  3. Tube wells only
  4. Tank water only
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Correct answer: A. Rainfall only

1. Farming is classed as irrigated or rainfed. 2. Rainfed farming is called barani. 3. It splits further into dryland and wetland farming. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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A farmer sows wheat, gram and mustard in October. Which cropping season is this?

  1. Aus season
  2. Rabi season
  3. Kharif season
  4. Zaid season
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Correct answer: B. Rabi season

1. Rabi begins with the onset of winter in October-November. 2. Temperate and subtropical crops grow then. 3. Wheat, gram and mustard are rabi crops. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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Watermelons and cucumbers are grown on irrigated land after the rabi harvest. Which season is this?

  1. Rabi
  2. Boro
  3. Zaid
  4. Kharif
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Correct answer: C. Zaid

1. Zaid is the short summer season after rabi. 2. Watermelons, cucumbers and fodder are grown. 3. It needs irrigated land. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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