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The government announces minimum support prices to protect farmers from:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the kharif cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the plantation cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real cropRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the farming wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rabi or kharifRead the answer and worked solution →Cereal, fibre or oilseedRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The government announces minimum support prices to protect farmers from:

  1. Monsoon rains
  2. Pest attacks
  3. Rural banks
  4. Speculators
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Correct answer: D. Speculators

1. Prices are fixed for important crops. 2. This stops exploitation in the market. 3. It checks speculators. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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Catch the kharif crops

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Paddy
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Maize
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Jowar
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Cotton
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Jute
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Groundnut
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Wheat
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Barley
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Mustard
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Gram
Category
Kharif crop
Instructions
Catch the kharif crops. Let the rabi crops fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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Pop the plantation crops

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Other terms
  1. Wheat
  2. Bajra
  3. Gram
Matching terms
  1. Tea
  2. Coffee
  3. Rubber
  4. Sugarcane
  5. Banana
Instructions
Pop the plantation crops of India.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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