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UPSC CDS C10agriculture — practice questions — page 6

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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 →Gujjars and Bakarwals move to mountain pastures in summer and back to the plains in winter. This is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Fenced ranches where one animal type is bred scientifically are typical of which countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Tribal farmers burn forest, farm the patch for a few years and move on. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →After how many years does a shifting cultivator's patch lose fertility and get abandoned?Read the answer and worked solution →Shifting cultivation is called Jhum in northeast India. What is it called in Indonesia and Malaysia?Read the answer and worked solution →Wet paddy farming on tiny family plots in monsoon Asia gives high yield per hectare but what?Read the answer and worked solution →Large estates, single crop, cheap labour and big capital describe which farming type?Read the answer and worked solution →The British set up rubber plantations in which colony?Read the answer and worked solution →Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat farms on the Prairies, Pampas and Steppes are examples of which farming?Read the answer and worked solution →Which farming gives equal weight to crops and livestock, with fodder crops and rotation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is described as the most advanced and efficient type of rearing milch animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the largest region of commercial dairy farming in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Grape cultivation, a speciality of the Mediterranean, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is famous for growing tulips flown to cities across Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which state produces about two-fifths of India's sugarcane?

  1. Kerala state
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Assam state
  4. Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: D. Uttar Pradesh

1. Sugarcane is largely irrigated in India. 2. Uttar Pradesh produces about two-fifths. 3. Maharashtra and Karnataka follow. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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Catch the rabi crops

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Wheat
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Gram
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Mustard
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Rai
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Sarson
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Rice
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Cotton
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Jute
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Bajra
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Tur
Category
Rabi crop
Instructions
Catch the rabi crops sown in winter. Let the kharif crops fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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Pop the pulses

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Other terms
  1. Rice
  2. Jute
  3. Sugarcane
  4. Tea
Matching terms
  1. Gram
  2. Tur
  3. Moong
  4. Ragi
  5. Bajra
  6. Guar
Instructions
Pop only the pulses and dryland crops.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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