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Which kind of farming is characterised by very large landholdings, capital-intensive cultivation, single-crop monoculture, and produce primarily for the market?
ASubsistence farming
BMixed farming
CIntensive subsistence
DPlantation agriculture
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Plantation agriculture
1. NCERT contrasts plantation with subsistence farming.
2. Plantations are commercial, capital-intensive, large-area, single-crop operations.
3. Tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane and bananas are plantation crops in India.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Plantation ¶1_
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