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Explore Agriculture MCQs For CBSE Class 10

1) In India, Jhumming, a primitive form of cultivation is called ‘Bewar’ or ‘Dahiya’


in _____

a) Odisha
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (d)

2) Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in
summer from April to _____

a) August
b) June
c) May
d) July

Answer: (b)

3) Green revolution was successful in Punjab, Haryana, ______ and parts of


Rajasthan

a) Western Uttar Pradesh


b) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
Answer: Option (a)

4) Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the
country and these are harvested in ________.

a) July - August
b) June - August
c) September - October
d) October - November

Answer: Option (c)

5) In states like Assam, _______ and Odisha, three crops of paddy are grown in a
year. These are Aus, Aman and Boro

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Punjab
d) Haryana

Answer: Option (b)

6) India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after_____.

a) Indonesia
b) Japan
c) Malaysia
d) China

Answer: Option (d)


7) Rice is a kharif crop which requires high temperature (above 25°C) and high
humidity with annual rainfall above ______.

a) 100 cm
b) 200 cm
c) 150 cm
d) 50 cm

Answer: option (a)

8) Wheat requires _______ of annual rainfall evenly distributed over the growing
season.

a) 25 to 50 cm
b) 75 to 100 cm
c) 50 to 75 cm
d) 85 to 130 cm

Answer: Option (c)

9) _________ is the third most important food crop with respect to area and
production

a) Rice
b) Jowar
c) Wheat
d) Maize

Answer: Option (b)

10) _________ is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world.
a) Brazil
b) USA
c) China
d) India

Answer: Option (d)

11) Bajra grows well on sandy soils and shallow________.

a) black soil
b) red soil
c) laterite soil
d) alluvial soil

Answer: Option (a)

12) ________ is the World’s largest producer of sugarcane.

a) India
b) Brazil
c) Cuba
d) USA

Answer: Option (b)

13) Jalpaiguri in _______ is a major tea producing district in India.

a) Karnataka
b) Assam
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Option (c)

14) Arabica variety of coffee is grown in India, it was initially brought from
________. This variety of coffee is in great demand all over the world.

a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Yemen

Answer: Option (d)

15) Rubber is an important industrial raw material. It is mainly grown in Kerala,


Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of _______.

a) Sikkim
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Meghalaya

Answer: Option (d)

16) Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as ________

a) Sericulture
b) Apiculture
c) Floriculture
d) None of the above

Answer: option (a)


17) Bhoodan - Gramdan movement initiated by _______ is also known as the
Blood-less Revolution

a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Vinoba Bhave
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel

Answer: Option (b)

18) In 2010-11 around ________ of the total work force was employed by the farm
sector which makes more than half of the Indian population dependent on
agriculture for sustenance.

a) 85 percent
b) 40 percent
c) 52 percent
d) 62 percent

Answer: Option (c)

19) Considering the importance of agriculture in India which of the following were
given priority for improving Indian agriculture

a) Establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)


b) Development in the field of meteorology and weather forecast
c) Establishing agricultural universities, veterinary services and animal breeding centres
d) All of the above

Answer: Option (d)

20) Operation Flood is associated with _______


a) Green Revolution
b) White Revolution
c) Black Revolution
d) Pink Revolution

Answer: Option (b)

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