Class X Geography Textbook Contemporary India-II : Chapter 4: Agriculture | 50 Questions and Answers.

Here are 50 Questions and Answers based on Chapter 4: Agriculture from the Class X Geography textbook Contemporary India – II.


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50 Questions and Answers – Chapter 4: Agriculture

Types of Farming

1. Q: What is the main occupation of two-thirds of India’s population?
A: Agriculture.


2. Q: What is primitive subsistence farming also known as in the northeastern states?
A: Jhumming.


3. Q: What are the tools used in primitive subsistence farming?
A: Hoe, dao, digging sticks.


4. Q: Which farming depends heavily on monsoon and natural soil fertility?
A: Primitive subsistence farming.


5. Q: What is intensive subsistence farming?
A: Farming that uses more labor and biochemical inputs for higher productivity.


6. Q: Why is landholding size decreasing in intensive subsistence farming?
A: Due to the right of inheritance.


7. Q: What is commercial farming?
A: Farming using modern inputs like HYV seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides for market sale.


8. Q: Name one example of plantation farming in India.
A: Tea in Assam and North Bengal.


9. Q: What is the nature of crops in plantation farming?
A: A single crop grown over a large area.


10. Q: Which crops are grown in plantation farming?
A: Tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana.




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Cropping Seasons

11. Q: Name the three cropping seasons in India.
A: Rabi, Kharif, and Zaid.


12. Q: When are rabi crops sown and harvested?
A: Sown in October-December; harvested in April-June.


13. Q: Give two examples of rabi crops.
A: Wheat, gram.


14. Q: What is the Kharif season associated with?
A: Monsoon.


15. Q: Name two Kharif crops.
A: Paddy and maize.


16. Q: What is the Zaid season?
A: A short cropping period between rabi and kharif.


17. Q: Name two Zaid crops.
A: Watermelon, cucumber.


18. Q: Which crop takes nearly a year to grow?
A: Sugarcane.




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Major Crops

19. Q: What is the staple food crop of most Indians?
A: Rice.


20. Q: Which crop is called a rabi crop and requires cool growing season?
A: Wheat.


21. Q: What are coarse grains known for?
A: High nutritional value.


22. Q: Name three types of millets.
A: Jowar, Bajra, Ragi.


23. Q: What soil does Bajra grow well in?
A: Sandy and shallow black soils.


24. Q: Which millet is rich in iron and calcium?
A: Ragi.


25. Q: Maize requires which type of temperature?
A: 21°C to 27°C.


26. Q: Which state grows maize in the rabi season?
A: Bihar.


27. Q: India is the second-largest producer of which crop after Brazil?
A: Sugarcane.


28. Q: Name any two oil seeds grown in India.
A: Groundnut, mustard.


29. Q: What is India’s position in tea production globally?
A: Second, after China.


30. Q: Which Indian state is famous for coffee cultivation?
A: Karnataka.




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Pulses and Other Crops

31. Q: Name any two pulses grown in India.
A: Moong, Urad.


32. Q: Why are pulses important for soil fertility?
A: They fix nitrogen from the air.


33. Q: What is the main source of sugar and jaggery in India?
A: Sugarcane.


34. Q: Which Indian state is the largest producer of groundnut?
A: Gujarat.


35. Q: Which oil seed is a rabi crop in India?
A: Mustard.




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Fibre Crops

36. Q: Name four major fibre crops grown in India.
A: Cotton, jute, hemp, natural silk.


37. Q: What is the raw material of the cotton textile industry?
A: Cotton.


38. Q: Which region in India is known for black cotton soil?
A: Deccan plateau.


39. Q: What is jute also known as?
A: The golden fibre.


40. Q: Which state is the highest producer of jute in India?
A: West Bengal.




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Reforms and Schemes

41. Q: What movement is called the blood-less revolution in Indian agriculture?
A: Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement.


42. Q: Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
A: Vinoba Bhave.


43. Q: What does KCC stand for?
A: Kisan Credit Card.


44. Q: What was the aim of the Green Revolution?
A: To increase agricultural production using modern technology.


45. Q: What is the purpose of the Minimum Support Price (MSP)?
A: To prevent exploitation of farmers.


46. Q: What scheme was related to milk production and dairy farming?
A: White Revolution (Operation Flood).


47. Q: What is sericulture?
A: Rearing of silkworms for silk production.


48. Q: Which crop is grown in Garo hills and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and needs >200 cm rainfall?
A: Rubber.


49. Q: What portal provides agricultural info to Indian farmers?
A: https://farmer.gov.in


50. Q: Why is literacy among farmers important?
A: To ensure awareness of modern techniques and government schemes.




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