Agriculture: 10 Class CBSE Geography

Question: What is horticulture?

Answer: Intensive cultivation of vegetables, fruits and flowers is known as horticulture.

Question: Name an equatorial crop which is grown in India.

Answer: Rubber.

Question: Name the rubber producing states of India.

Answer: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andaman and Nicobar.

Question: Name any four fibre crops of India.

Answer: Cotton, jute, hemp and natural silk are the four major fibre crops of India.

Question: What is sericulture?

Answer: Rearing of silkworms for the production of silk fibre is known as sericulture.

Question: Name a fibre crop which is obtained from cocoons of the silkworm.

Answer: Silk.

Question: Name two cotton producing states of India.

Answer: Maharashtra, Gujarat.

Question: Which region is ideal for’the cultivation of cotton?

Answer: Black soil region of Deccan Trap is ideal for the cotton cultivation.

Question: Name the states which are the leading producers of cotton.

Answer: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

Question: Which fibre is known as the golden fibre?

Answer: Jute.

Question: Name the chief producer of jute in India.

Answer: West Bengal.

Question: What is package technology? What was its result?

Answer: Under package technology combination or package of many improved methods of cultivation are adopted simultaneously in order to increase agricultural production. This lead to ‘Green Revolution’.

Question: What is White Revolution?

Answer: Increase in production of milk is known as white revolution. It is also known as operation flood.

Question: Name two schemes introduced by the Government of India for the benefit of the farmers.

Answer: (i) Kissan Credit Card (KCC) were introduced, (ii) Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (PAIS) was also introduced.

Question: ‘The decline share of agriculture in the GDP is a matter of serious concern’. Give reason.

Answer: Because any decline and stagnation in agriculture will lead to a decline in other spheres of the economy having wider implications for the society.

Question: What is Gross Cultivated Area?

Answer: The net sown area and the land cultivated more than once, together make gross cultivated area.

Question: Name any two dry crops?

Answer: Jawar, bajra.

Question: What is dry land farming?

Answer: It is a type of farming which is practised in scanty rainfall areas and where irrigation facilities are inadequate, e.g., cultivation of jowar and bajra.

Question: What is wet land farming?

Answer: It is a type of farming which is practised in high rainfall and irrigated areas, e.g., cultivation of rice and sugarcane.

Question: What is net sown area?

Answer: The land cultivated in a year is known as net sown area.

Question: Name two natural fibres except cotton.
Answer: Jute and flax.

Question: Name any four crops which are cultivated under shifting agriculture.

Answer: (1) Maize (2) Millet (3) Vegetables (4) Dry paddy

Question: Why shifting agriculture is discouraged?

Answer: (i) It leads to deforestation.
(ii) The per hectare yield is very low.

Question: Which states are the major producers of jute in India?

Answer: West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Meghalya.

Question: Name any three cash crops.

Answer: Rubber, tobacco and cotton.

Question: How has climate made our land more valuable from the agricultural point of view? Give two points.

Answer: Due to wide climatic variations, all kinds of crops can be grown.

Question: List two characteristics of Green Revolution.

Answer:

Increase in production of wheat and rice,
Use of high yielding varieties of wheat and rice.

Question: ‘Diversification of agriculture can be helpful for the Indian farmers.’ Explain.