OP JINDAL MODERN SCHOOL, HISAR

Class: VIII
Subject: Social Science
Agriculture
Geography ch 4
Worksheet

Q1 In the following questions a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason

(R). Identify and mark the correct choice.

a) Assertion: India’s primary activity is agriculture.

Reason: Two thirds of its population is engaged in agricultural activities.
Options:
(A)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B)Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C)A is true but B is false.
(D) A is false but R is true
Ans._____________
b) Assertion: In Intensive subsistence farming farmers grow more than one crop annually on
the same plot.
Reason: The farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools.
Options:
(A)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B)Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C)A is true but B is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Ans._____________
Q2 In the given pictures identify the crop that is grown :
a)

_____________

b)
 _____________

Q3. Read the following extract taken from the NCERT textbook (page 46) and answer the
questions that follow:

Agricultural Development refers to efforts made to increase farm production in order to meet the
growing demand of increasing population. This can be achieved in many ways such as
increasing the cropped area, the number of crops grown, improving irrigation facilities, use of
fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds. Mechanisation of agriculture is also another aspect
of agricultural development. The ultimate aim of agricultural development is to increase food
security. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and
nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
1. What is agricultural development?
Ans. _____________

2. What is the ultimate aim of agricultural development?

Ans._____________

3. What is food security?

Ans. _____________

Q4.Name the following:

1. Activities involved in the transformation of plants to finished products _______________

2. Any two tea producing countries ___________

3. Growing of fruits and vegetables _______________

4. Golden Fibre _______________

5. The combination of jowar, bajra, ragi is known as _______________

6. Breeding of the fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds is known as _______________

7. The term given to the land on which the crops are grown _______________

8. Commercial rearing of silkworms _______________