Class 10 Social Science CH:1 Resource and Development

1. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)

(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable

2. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable

3. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Overgrazing

4. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)

(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttaranchal
5. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

6. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest
Policy (1952)?
(a) 33
(b) 22.5
(c) 31
(d) 30

7. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but
human beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:
(a) Potential resource
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resource
(d) Reserves

8. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:

(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles

9. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources
10. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(n) Net sown area
(b) Forest cover
(c) Waste land
(d) Gross cropped area

11. The total degraded land in our country is:

(a) 133 million hectares
(b) 130 million sq. km.
(c) 140 million hectares
(d) 130 million hectares

12. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttaranchal

13. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing

14. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?

(a) Black soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil
15. Red soil is mostly found in:
(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above

16. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:

(a) high clay content
(b) presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
(c) diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
(d) high moisture content

17. Which of the following is not important for soil formation?

(a) Relief
(b) Parent rock
(c) Climate
(d) Duration of day

18. Black soil is also called:

(a) Bangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Regur
(d) Humus

19. Black soils are common in:

(a) Deccan trap region
(b) Kashmir Valley
(c) Ganga Valley
(d) Northern Plains
20. Laterite soil is very useful for growing:
(a) Rice, wheat and mustard
(b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut
(c) Pulses, sugarcane and resin
(d) None of the above

21. Black soil is deficient in

(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents

22. Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?

(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil

23. Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is
called:
(a) Strip cropping
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Contour ploughing
(d) Terrace cultivation

24. Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?

(a) Strip cropping
(b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Shelter belts
(d) Overdrawing of ground water
25. Land that is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called:
(a) Pasture land
(b) Culturable waste land
(c) Barren land
(d) Current fallow

26. What is a resource?

A. Extracts from nature

B. Man Made products
C. Extracts from environment- technologically accessible, economically feasible and
culturally acceptable
D. Any thing from which a product can be manufactured

27.The process of transformation of things available in our environment involves an

interactive relationship between ………………………………………… ?

A. Nature and technology

B. nature, technology and institutions
C. Environment and nature
D. Environment and technology

28. How do human beings interact with nature?

A. Through technology
B. Through nurturing environmental resources
C. Through industry
D. Through experimental advances

29.Are resources free gifts of nature? And how?

A. Yes they are

B. They are not , Resources are a function of human activities
C. Yes Resources are nurtured by nature
D. No, Any thing from which a product can be manufactured

30. How are resources qualified?

A. On the basis of origin

B. On the basis of utility
C. On the basis of distribution
D. On the basis of potential

31. Where are Biotic Resources obtained from?

A. from biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries,
livestock
B. composed of non-living things
C. reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes
D. Minerals and fossil fuels

32.Where are Abiotic Resources obtained from?

A. Minerals and fossil fuels

B. reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes
C. composed of non-living things
D. from biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries,
livestock

33. What are renewable resources?

A. These are obtained from biosphere and have life

B. composed of non-living things
C. which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes
D. from biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries,
livestock

34. Give examples of renewable resources.

A. Minerals and fossil fuels

B. solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife
C. rocks and metals.
D. flora and fauna, fisheries, livestock

35. Give examples of non renewable resources.

A. flora and fauna, fisheries, livestock

B. solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife
C. Minerals and fossil fuels
D. rocks and metals.

36. Which of these are resources based on ownership?

A. Individual Resources:
B. Abiotic
C. Renewable Resources
D. Non renewable

37. Give examples of community owned resources?

A. public parks, playgrounds, grazing grounds, burial grounds

B. plots, houses
C. energy, water, forests
D. flora and fauna, fisheries
38. Give examples of National resources?

A. plots, houses
B. public parks, playgrounds, grazing grounds, burial grounds
C. oceanic resources
D. minerals, water resources, forests, wildlife, land

39. What are potential resources?

A. resources which can be renewed or reproduced

B. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised
C. Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined
for utilisation
D. those things which are composed of non-living things

40. What are developed resources?

A. Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for
utilisation
B. resources which can be renewed or reproduced
C. those things which are composed of non-living things
D. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised

41. What is stock?

A. resources which can be renewed or reproduced

B. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised
C. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but
human beings do not have the appropriate technology to access these
D. solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife
42. Human beings used resources indiscriminately and this has led to the following
major problems, What are these problems?

A. Not well planned use of these resources.

B. Wastage of resources
C. Not many problems.
D. Accumulation of resources in few hands

43. What is Sustainable Development?

A. Well planned use of resources and development

B. Accumulation of resources and then using them accordingly
C. development should take place without damaging the environment keeping in mind
the future generations
D. Using materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs

44. Why do we need resource planning?

A. Because of enormous diversity in the availability of resources

B. Because we need to think of future generations
C. We need to consider materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy
human needs
D. The need to collect materials and resources and then using them accordingly

45. What does resource planning in India involve?

A. Defining the number of resources

B. surveying, mapping and qualitative and quantitative estimation and measurement of
the resources
C. Taking government permission
D. Matching the resource development plans with overall national development plans
46 Why is.Conservation of Resources important?

A. So that they don't get wasted

B. irrational consumption and over utilization of resources may lead to socio-economic
and environmental problems
C. For evolving a planning structure endowed with appropriate technology, skill and
institutional set up
D. For matching the resource development plan with overall national development plans

47. Which type of land is not used for cultivation?

A. Already on crop production

B. Land put to non-agricultural uses, e.g. buildings, roads, factories, etc
C. All types of land
D. Black soil land

48. What are fallow Lands?

A. Current fallow-(left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year)
B. wastelands
C. Land put to non-agricultural uses
D. Land under miscellaneous tree crops groves

49.In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation?
(a) Jharkhand and Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

50.How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?

(a) Biotic and Abiotic
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community
(d) Potential and Reserves

51.Which one of the following is not the community owned resource?

(a) Grazing grounds
(b) Burial grounds
(c) Village ponds
(d) Privately owned house

52.When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
(a) Gully erosion
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Deforestation
(d) Afforestation

53.Which one of the following is a Biotic Resource?

(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Human beings
(d) Rocks

54.Which one of the following is an example of biotic resources?

(a) Rock
(b) Iron ore
(c) Gold
(d) Animal

55.There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the
following has given the above statement?
(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee

56.The mountain share in the total land area is:

(a) 30%
(b) 27%
(c) 43%
(d) 40%

57.Which one of the following states mostly has laterite soil?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Meghalaya

58.Which one of the following is not a ‘Biotic Resource’?

(a) Flora and Fauna
(b) Rocks
(c) Fisheries
(d) Livestock

59.What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?

(a) 43%
(b) 23%
(c) 33%
(d) 27%

60.Which one of the following is not a renewable resource?

(a) Solar energy
(b) Wind energy
(c) Forests
(d) Fossil fuels

61.Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Intensive Cultivation
(b) Overgrazing
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over-irrigation

62.Under which of the following types of resource can tidal energy be put?
(a) Human made
(b) Biotic
(c) Non-recyclable
(d) None of these

63.Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?

(a) Leh
(b) Kargil
(c) Ladakh
(d) Dras

64.Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called
(a) developed resources
(b) stock
(c) international resources
(d) potential resources

65.Soil formed by intense leaching is:

(a) alluvial soil
(b) red soil
(c) laterite soil
(d) desert soil

66.In which of the following states is black soil found?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

67.Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Extensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Overgrazing
(d) Over-irrigation

68.Which one of the following crops is grown in the black soil?

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Tea

69.Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called
(a) developed resources
(b) stock
(c) international resources
(d) potential resources

70.Fossil fuels are examples of which of the following types of resources?

(a) Renewable
(b) Flow
(c) Biological
(d) Non-renewable

71.Which of the following resource is non-recyclable?

(a) Coal
(b) Iron-ore
(c) Copper
(d) Gold

72.What is the main reason behind global ecological crises such as global warming and
environmental pollution ?
(a) Depletion of resources
(b) Accumulation of resources in a few hands
(c) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
(d) Use of resources

73.Which are the main factors that determine creation of a resource?

(a) Nature and technology
(b) Nature and human beings
(c) Nature, human beings and technology
(d) Technology and human beings
74.Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorised?
(a) Flow resource
(b) Human-made resource
(c) Non-recyclable resource
(d) Exhaustible resource

75.From which Five Year Plan has India made concerted efforts for achieving the goals
of resource planning ?
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Fifth Five Year Plan
(c) Annual Plans
(d) Tenth Five Year Plan

76.On the basis of ownership, plantations can be better considered as which of the
following types of resources?
(a) Individual resource
(b) Community owned resource
(c) National resource
(d) International resource

77.What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?

(a) Stopping use of resources
(b) Saving resources for future
(c) Exploitation of resources
(d) Equitable distribution of resources

78.Which of the following is a human-made resource?

(a) Petroleum
(b) Forests
(c) Machines
(d) Land

79.The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed
as which of the following types of resource ?
(a) Individual resources
(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources
(d) International resources

80.What was the main contribution of the Brundtland Commission Report, 1987?
(a) Sustainable development as means for resource conservation
(b) Advocated resource conservation for the first time
(c) Presented Gandhian philosophy
(d) All the above

81.What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?
(a) Forests
(b) Barren land
(c) Pasture land
(d) Fallow land

82.Which of the following is the root cause for resource depletion at global level,
according to Gandhiji?
(a) Conservation of resources
(b) Use of resources
(c) Greedy and selfish individuals and exploitative nature of modern technology.
(d) Backward technology.

83.What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?

(a) Soil Composition
(b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile
(d) Soil Texture

84.Which of the following regions in India possesses rich reserves of minerals and fossil
fuels?
(a) Plains
(b) Mountains
(c) Plateaus
(d) Deserts

85.which among the following is a type of resources classified on the basis of

exhaustibility?
(a) Biotic and abiotic
(b) Renewable and non-renewable
(c) National and individual
(d) Potential and reserves

86.How much desired area is required for forest in our country?

(a) 16%
(b) 20%
(c) 23.2%
(d) 33%

87.Which one of the following soil is ideal for growing cotton?

(a) Regur Soil
(b) Laterite Soil
(c) Desert Soil
(d) Mountainous Soil

88.Which of the following method will not help in soil conservation?

(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

89.How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?

(a) Biotic and Abiotic
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community
(d) Potential and Reserves

90.‘Laterite’ has been derived from the Greek word ‘later’ which means:
(a) Mountain
(b) Brick
(c) Rock
(d) Stone

91.For converting gifts of nature into a resource, man requires.

(a) Skill and technology
(b) Machines
(c) Capital, labour
(d) All of these.

92.Punjab and Haryana have high percentage of net sown area under farming
because of.
(a) Fertile soils
(b) Perennial rivers and canals
(c) Modern farming methods
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above.

93.Laterite soil is formed by the process of.

(a) Transportation
(b) Weathering
(c) Leaching
(d) Deposition.

94.Which type of resource is solar energy ?

(a) Exhaustible resource
(b) Soil resource
(c) Biotic resource
(d) Non-exhaustible resource.

95.Gully erosion of soil is mainly caused by :

(a) Streams formed by rainwater
(b) Wind
(c) Terrace farming
(d) Sea waves.

96.Which one of the following can lead to soil erosion ?

(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Terrace farming
(c) Deforestation
(d) Mixed cropping.
97.Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore ? .
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable.

98.Under which of the following type of resource, the tidal energy can be put ?
(a) Exhaustible
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-exhaustible.

99.Soil erosion is the state of Punjab is due to which one of the following reasons ?
(a) Excessive cultivation
(b) Overirrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Overgrazing.

100.In which one of the following states is the terrace cultivation practised ?
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttarakhand.

101.Which one of the following soils is ideal for growing cotton?[CBSE 2011]
(a) Regur soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Desert soil
(d) Mountainous soil

102. Soil is formed by the process of

(a) Denudation
(b) Gradation
(c) Weathering
(d) Erosion
103. Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called
(a) Culturable waste land
(b) Current fallow land
(c) Waste land
(d) None of the above

104. “There is enough for everybody’s need but not for anybody’s greed”. Who said this?
(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru
(b) Atal Bihari Vajpai
(c) M. K. Gandhi
(d) Sunder Lai Bahuguna

105. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and quality have been determined
for utilisation are known as [CBSE 2011]
(a) Potential resources
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resources
(d) Reserves

106. Which one of the following statements is correct as regard to international

resources?
(a) Resources which are regulated by international institutions.
(b) Resources which lie beyond the territorial waters.
(c) Resources which are found along the international frontier.
(d) Resources which are not yet developed.

107. The first International Earth Summit was held in

(a) Geneva
(b) New York
(c) Japan
(d) Rio de Janeiro

108. The most widespread relief feature of India is

(a) Mountains
(b) Forests
(c) Plains
(d) Plateaus
109. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised
(a) Renewable
(b) Developed
(c) National
(d) Potential

110. Which one of the following statements is true about the term resources?[CBSE
2011]
(a) Resources are free gifts of nature.
(b) They are the functions of human activities.
(c) All those things which are found in nature.
(d) Things which cannot be used to fulfill our needs.

111. The red soil is red in colour because

(a) it is rich in humus.
(b) it is rich in iron compounds.
(c) it is derived from volcanic origin.
(d) it is rich in potash.

112. Soil formed by intense leaching is

(a) Alluvial soil
(b) Red soil
(c) Laterite soil
(d) Desert

113. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable

114. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable
115. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Overgrazing

116. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttaranchal

117. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)

(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

118. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest
Policy (1952)?
(a) 33
(b) 22.5
(c) 31
(d) 30

119`Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but
human beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:
(a) Potential resource
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resource
(d) Reserves

120. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:

(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles

121. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources

122. Land that is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called:
(a) Pasture land
(b) Culturable waste land
(c) Barren land
(d) Current fallow

123. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(n) Net sown area
(b) Forest cover
(c) Waste land
(d) Gross cropped area

124. The total degraded land in our country is:

(a) 133 million hectares
(b) 130 million sq. km.
(c) 140 million hectares
(d) 130 million hectares

125. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttaranchal

126. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh
is:
(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing

127. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?

(a) Black soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil

128. Red soil is mostly found in:

(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above

129. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:

(a) high clay content
(b) presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
(c) diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
(d) high moisture content

130. Which of the following is not important for soil formation?

(a) Relief
(b) Parent rock
(c) Climate
(d) Duration of day

Class 10 Social Science MCQs Chapter 4 Agriculture

1. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the
months of September-October? [CBSE 2011]
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
2. ‘Slash and bum’ agriculture is a [CBSE 2011]
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Intensive agriculture
(c) Commercial agriculture
(d) None of these

3. Grapes are mainly produced in the state of ____________ .

(a) Meghalaya
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Andhra Pradesh

4. Bhoodan – Gramdan movement was initiated by

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

5. Grouping of small land holdings into a bigger one is called

(a) ceiling on land holdings.
(b) collectivisation.
(c) cooperative farming.
(d) consolidation of land holdings.

6. Oranges are mainly produced in the state of ____________ .

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
7. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in area of ____________ . [CBSE 2012]
(a) high population
(b) low population
(c) deserts
(d) thick forests

8. Which one of the following statements is incorrect as regards to commercial farming?

(a) Use of heavy doses of modem inputs.
(b) Crops are grown for sale.
(c) Family members are involved in growing crops.
(d) Practised on large land holdings.

9. Which one of the following is a rabi crop? [CBSE 2011]

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Bajra
(d) Jowar

10. The largest tea producing state of India is

(a) Karnataka
(b) Assam
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
11. A type of millet rich in iron, calcium, other micro nutrients and roughage is
(a) Bajra
(b) Rajma
(c) Jowar
(d) Ragi

12. Specialised cultivation of fruits and vegetables iscalled

(a) Agriculture
(b) Horticulture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Pisciculture

13. Punjab and Haryana grow rice mainly due to

(a) availability of cheap labour.
(b) development of canals irrigation and tubewells.
(c) fertile soil.
(d) development of transport network.

14. Rabi crops are sown in

(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Autumn
(d) Spring

15. Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown
on a large area? (Textbook)
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture

16. Which one of the following is a rabi crop? (Textbook)

(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Gram
(d) Cotton

17. Which one of the following is a leguminous j crop? (Textbook)

(a) Pulses
(b) Jawar
(c) Millets
(d) Sesamum

18. Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop?
(Textbook)
(a) Maximum support price
(b) Minimum support price
(c) Moderate support price
(d) Influential support price

19. Primitive subsistence farming is also known as:

(a) Mixed farming
(b) Cooperative farming
(c) Slash and bum agriculture
(d) Commercial farming
20. Plantation agriculture is a type of:
(a) Subsistence farming
(b) Commercial farming
(c) Mixed farming
(d) None of the above

21. Which of the following is not correct about plantation farming?

(a) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
(c) Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates.
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and
other food crops.

22. Which of the following are plantation crops?

(a) Rice and maize
(b) Wheat and pulses
(c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane
(d) None of the above

23. The three major cropping seasons of India are:

(a) Aus, Aman and Boro
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait
(d) None of the above

24. Rabi crops are:

(a) sown in winter and harvested in summer
(b) sown during rainy season and harvested in winter
(c) sown in summer and harvested in winter
(d) None of the above

25. Kharif crops are grown:

(a) with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October
(b) with the onset of winter and harvested in summer
(c) with onset of Autumn and harvested in summer
(d) None of the above

26. The main food crop of Kharif season is:

(a) Mustard
(b) Pulses
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat

27. The main food crop of Rabi season is:

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

28. A short season between the rabi and kharif season is known as:
(a) Aus
(b) Boro
(c) Zaid
(d) None of the above
29. Important non-food crops of our country are:
(a) Tea and coffee
(b) Millets and pulses
(c) Cotton and jute
(d) None of the above

30. Which is the main food crop of the eastern and southern part of the country?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Sugarcane

31. The two main wheat growing regions are:

(a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap
(b) North-eastern part and eastern-coastal plains
(c) Deccan plateau and Konkan coast
(d) None of the above

32. Wheat requires annual rainfall between:

(a) 50 and 75 cm
(b) about 200 cm
(c) 200 and 300 cm
(d) less than 20 cm

33. The third most important food crop of our country is:
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Jowar
(d) Ragi
34. Which State is the largest producer of bajra?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana

35. Which is the right condition for the growth of maize?

(a) Temperature between 21 °C to 27°C and old alluvial soil
(b) Temperature below 17°C and shallow black soil
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) None of the above

36. Which of the following crops is a major source of protein in a vegetarian diet?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Pulses
(d) Oilseeds

37. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?

(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

38. Which is the ideal condition for the growth of sugarcane?

(a) Temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm
(b) Temperature below 17°C and 50 to 75 cm rainfall
(c) Temperature of 25°C and 200 cm of rainfall
(d) none of the above

39. What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?

(a) 21
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 4

40. Which of the following conditions can spoil tea crop?

(a) Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year
(b) Frost free climate
(c) Deep fertile well drained soil
(d) Clayey soil which has high water holding capacity

41. Coffee cultivation was first introduced in:

(a) Himalayas
(b) Aravalli Hills
(c) Garo Hills
(d) Baba Budan Hills

42. Which of the following crops is an important raw material for automobile industry?
(a) Pulses
(b) Ragi
(c) Rubber
(d) None of the above
43. Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as:
(a) Sericulture
(b) Aquaculture
(c) Apeculture
(d) Pisciculture

44. Which of the following is known as golden fibre?

(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk

45. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane only after ____________ .

46. ____________ is the Golden fibre of India.

47. ____________ is a programme introduced by the Government that has resulted in

increased production of food grains.

48. Kerala is the largest producer of ____________ in India.

49. The slash and bum agriculture is known as ____________ in the north-eastern states of
India.

50. India is the largest producer and consumer of ____________ in the world.

51. The crop grown in black soil is Rice. (True/False)

52. Castor seed is grown both as Rabi and Kharif crop. (True/False)

53. The main characteristic feature of commercial farming is the use of high doses of modem
inputs. (True/False)

54. Watermelon is grown during Zaid season. (True/False)

55. Terrace cultivation leads to increase in the level of soil erosion. (True/False)