CHAPTER WISE TEST PAPER

Made by Digraj Singh Rajput

CLASS X
SOCIAL SCIENCE - GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - AGRICULTURE

Time Allowed: 1 Hours Maximum Marks: 30

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General Instructions:
I. This question paper is divided into four sections-Section A, B, C and D.
II. All questions are compulsory.
III. Section-A: Question no. 1 to 5 are objective type questions of 1 marks each.
IV. Section-B: Question no. 6 to 8 are defined type questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each
question should not exceed 40 words.
V. Section-C: Question no. 9 to 11 are Short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each. The answer to
each question should not exceed 80 words.
VI. Section-D: Question no. 12 and 13 are Long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 120 words.

All the best!!

SECTION-A
Objective Type Questions 1X5=5

1. Apart from cooking, what are the other uses of soil seeds?

2. Categorise the following as Kharif and Rabi crops.

(i) Wheat (ii) Maize (iii) Barley (iv) Peas (v) Bajra (vi) Tur

3. Kamal uses high yielding variety (HYV) seeds and chemical fertilizers to increase his wheat production.
Which type of farming is Kamal practising?
A. Intensive subsistence farming
B. Primitive subsistence farming
C. Commercial farming
D. Organic farming

4. The ............................... Movement initiated by .......................... is also known as The Bloodless Revolution.

5. Match the following.

Name of shifting cultivation Country
(i) Conuco (a) Mexico
(ii) Masole (b) Venezuela
(iii) Ladang (c) Central Africa
(iv) Milpa (d) Indonesia
 SECTION-B
Define Type Questions 2X3=6

Write a short note on:

6. Beverage Crops
7. White Revolution
8. Commercial farming

SECTION-C
Short Type Questions 3X3=9

9. Give a brief discussion on pulses cultivation in India?

10. What is subsistence agriculture? Why is it still practised in certain parts of the country? Give 2 reasons.

11. Provide the differences between Rice and wheat cultivation on the following parameters?
(i) Climatic conditions
(ii) Soil Requirement
(iii) 2 major producing states and rainfall

SECTION-D
Long Type Questions 5 X 2 = 10

12. Define the cropping seasons in India?

13. What were the Institutional and technological reforms taken by the government of India to strengthen the
agricultural sector of the country?