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Q1) Which of the following are primary activities?

(A) Agriculture
(B) Mining
(C) Fishing
(D) All of these
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Q2) What is cultivation of grapes called?

(A) Sericulture
(B) Viticulture
(C) Floriculture
(D) Horiculture
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Q3) The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?

(A) Barter system
(B) Water system
(C) Farm system
(D) All of these
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Q4) Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:

(A) Subsistense
(B) Mixed
(C) Organic
(D) None of these
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Q5) Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as

(A) pisciculture
(B) viticulture
(C) horticulture
(D) sericulture
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Q6) What per cent of persons are engaged in agricultural activity in the world?

(A) 75%
(B) 85%
(C) 65%
(D) 50%
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Q7) Shifting cultivation is also known as Milpa in which part of the world.

(A) North East India
(B) Mexico
(C) Brazil
(D) Malaysia
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Q8) In which type of farming is the land used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock?

(A) Subsistence farming
(B) Intensive farming
(C) Mixed farming
(D) Commercial farming
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Q9) Which of these is not commercial farming?

(A) Commercial Grain
(B) Mixed
(C) Organic
(D) Plantation
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Q10) ………….. is also knowh as a paddy

(A) Wheat
(B) Jowar
(C) Rice
(D) Bajra
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Q11) Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?

(A) Wheat
(B) Maize
(C) Both of these
(D) None of these
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Q12) Rubber plantation is famous in:

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Brazil
(C) Malaysia
(D) USA
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Q13) Which of the following are coarse grains?

(A) Jowar
(B) Bajra
(C) Ragi
(D) All of these
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Q14) Which of the following country is a leading producer of rice?

(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) Malaysia
(D) Egypt
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Q15) Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?

(A) Desert
(B) Loamy
(C) Sandy
(D) None of these
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Q16) …………………… is a type of commercial farming where single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane etc are grown.

(A) Plantation
(B) Cultivation
(C) Agriculture
(D) None of the above
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Q17) Which one of the following is known as paddy crop?

(A) Millets
(B) Wheat
(C) Rice
(D) Flax
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Q18) What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?

(A) Ladang
(B) Milpa
(C) Jhumming
(D) Roca
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Q19) Which agriculture is referred as Slash and Burn agriculture?

(A) Intensive farming
(B) Shifting agriculture
(C) Primitive farming
(D) Plantation agriculture
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Q20) Who is the Leading producer of coffee?

(A) Brazil
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) America
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Q21) What do you mean by Horticulture?

(A) Growing fruits, flowers and vegetables.
(B) Growing of wheat
(C) Primitive farming
(D) All of these
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Q22) Which of these are Millets?

(A) Jowar
(B) Ragi
(C) Both of these
(D) Maize
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Q23) Which fibre requires frost free days to grow?

(A) Cotton
(B) Jute
(C) Nylon
(D) None of these
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Q24) Where does the word ‘agriculture’ originated from?

(A) Latin term Agri means soil
(B) Latin term culture means cultivation
(C) Both a and b
(D) None of these
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Q25) What are tertiary activities?

(A) Provide support to only primary activities
(B) Provide support to primary and secondary activities
(C) Provide support to only secondary activities
(D) None of these
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Q26) What is the science of commercial rearing of silk worms called?

(A) Horticulture
(B) Viticulture
(C) Sericulture
(D) None of these
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Q27) What is horticulture?

(A) Growing of vegetables
(B) Growing of flowers
(C) Growing of fruits
(D) All of the above
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Q28) Why is different crops grown in different regions of our country?

(A) Different climate condition
(B) Different terrain
(C) Different soil type
(D) All of the above
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Q29) Which of the following countries usually practice Commercial agriculture?

(A) U.S.A
(B) Bangladesh
(C) India
(D) Bhutan
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Subjects (8th Class)

English - It So Happened

English Grammar

English Honeydew Poems

English Honeydew Prose

Hindi Vasant Bhag 3

Math

Science

Social Science Civics

Social Science Geography

Social Science History

Chapters (Social Science Geography)

Resources

Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources

Mineral and Power Resources

Agriculture

Industries

Human Resource