Agriculture and Crops

Q.

Berseem is an important ____ crop.

Q.

Why is organic farming preferred to traditional farming?

Q. Name the crops grown on red soil at Dokur.

1. Groundnut
2. Paddy
3. Cotton
4. Castor

Q. What are the major fruits grown in the orchards of Dokur?

1. Apple
2. Coconut
3. Orange
4. Mango

Q. Which are the major crops grown in Dokur?

1. Cotton
2. All the above
3. Castor
4. Paddy

Q. The price of milk is decided depending upon _________ content by the co-operative society.

1. fat
2. protein
3. sugar
4. carbohydrate

Q. Cotton is grown in ___________ soil area of Dokur.

1. black soil
2. red soil
3. clay
4. sand

Q. Alasandalu is grown as a/an ___________ crop.

1. intermittent
2. food
3. cash
4. annual

Q.

64 For cultivation of the cotton crop, …….. soil is excellent.

Q. Fields having are used to sow groundnuts and castor.

1. black soil
2. red soil
3. loamy soils
4. sandy soil

Q. What are some of the factors that affect the cost of agriculture in Dokur?

1. Cost of pesticides
2. Cost of textiles
3. Cost of machinery
4. Cost of fertilisers

Q. Paddy is grown with the water from and Sampenga Vagu.

1. Badi
2. Chakali Koyikunta
3. Devarakadra
4. Pedda Cheruvu

Q.

___ is a system of farming on a particular farm which includes crop production, raising of livestock etc.

Q. Farmers in Dokur stopped ground nut farming due to threat of wild pigs. Which crop replaced groundnuts farming?

1. Pigeon pea
2. Castor
3. Paddy
4. Wheat

Q. What is the major objective of sustainable land use?

1. Increase the profit from agriculture
2. Preserve the productivity of land for future generations
3. Increase the productivity of land
4. Use agricultural land for other purposes

Q.

What Is the Best Example of Diminishing Marginal Utility?

Q. Why did farmers stop growing groundnuts in the first place?

1. Threat of wild pigs
2. Irrigation issues
3. Rainfall scarcity
4. Groundnut cultivation was not cost effective

Q. Where do the villagers graze their sheep during different seasons?

1. Fields of real estate ventures
2. Grasslands in the village
3. They travel to other districts for grazing
4. None of the above

Q.

Dairy farming and poultry farming do not generate a lot of animal waste.

1. True
2. False

Q. What are the major reasons behind the increase in cost of agricultural production?

1. Increase in cost of fertilizers
2. Increase in cost of pestisides
3. All the above
4. Increase in cost of harvesters