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Question-1
In the nineteenth century, the British administration in India aimed at promoting cultivation of
(A)
Commercial crops and agricultural exports
(B)
Commercial crops and agricultural imports
(C)
Commercial crops and industrial exports
(D)
Food crops and exports of commercial crops
Question-2
Farming where high yielding variety seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides are used in order to obtain higher productivity is called
(A)
Diversified farming
(B)
Commercial farming
(C)
Subsistence farming
(D)
Mixed farming
Question-3
During British rule there was relatively higher yield of cash crops in certain areas of the country due to _______ of agriculture.
(A)
Privatization
(B)
Commercialization
(C)
Popularization
(D)
Diversification
Question-4
Indian economy remained fundamentally an ________ economy under the British rule.
(A)
Industrialized
(B)
Agrarian
(C)
Globalized
(D)
Service sector
Question-5
Nearly 20% of the cultivated area is irrigated by
(A)
Tube wells
(B)
Storage canals
(C)
Perennial canals
(D)
Tanks
Question-6
India is the ________ largest producer of rice in the world.
(A)
Second
(B)
Third
(C)
Fourth
(D)
Fifth
Question-7
__________ means the economic process under which agricultural goods are exchanged.
(A)
Agricultural holding
(B)
Agricultural marketing
(C)
Cropping pattern
(D)
Raw materials
Question-8
The contribution of agricultural sector to the GDP has declined to
(A)
29.7%
(B)
56.1%
(C)
27.9%
(D)
26%
Question-9
Tea and coffee crops are grown well on the
(A)
Mountain slopes
(B)
Plain
(C)
Coastal plain
(D)
River valleys
Question-10
______ means the size of land owned and cultivated by a farmer at a particular time.
(A)
Agricultural holding
(B)
Agricultural marketing
(C)
Cropping pattern
(D)
Agriculture
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