Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?
Options
American Canadian prairies
European Steppes
Pampas of Argentina
Amazon Basin
Advertisements
Solution
Amazon Basin
Explanation:
The Amazon Basin is a region where extensive commercial grain cultivation does not take place. Commercial grain cultivation is practised in the interiors of semi-arid mid-latitude lands. The Amazon Basin is the world's largest tropical forest.
RELATED QUESTIONS
While subsidies encourage farmers to use new technology, they are a huge burden on government finances. Discuss the usefulness of subsidies in the light of this fact.
Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
Give the major plantation crops of the following country:
West Indies
Give the major plantation crops of the following country:
Malaysia
Name two countries where cooperative farming is successful.
What do you mean by Extensive Commercial Grain Agriculture?
Name the two activities on which the earliest human beings depended for their subsistence.
Denmark is known for ______.
Which of the following is not the other name of slash and burn agriculture?
What is needed to provide protection against natural calamities like floods, drought, locusts, thunderstorms, etc.?
Consider the following statements and choose the correct option for the same:
1. Grape cultivation is the specialty of Mediterranean agriculture.
2. Wines are produced from high-quality grapes and the inferior grapes are dried into raisins and Currants.
In which the following region of South America Commercial grain cultivation is practiced?
Which of the following is not a feature of dairy farming?
- Rearing of Milch animals.
- Located near urbanised & industrialised area.
- Transport is not very important.
- Low capital investment.
What are the positive contributions made by the British in India
Which of the following points indicates the disadvantage of subsidy?
Why, despite the implementation of the green revolution, did 65 percent of our population continue to be engaged in the agriculture sector till 1990?
Why does a farmer need risk management and insurance?
Match the following
| A | The removal of the upper layer of the soil caused either by the strong winds or floods is termed as | 1 | Land degradation |
| B | The growing population and their ever-growing demand leads to large scale destruction of forest cover | 2 | Soil erosion |
| C | The gradual but consistent loss of fertility of land is referred to as | 3 | Deforestation |
Oligopoly is a market structure in which there are:
Land reforms comprise of the following steps:-
Plantation agriculture was developed by ______.
Identify the feature of mixed farming from the following:
Discuss any two merits and demerits of the Green Revolution in the agricultural sector in the Indian economy.
The shackles of agriculture during the colonial rule were permanently broken by the Green Revolution that resulted from the application of ______.
- High Yielding Varieties (HYV)
- Mechanization of Agriculture
- Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides
- Organic Fertilizers and Pesticides
“Green revolution transformed India from a subsistent food grain economy to a food surplus economy.”
Justify the statement, giving reasons in support of your answer.
In the first phase of Green Revolution, output was restricted mainly to ______.
