Morning Star solutions for Total Geography [English] Class 10 ICSE chapter 14 - Agriculture - I [Latest edition]

What are the crops grown in commercial farms called?

Your uncle has a large farm. He rears animals along with farming. He is practising ______.

Assertion (A): Agriculture is the mainstay and the backbone of India’s economy. 

Reason (R): It provides employment to millions of people.

Commercial farming is prevalent in areas where landholdings are ______ and market economy is well developed.

‘Slash and burn method’ refers to ______ agriculture.

Which of the following crops are associated with shifting agriculture?

Which of the following is practised in many areas as an alternative to shifting cultivation?

Assertion (A): The agricultural output depends on monsoon.

Reason (R): Nearly 55 per cent of the area sown is dependent on irrigation.

Intercropping involves growing of two or more crops next to each other at the same ______.

______ plantation is being promoted to check the practice of shifting cultivation.

______ type of farming involves cultivation of small farms using large inputs of labour, manures and fertilizers.

Which type of agriculture is mainly practised in the irrigated areas of the plains of northern India and the coastal area of south India?

______ farming is an eco-friendly method as it excludes the use of chemical fertilizers.

The farming which involves cultivation of single agricultural crop over large tracts of land or estates is ______.

Assertion (A): India has the largest irrigated area of cultivated land.

Reason (R): The failure of monsoon or too much rainfall leads to crop failure.

Tea, coffee, rubber or spices are ______ crops.

Farmers narrate the story of what years of intensive commercial cultivation and over-extraction of nutrients by unsuitable crops has done to their natural resource base. Around 25 years ago, their farm soil was teeming with life - from earthworms to beetles. Now there are no signs of life. farmers belong to which state?

Around 2014-15, a farmer got yields of 95 quintals and 70 quintals per ha in paddy and wheat respectively. Today, with the same quantity of chemical fertilisers, the average yield of paddy and wheat from one ha is 85 quintals and 65 quintals respectively. What has led to the decline in yield?

Increasing rural-urban migration by men has led to rise of women-headed rural households and the resultant increased incomes had led to growth in the production of cash crops which are labour intensive in nature. This is referred to as feminisation of agriculture. Which type of farming would be carried out?

What is meant by the term agriculture?

Why is agriculture said to be the backbone of the Indian economy?

While agriculture in India has achieved grain self-sufficiency but the production is, resource intensive, cereal centric and regionally biased. Mention any three problems of agriculture in India.

State three advantages of cooperative farming.

What is the Green Revolution?

State any two negative results of the Green Revolution.

What was the impact of Green Revolution on Indian agriculture?

With reference to the given image, answer the following questions:

1. What are the inputs of the above-mentioned project in transforming Indian agriculture?
2. Which crop was experimented with its inputs?

Differentiate between intensive farming and extensive farming.

State any two advantages of commercial farming.

Give a reason for the following:

Plantations are managed by large multinational companies.

Give a reason for the following:

Fields are rotated instead of crops in shifting cultivation.

Give a reason for the following:

In extensive agriculture, yield per hectare is low but total yield is large.

What type of farming is practised in areas where population is sparse and land is in plenty? Name two areas in India where such type of farming is practised.

Give two points of difference between plantation and mixed farming.

Give any two effects of globalisation on Indian agriculture.

Mention any three measures taken by the government to boost agricultural production.

Agriculture in India is a gamble on the monsoon. Explain.

How is shifting cultivation carried out?

Where is shifting cultivation practised in India?

State any one disadvantage of shifting cultivation.

State any two steps being taken by the government to discourage shifting cultivation.

What is subsistence farming?

Mention two features of subsistence farming.

What is organic farming?

What is Cooperative farming?

With reference to organic farming, state the following:

Main characteristics of organic farming.

State why is organic farming gaining popularity in recent times.

Your penfriend, who lives in Australia, has read that India is an agricultural country. He wants to know the details about the nature of agriculture practised in India and the problems faced by the farmers. Write to your friend replying to his queries.

Your grandfather, a farmer, was a young boy when the Green Revolution began. What does he tell you about the pros and cons of the Green Revolution.

Your uncle, who lives in Punjab, is a farmer involved in the cultivation of crops and livestock rearing. He sells the crops and dairy products in the market. Name the type of agriculture practised by him, the crops he grows and the main features of the agriculture practised by him. Why is this type of agriculture not popular throughout the country?

If you are given a choice, which type of agriculture you would like to practise and why?

The concept of organic food is fast catching up in metro cities. What are your views on this? Give reasons to support your answer. Are you ready to pay more for organic products?

Punjab is known as the food granary of India growing most of the cereal and cash crops but is facing declining crop yields and poor soil conditions. It is one of the biggest exporter of rice and cotton crops.

1. What climatic conditions favour rice growth in the above-mentioned area?
2. What is the difference between cereal and cash crops? Can a cereal be a cash crop?
3. Suggest the sustainable agricultural practices to improve soil fertility.

During my visit to the flood plains of Uttar Pradesh, I witnessed immense agricultural development. Mention the soil type found here and the characteristic features of it.