Agriculture · Class 10 Geography: 225 MCQs with answers

Q1. A family clears a forest patch, grows food crops on it for a few years, and then moves to fresh land when yields fall. Which system is this?

Q2. What is farming called when one crop is grown right across a large area?

Q3. Which set of tools belongs to primitive subsistence farming?

Q4. Which of these is NOT an input associated with commercial farming in the chapter?

Q5. In which region does the chapter place Rinjha's family and their system of farming?

Q6. Which of these was a factor in changing India's cultivation methods over time, according to the chapter?

Q7. Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? Plantation has an interface of agriculture and ______.

Q8. Which name is used for slash and burn in both the north-eastern states and the north-eastern region generally?

Q9. Describe primitive subsistence farming.

Q10. What is plantation agriculture? Give two examples from India.

Q11. A farmer sows a crop in November and harvests it in April. Which season is this, and which crop is most likely?

Q12. Which one of the following is a rabi crop?

Q13. Melons and cucumbers appear in the market in the hot months before the monsoon. Which season produced them?

Q14. Which of these correctly completes the sentence? Rabi crops are harvested in summer from ______.

Q15. Distinguish between the rabi and kharif seasons.

Q16. What is the zaid season? Name its crops.

Q17. A district has temperatures above 25°C, high humidity and 150 cm of rain a year. Which cereal suits it best?

Q18. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

Q19. Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions rice requires?

Q20. Which pairing of pulse-producing state is correct?

Q21. Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after ______.

Q22. Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.

Q23. Choose one of India’s staple crops and say where in the country it is grown.

Q24. A mulberry grower sells leaves to a village that produces silk. What is the village practising?

Q25. A farmer asks which oilseed accounts for about half of India's major oilseeds. What is the answer?

Q26. A sugar mill also sells jaggery and molasses. Which crop does it process?

Q27. Which statement best describes the chapter's horticultural claim for India?

Q28. Pick one major beverage crop and state the geographical conditions it needs in order to grow.

Q29. Describe the geographical conditions required for sugarcane.

Q30. Which reform was the main focus of the First Five Year Plan?

Q31. Who stood up at Pochampally and offered land to the landless?

Q32. A village hears the weather forecast for the coming week on radio before deciding when to sow. Which government measure does this reflect?

Q33. A crowded village has tiny holdings, and every family uses irrigation, fertiliser and all its members on its plot. Which system does this describe, and why does it arise?

Q34. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Slash and burn allows the soil of an abandoned patch to recover. Reason (R): Shifting lets Nature replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes.

Q35. Consider the following statements about plantation farming. 1. It is a type of commercial farming. 2. It uses capital intensive inputs and migrant labour. 3. All its produce is used as raw material in industries. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q36. Which name for slash and burn belongs to Manipur?

Q37. A traveller hears slash and burn called 'Podu' in one state and 'Kuruwa' in another. Which two states?

Q38. Which pairing of name and region for slash and burn is incorrect?

Q39. Consider the following statements about primitive subsistence farming. 1. It is practised on small patches of land. 2. It uses family or community labour. 3. It depends on the monsoon and natural soil fertility. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q40. Why does the chapter mention that tea, coffee and spices are exported?

Q41. A student lists tea, coffee, rubber, wheat and banana as plantation crops. Which one does not belong?

Q42. Which of these is a name for slash and burn used outside India?

Q43. Which pair of states does the chapter use to show plantation crops, and for which crops?

Q44. Which of these is the odd one out?

Q45. Which statement most accurately describes the range of farming in India today?

Q46. Which pair shows the two extremes of the farming range the chapter describes?

Q47. Why does the chapter describe pressure on agricultural land as enormous?

Q48. Which of these correctly pairs a system with what it depends on?

Q49. Why is land productivity low in slash and burn agriculture, and how does the system keep the soil usable?

Q50. What is intensive subsistence farming, and why does it arise?

Q51. Why is a transport and communication network essential to plantations?

Q52. Describe the different types of farming practised in India.

Q53. A field is sown just as the monsoon breaks and cut in October. Which of these crops could it be?

Q54. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Wheat succeeds as a rabi crop in the north-west. Reason (R): Wheat is the second most important cereal crop of India.

Q55. A student credits the rabi harvest of the north-west to the green revolution alone. What has been missed?

Q56. Consider the following statements about the rabi season. 1. Crops are sown from October to December. 2. Crops are harvested from April to June. 3. Barley and mustard are rabi crops. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q57. A field in West Bengal carries paddy three times in one year. What are these crops called?

Q58. Why does sugarcane cause trouble for anyone sorting crops neatly into seasons?

Q59. Which pairing of crop and season is incorrect?

Q60. A wheat procurement agency wants to place its depots where rabi crops matter most. Which group of states should it prioritise?

Q61. Which region is described as having recently taken paddy up as an important crop?

Q62. Consider the following statements about kharif. 1. Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon. 2. They are harvested in September-October. 3. Cotton and jute are kharif crops. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q63. Which rice-growing coast of Maharashtra does the chapter single out?

Q64. Which pair of oilseeds are both rabi crops?

Q65. A student writes that zaid is as long as the other two seasons. Correct the statement.

Q66. A dryland farmer sows a millet as the monsoon breaks. Which of these could it be?

Q67. A seed catalogue files barley, paddy, jowar and soyabean together under 'monsoon sowing'. Which entry is misfiled?

Q68. A textbook asks which pulses belong to which season. Which answer is complete?

Q69. What does the chapter say cropping patterns reflect?

Q70. Why are the north and north-western states important for rabi crops?

Q71. Name the main rice-growing regions of India and the three paddy crops of the east.

Q72. Describe India's three cropping seasons, with their timing, crops and regions.

Q73. A farmer in a region with 60 cm of rain, a cool winter and clear skies in spring wants a cereal. Which fits?

Q74. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Rice is now grown in Punjab and Haryana despite their lower rainfall. Reason (R): A dense network of canal irrigation and tube-wells supplies the water the rain does not.

Q75. A nutritionist recommends ragi for a child short of iron and calcium. What does the chapter say that supports this?

Q76. Consider the following statements about wheat. 1. It is the second most important cereal crop. 2. It needs bright sunshine at the time of ripening. 3. It needs 50 to 75 cm of rainfall evenly distributed over the growing season. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q77. A student writes that every pulse fixes nitrogen. Which exception does the chapter give?

Q78. A sandy tract in western India needs a hardy millet. Which does the chapter point to?

Q79. Which pair correctly names the two wheat-growing zones?

Q80. A livestock farmer and a grain merchant both want the same crop. Which of these serves both?

Q81. Which statement best explains why jowar hardly needs irrigation?

Q82. Which pairing of millet and major state is incorrect?

Q83. Consider the following statements about pulses. 1. India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses. 2. They need less moisture and survive in dry conditions. 3. They are the major source of protein in a vegetarian diet. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q84. Which of these conditions does maize need?

Q85. Which statement best explains why pulses fit dry farming?

Q86. Which pairing of crop and rank is correct?

Q87. Which set of inputs has increased maize production?

Q88. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Maize output has risen in recent times. Reason (R): Maize serves both as food and as fodder.

Q89. Which of these would be the weakest answer to 'describe the geographical conditions required for rice'?

Q90. Which region is described as the natural home of rice before irrigation extended it?

Q91. Which pairing of crop and soil is correct?

Q92. A map question asks you to identify a shaded area, but you cannot use the outline map. What can you do?

Q93. Describe the conditions and regions of wheat cultivation.

Q94. Why does the chapter say millets are nutritionally valuable although they are called coarse grains?

Q95. Why are pulses grown in rotation with other crops?

Q96. Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice, and explain how its area has extended.

Q97. Describe the millets grown in India, their conditions and their importance.

Q98. A region is warm and moist all year, frost-free, with frequent showers and deep humus-rich soil on well-drained slopes. Which crop suits it best?

Q99. A district on the dry edge of the Deccan has black soil, high temperature, light rain and over 200 frost-free days. Which crop fits?

Q100. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Jute is grown on the flood plains. Reason (R): It grows well on well-drained fertile soils that are renewed every year.

Q101. A student writes that India ranks second in sugarcane after China. What is the correction?

Q102. Which crop in the chapter needs the heaviest rainfall?

Q103. Consider the following statements about tea. 1. It was introduced in India initially by the British. 2. Most tea plantations today are owned by Indians. 3. Tea is processed within the tea garden to restore its freshness. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q104. A factory making soap and ointments buys oilseeds. Which idea from the chapter explains why?

Q105. Why is tea described as labour-intensive?

Q106. Which pairing of crop and condition is incorrect?

Q107. A map shows a shaded state in the north-east that heads the chapter's list of major tea states. Which state is it?

Q108. A map shows a shaded state on the south-western coast that heads the chapter's list of rubber-growing states. Which state is it?

Q109. Consider the following statements about the fibre crops. 1. Cotton, jute and hemp are grown in the soil. 2. Silk is obtained from cocoons of silkworms. 3. Silkworms are fed on green leaves, specially mulberry. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q110. A seed company wants to base itself in the state that led India's groundnut production in 2019-20. Where does the chapter point it?

Q111. A coffee buyer asks why Indian coffee sells well abroad. What does the chapter say?

Q112. Which set correctly pairs each fruit with a region the chapter names for it?

Q113. A jute mill's catalogue lists four products. Which one could not have come from the mill?

Q114. Which pairing of crop and India's world position is correct?

Q115. A map question shows a shaded state and asks for the leading sugarcane producer in the book's list. Which state is named first?

Q116. Why is silk the odd one out among the four fibre crops?

Q117. Name the main oilseeds of India and explain their uses.

Q118. Name the four major fibre crops and explain sericulture.

Q119. Describe the geographical conditions and distribution of tea and coffee in India.

Q120. Describe the fibre crops of India, with the conditions and regions of cotton and jute.

Q121. A farmer's field is split into four small plots inherited over three generations. Which reform was meant to deal with this?

Q122. A trader offers a farmer far below a fair price for his wheat after harvest. Which measure is designed to protect him?

Q123. Consider the following statements about the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. 1. They combined institutional and technical reforms. 2. They provided crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, fire and disease. 3. They set up Grameen banks and cooperative societies for cheaper loans. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q124. A dairy cooperative movement is described as the 'White Revolution'. What is its other name in the chapter?

Q125. Which of these is NOT an institutional reform named in the chapter?

Q126. A cyclone destroys a coastal farmer's paddy just before harvest. Which provision of the comprehensive programme was designed for this?

Q127. What did Vinoba Bhave ask of the landless villagers when he promised to speak to the government for them?

Q128. A zamindar owning several villages gives one entire village for distribution among the landless. What is this called?

Q129. Why is the Bhoodan-Gramdan movement called the Blood-less Revolution?

Q130. Which pairing of scheme and purpose is correct?

Q131. Consider the following statements about Vinoba Bhave. 1. Gandhi declared him his spiritual heir. 2. He was one of the foremost satyagrahis. 3. He was a votary of gram swarajya. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q132. Rice is grown heavily in both Punjab and Odisha. Why does the chapter call it commercial in one and subsistence in the other?

Q133. A student says slash and burn yields little because forest soils are infertile. How does the chapter correct this?

Q134. A tea estate cannot sell its crop because no road reaches it. Which feature of plantation farming explains why this is fatal?

Q135. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Intensive subsistence farming uses high doses of inputs yet remains subsistence farming. Reason (R): Its output is squeezed from holdings made uneconomical by division, to sustain families with no other livelihood.

Q136. Which statement best explains how the right of inheritance leads to intensive farming?

Q137. A farm grows one crop across hundreds of hectares, hires workers from other states, and sends everything to its own factory. What would a geographer call it, and what is its defining link?

Q138. Which statement best distinguishes commercial farming from intensive subsistence farming, since both use heavy inputs?

Q139. Why would a slash and burn family face a harder future where population grows and forest shrinks?

Q140. Why would a board question contrasting rice in Punjab and Odisha expect both a climatic and an economic point?

Q141. A district has fertile land but very high population pressure and no factories. Which system would the chapter expect to dominate?

Q142. Why is 'Odisha' named in the chapter as the subsistence example for rice rather than a state with little rice?

Q143. A government wants to raise productivity in a slash and burn area without forcing people off their land. Which idea from this topic identifies the gap to fill?

Q144. Why is rice a commercial crop in Punjab but a subsistence crop in Odisha?

Q145. 'The same crop can be commercial in one region and subsistence in another.' Explain with reference to the chapter.

Q146. Explain how population and inheritance have shaped farming in India, contrasting intensive subsistence farming with slash and burn.

Q147. A seed dealer in Bihar sells maize seed in winter. Is this unusual according to the chapter?

Q148. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Sesamum is grown in different seasons in different parts of India. Reason (R): It is a rabi crop in the north and a kharif crop in the south.

Q149. A student sorting pulses puts tur, moong and urad in one group and gram and peas in another. Is the sorting correct?

Q150. Which statement best explains why India has three cropping seasons rather than one?

Q151. An oil mill buys the same oilseed from farmers in both April and October, because they grow it in both seasons. Which oilseed is it?

Q152. A farmer wants a quick crop between the wheat harvest and the monsoon. Which of these fits?

Q153. Which of these best explains why a rabi crop in Punjab and a kharif crop in Assam can share the same field calendar year?

Q154. A summer market sells produce grown between the wheat harvest and the monsoon. Which item on the stall could NOT have come from that season?

Q155. Why would a question about the green revolution belong partly in this topic?

Q156. A rice trader can buy freshly harvested paddy from the same district three times in one year. In which group of states is that district most likely to be?

Q157. Why is the phrase 'with the onset of monsoon' a better description of kharif sowing than a fixed month?

Q158. Which statement best describes the chapter's rice-growing regions as a group?

Q159. A planner wants a winter crop for a north-western district that gets some winter rain. Which advice fits the chapter?

Q160. A field stays under one crop from one monsoon almost to the next, missing both the rabi and the zaid rotations. Which crop is it most likely to be?

Q161. Which statement about the exceptions to the seasonal scheme is correct?

Q162. Which crops do not fit neatly into a single season?

Q163. Sort the chapter's pulses and oilseeds by season.

Q164. 'The three seasons are a useful scheme, but several crops do not fit it neatly.' Explain with examples from the chapter.

Q165. Explain the geographical and human factors that shape where rabi and kharif crops are grown.

Q166. A farmer grows gram after wheat, saying it will leave the field better than it found it. Which idea explains this?

Q167. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Millets are described as having very high nutritional value. Reason (R): They are known as coarse grains.

Q168. An outline map shows a shaded belt running through the middle and lower Ganga plains, Assam, Odisha and the eastern coastal deltas. Which crop's major area is it?

Q169. An outline map shows a shaded belt over Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh. Which crop's major area is it?

Q170. Why would a question on the conditions for rice and a question on the conditions for wheat reward almost opposite answers?

Q171. A student lists Bihar as a major wheat state from the text, but a map question shades Bihar as minor. Which should they follow?

Q172. A hill farmer in Uttarakhand grows a millet on shallow soil. Which millet does the chapter list for that state?

Q173. Why is the phrase 'staple food crop of a majority' used for rice but 'main food crop in the north and north-west' for wheat?

Q174. A planner wants to raise protein intake in a dry, largely vegetarian district without irrigation. Which crop group does the chapter suggest?

Q175. Which statement about the rice and wheat maps is accurate?

Q176. Why might a farmer choose bajra over rice on a sandy field with little rain?

Q177. Compare the conditions required by rice and by wheat.

Q178. 'Rice and wheat divide India between them.' Explain with reference to their conditions and the chapter's maps.

Q179. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Sugarcane needs very little labour to grow. Reason (R): It needs hand labour from planting to harvest.

Q180. Which statement best explains why India grows both apples and bananas?

Q181. A student argues that the book says West Bengal is the largest producer of jute. What is the accurate position?

Q182. Which statement best explains why cotton grows in the Deccan rather than in the Brahmaputra valley?

Q183. A student is asked for 'one beverage crop and its conditions' and names coffee. What should the answer include from the chapter?

Q184. An oil mill buys oilseeds only between April and June, just after the winter crop comes in. Which pair could it be buying?

Q185. Why does a question on the 'largest producer state' of cotton need careful handling?

Q186. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Rubber is grown in parts of India though it is an equatorial crop. Reason (R): Under special conditions it can be grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas.

Q187. A planner wants a fibre crop for a district of flood plains with high temperatures. Which crop does the chapter suggest?

Q188. A cafe advertises its Arabica beans as 'a native Indian variety first grown in Assam'. What does the chapter say instead?

Q189. Why would the chapter's tea conditions and rubber conditions both rule out north-western India?

Q190. Which statement about the six map crops is accurate?

Q191. Which pair of crops does India lead the world in, or come second to Brazil in?

Q192. Compare the conditions required by cotton and by jute.

Q193. How should a student answer a map question asking for the largest producer state of tea?

Q194. 'The book tells you where these crops grow, but not which state grows the most.' Explain how this affects the map questions on the six prescribed crops, and give the conditions of any two of them.

Q195. A state passes laws to abolish zamindari but officials never enforce them. Which weakness of India's first round of reform does this mirror?

Q196. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): A comprehensive land development programme was started in the 1980s and 1990s. Reason (R): The Green and White Revolutions had concentrated development in a few selected areas.

Q197. Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): The Green Revolution did not benefit all of India equally. Reason (R): It was based on the use of package technology.

Q198. Which statement best reflects the chapter's honest assessment of Bhoodan-Gramdan?

Q199. A student lists 'HYV seeds, crop insurance and Grameen banks' as institutional reforms of the 1950s. What is wrong?

Q200. Which of these best explains why the chapter says agriculture needs 'serious technical and institutional reforms'?