Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for Class 10 Social Science: Chapter 04 Agriculture
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(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture
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Answer: (b) Plantation agriculture
Explanation:
1. Plantation agriculture is defined by growing a single crop over a large area, often as an estate.
Teacher's Note:
a) Plantation agriculture means a single crop grown over a large estate.
b) Shifting and intensive agriculture instead involve different land-use patterns.
(a) Plots of land are fragmented
(b) Transport and communication plays an important role
(c) The yield is usually low
(d) The pressure of population on land is high
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Answer: (b) Transport and communication plays an important role
Explanation:
1. Commercial farming depends heavily on good transport and communication to move produce to distant markets.
Teacher's Note:
a) Transport and communication are essential to commercial farming's market access.
b) Fragmented plots, low yield and high population pressure are instead features of subsistence farming.
(a) Rabi crops are sown - October to December
(b) Gram - a paddy crop
(c) Aus, Aman and Boro - government schemes
(d) Kissan Credit Card - increased the production
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Answer: (a) Rabi crops are sown - October to December
Explanation:
1. Rabi crops are indeed sown from October to December and harvested in summer; the other pairs are incorrect (gram is a pulse, not paddy; Aus/Aman/Boro are rice varieties grown in different seasons, not government schemes).
Teacher's Note:
a) Rabi crops are sown October-December, harvested in summer.
b) The other listed pairs misdescribe gram, and Aus/Aman/Boro (which are rice-crop varieties, not schemes).
(a) Ragi
(b) Jowar
(c) Maize
(d) None of these
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Answer: (c) Maize
Explanation:
1. Maize is used both as a food grain for humans and as fodder for livestock.
Teacher's Note:
a) Maize serves as both human food and animal fodder.
b) This dual use makes it an especially versatile Kharif crop.
(a) Moong
(b) Mustard
(c) Urad
(d) Watermelon
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Answer: (d) Watermelon
Explanation:
1. Watermelon is a Zaid crop, grown during the short summer season between the Rabi and Kharif seasons.
Teacher's Note:
a) Watermelon is a classic Zaid-season crop.
b) Zaid crops are grown in the short summer window between Rabi and Kharif.
(a) Kharif crop
(b) Zaid crop
(c) Rabi crop
(d) None of these
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Answer: (c) Rabi crop
Explanation:
1. Boro is a rice crop grown in parts of eastern India, classified here as a Rabi-season crop.
Teacher's Note:
a) Boro is treated as a Rabi-season rice crop in this classification.
b) It is distinct from the Kharif-season Aus and Aman rice varieties.
(a) Ladang
(b) Masole
(c) Roca
(d) None of these
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Answer: (c) Roca
Explanation:
1. Shifting cultivation (jhumming in India) is known as 'Roca' in Brazil; 'Ladang' is instead the term used in Malaysia/Indonesia.
Teacher's Note:
a) Brazil's name for shifting cultivation is Roca.
b) Different countries use different local names: Ladang (Malaysia/Indonesia), Milpa (Central America), Roca (Brazil).
(a) Gram
(b) Wheat
(c) Oilseeds
(d) Moong
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Answer: (d) Moong
Explanation:
1. Moong is a genuine Kharif-season pulse, unlike gram and wheat, which are Rabi crops.
Teacher's Note:
a) Moong fits the Kharif slot in this seasonal pattern.
b) Gram and wheat are Rabi crops, so they don't belong in the Kharif blank.
(a) Rice
(b) Gram
(c) Millets
(d) Cotton
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Answer: (b) Gram
Explanation:
1. Gram is a Rabi crop, sown in winter and harvested in summer.
Teacher's Note:
a) Gram is grown in the Rabi (winter) season.
b) Rice, millets and cotton are instead Kharif crops.
(a) Pulses
(b) Jowar
(c) Millets
(d) Sesamum
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Answer: (a) Pulses
Explanation:
1. Pulses belong to the legume family and help restore soil nitrogen.
Teacher's Note:
a) Pulses are the leguminous crop among these options.
b) They help fix nitrogen in the soil, improving its fertility.
(a) Maximum support price
(b) Minimum support price
(c) Moderate support price
(d) Influential support price
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Answer: (b) Minimum support price
Explanation:
1. The government announces a Minimum Support Price (MSP) to protect farmers from sharp price falls during bumper harvests.
Teacher's Note:
a) MSP (Minimum Support Price) protects farmers from price crashes.
b) It is announced before the sowing season for key crops.
(a) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry
(c) Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops
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Answer: (d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops
Explanation:
1. Clearing and burning land to grow cereals describes shifting cultivation, not plantation farming, making it the incorrect statement about plantations.
Teacher's Note:
a) Clearing/burning land for cereals describes shifting cultivation, not plantations.
b) Plantations instead involve a single cash crop grown over large estates.
(a) Rice and maize
(b) Wheat and pulses
(c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane
Explanation:
1. Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane are classic plantation crops, grown as single cash crops over large estates.
Teacher's Note:
a) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane are plantation crops.
b) Rice, maize, wheat and pulses are instead typical field crops.
(a) Aus, Aman and Boro
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
Explanation:
1. India's three main crop seasons are Rabi, Kharif and Zaid.
Teacher's Note:
a) India's crop seasons: Rabi, Kharif, Zaid.
b) Aus, Aman and Boro are instead rice varieties grown in different seasons in eastern India.
(a) Sown in winter and harvested in summer
(b) Sown during the rainy season and harvested in winter
(c) Sown in summer and harvested in winter
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (a) Sown in winter and harvested in summer
Explanation:
1. Rabi crops are sown in winter (October-December) and harvested in summer (April-June).
Teacher's Note:
a) Rabi crops: sown in winter, harvested in summer.
b) Examples include wheat, gram and mustard.
(a) With the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October
(b) With the onset of winter and harvested in summer
(c) With the onset of autumn and harvested in summer
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (a) With the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October
Explanation:
1. Kharif crops are sown with the onset of the monsoon and harvested around September-October.
Teacher's Note:
a) Kharif crops: sown with the monsoon, harvested by autumn.
b) Rice, maize, cotton and jowar are common Kharif crops.
(a) Mustard
(b) Pulses
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat
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Answer: (c) Rice
Explanation:
1. Rice is the main food crop of the Kharif season in India.
Teacher's Note:
a) Rice is the leading Kharif-season food crop.
b) It needs the heavy monsoon rainfall that defines this season.
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Maize
(d) Jowar
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Answer: (a) Wheat
Explanation:
1. Wheat is the main food crop of the Rabi season, grown in winter across North India.
Teacher's Note:
a) Wheat is the leading Rabi-season food crop.
b) It is sown in winter and harvested by early summer.
(a) Wheat is the most important crop of the country, whereas rice is the second most important crop
(b) India is the second-largest producer of wheat, while it holds first position in the production of rice in the world
(c) Wheat requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall, and rice requires more than 100 cm
(d) Wheat is a Kharif crop, whereas rice is a Rabi crop
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Answer: (c) Wheat requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall, and rice requires more than 100 cm
Explanation:
1. Wheat needs relatively low rainfall (50-75 cm), while rice needs heavy rainfall (over 100 cm) — this is an accurate distinction between the two crops.
Teacher's Note:
a) Wheat needs 50-75 cm rainfall; rice needs over 100 cm.
b) The other options reverse facts: wheat is actually Rabi, not Kharif, and India leads the world in rice production, not just second in wheat.
(a) Primitive subsistence
(b) Plantation farming
(c) Small farming or zero-based farming
(d) Commercial farming
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Answer: (d) Commercial farming
Explanation:
1. Commercial farming relies heavily on modern inputs like HYV seeds, fertilisers and pesticides to maximise yield for sale.
Teacher's Note:
a) Commercial farming uses heavy modern inputs for market-oriented production.
b) This differs from primitive/subsistence farming, which relies on traditional methods.
(a) Machine based
(b) Traditional methods based
(c) Labour intensive
(d) Modern
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Answer: (b) Traditional methods based
Explanation:
1. Primitive farming relies on traditional tools and methods, unlike intensive subsistence farming, which uses labour and machines together.
Teacher's Note:
a) Primitive farming is traditional-methods based, using simple tools.
b) Intensive subsistence farming instead blends heavy labour with some machine use.
(a) Pulses are grown in both Kharif and Rabi seasons
(b) Pulses require intensive and excessive irrigation facilities
(c) They are grown in rotation to replenish fertility of the soil
(d) Pulses are leguminous crops
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Answer: (b) Pulses require intensive and excessive irrigation facilities
Explanation:
1. Pulses actually require little irrigation and can grow on moisture stored in the soil, making the claim that they need 'intensive and excessive irrigation' false.
Teacher's Note:
a) Pulses need very little irrigation, not excessive irrigation.
b) This is why they're often grown on residual soil moisture, in rotation with other crops.
(a) Tea is a labour-intensive industry
(b) It requires a warm and moist, frost-free climate all through the year
(c) It grows well in tropical and sub-tropical climates
(d) It grows in black soil in the Deccan traps
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Answer: (d) It grows in black soil in the Deccan traps
Explanation:
1. Tea actually requires deep, fertile, well-drained soil rich in humus, not the black soil of the Deccan traps (which is associated with cotton cultivation instead), making this statement the odd one out.
Teacher's Note:
a) Tea needs deep, humus-rich, well-drained soil, not black (Deccan trap) soil.
b) Black soil is instead associated with cotton cultivation.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
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Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Explanation:
1. Agriculture is indeed age-old, and cultivation methods have indeed changed significantly — but the change in methods doesn't explain why agriculture is age-old; the two facts are both true but unconnected as cause and explanation.
Teacher's Note:
a) Both statements are factually true, but they describe separate facts, not cause-and-effect.
b) Agriculture's age doesn't depend on whether methods changed over time.
(a) Statements (I) and (II) are appropriate
(b) Statements (I), (II) and (III) are appropriate
(c) All the statements are appropriate
(d) Only statement (IV) is appropriate
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Answer: (b) Statements (I), (II) and (III) are appropriate
Explanation:
1. Statements I, II and III correctly describe commercial farming's varying intensity and crop role across regions; statement IV ('slash and burn') instead describes primitive subsistence farming, not commercial farming.
Teacher's Note:
a) I, II and III correctly describe commercial farming's variable, place-dependent nature.
b) 'Slash and burn' (IV) describes primitive subsistence farming, not commercial farming.
(a) Gram
(b) Maize
(c) Millets
(d) Pulse
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Answer: (c) Millets
Explanation:
1. Jowar, bajra and ragi are classified as millets, a subgroup of cereals alongside rice and wheat.
Teacher's Note:
a) Jowar, bajra and ragi fall under the category of millets.
b) Millets are one of the main types of cereal crops in India.
(a) (I), (IV), (III) and (II)
(b) (II), (III), (I) and (IV)
(c) (III), (II), (I) and (IV)
(d) (II), (I), (IV) and (III)
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Answer: (a) (I), (IV), (III) and (II)
Explanation:
1. India attained Independence in 1947 (I); the Green Revolution began in the 1960s (IV); the White Revolution followed afterward (III); and the comprehensive land development programme came after these reforms (II).
Teacher's Note:
a) Correct order: Independence (1947) → Green Revolution (1960s) → White Revolution → land development programme.
b) This traces India's post-independence agricultural reform timeline.
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Rice
(d) Sugarcane
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Answer: (b) Maize
Explanation:
1. Maize fits all these clues: it is used as both food and fodder, is a Kharif crop in this temperature range, and has benefited from modern agricultural inputs.
Teacher's Note:
a) Maize is used as both food and fodder, grown in Kharif season.
b) It has seen rising production thanks to modern agricultural inputs.
(a) Burning should be encouraged
(b) More crops could be cultivated
(c) Organic fertilisers could be added to the soil to regain fertility rather than abandoning it
(d) Crops cultivated could be diversified
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Answer: (c) Organic fertilisers could be added to the soil to regain fertility rather than abandoning it
Explanation:
1. Adding organic fertiliser to restore soil fertility is a genuine alternative to burning crop residue, directly reducing the pollution it causes.
Teacher's Note:
a) Organic fertiliser can restore soil fertility without needing to burn crop residue.
b) This directly reduces the air pollution caused by stubble burning.
(a) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(b) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(c) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(d) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
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Answer: (c) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
Explanation:
1. Guava is significantly grown in Uttar Pradesh (III); oranges in Maharashtra's Nagpur region (IV); apples in Jammu and Kashmir (I); and bananas in Kerala (II).
Teacher's Note:
a) Guava = UP; Orange = Nagpur, Maharashtra.
b) Apple = Jammu & Kashmir; Banana = Kerala.
(a) Clue (II)
(b) Clue (I) and (III)
(c) Clue (I) and (II)
(d) Clue (IV)
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Answer: (c) Clue (I) and (II)
Explanation:
1. Groundnut is specifically a Kharif crop that accounts for about half of India's major oilseed production, making Clues (I) and (II) the most reliably identifying details; Haryana is not actually the largest groundnut producer (Gujarat is).
Teacher's Note:
a) Groundnut is a Kharif crop providing about half of India's major oilseed output.
b) Haryana is NOT the largest groundnut producer, so that clue is misleading.
(a) Improving rural infrastructure
(b) Establishing agricultural universities
(c) Increasing export duties on agricultural products
(d) Investing in research in meteorology and weather forecasting
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Answer: (c) Increasing export duties on agricultural products
Explanation:
1. Increasing export duties would discourage agricultural exports and trade, rather than helping modernise agriculture, unlike the other three genuinely supportive measures.
Teacher's Note:
a) Higher export duties would hurt, not help, agricultural modernisation.
b) Infrastructure, education and weather research all genuinely support modernisation.
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