CBSE Class 12 Geography Land Resources and Agriculture MCQ

Question: What is the formula of cropping intensity in percent?

(a) GCA/NSAx100

(b) NSA/GCAx100

(c) GCA/NSAx1000

(d) GCA/NSA 

Answer : A

Question: Barani cultivation is related to:

(a) Irrigated crops

(b) dry farming

(c) Rain fed

(d) Aerophonics 

Answer : C

Question: Current fallow land is land is land which is left uncultivated for period of :

(a) More than 5 years

(b) 3 to 5 years

(c) 2 to 5 years

(d) 1 or less than 1 year 

Answer : D

Question: Which department is meant for measuring the geographical area of administrative units:

(a) Agricultural Department

(b) Forest department

(c) Revenue department

(d) Survey of India 

Answer : D

Question: Which of the following is not a kharif crop?

(a) Rice

(b) Rapeseeds

(c) Cotton

(d) Maize 

Answer : B

Question: Rabi crops are grown in during the months of:

(a) June-September

(b ) April-June

(c) October-March

(d) Throughout the year 

Answer : C

Question: Aman, Aus & Boro are types of which crop?

(a) Oilseeds

(b) Wheat

(c) Tea

(d) Rice 

Answer : D

Question: Rice research institute of India is situated at:

(a) Cuttack

(b) Kolkata

(c) Chennai

(d) Dehradun 

Answer : A

Question: Which one of the crops is fiber crop?

(a) Sugarcane

(b) Cotton

(c) Tea

(d) Rubber 

Answer : B

Question: Robusta, Arabica and Liberica are varieties of :

(a) Jute

(b) Rubber

(c) Coffee

(d) Tea

Answer : C

Question. Any land which is left fallow (uncultivated) for more than five years is included in which category of land use?
(a) Current fallow
(b) Culturable wasteland
(c) Net sown area
(d) Fallow other then current fallow

Answer : B

Question. Which one of the following crops is not cultivated under dryland farming?
(a) Ragi
(b) Jowar
(c) Groundnut
(d) Sugarcane

Answer : D

Question. Which of these crops is grown in rainfed areas?
(a) Rice
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Pulses
(d) All of these

Answer : C

Question. In which of the following group of countries of the world, HYVs of wheat and rice were developed?
(a) Japan and Australia
(b) USA and Japan
(c) Mexico and Philippines
(d) Mexico and Singapore

Answer : C

Question. The Indian agriculture has been facing which of these problems?
(a) Low productivity
(b) Over dependence on monsoon
(c) Very small landholdings
(d) All of the above

Answer : D 

Question. Which one of the following is the main form of degradation in irrigated areas?
(a) Gully erosion
(b) Wind erosion
(c) Salinisation of soils
(d) Siltation of land

Answer : C 

Question. The increase of which land use category is a recent phenomenon due to use of culturable wasteland?
(a) Net sown area
(b) Current follow
(c) Forests
(d) Barren and wasteland

Answer : A

Question. The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested is known as
(a) Current fallow
(b) Net sown area
(c) Culturable wasteland
(d) Fallow other than current fallow

Answer : B 

Question. The cropping intensity can be calculated by
(a) (GCA × NSA)/100
(b) GCA/(100 × NSA)
(c) GCA/NSA  × 100
(d) NSA/GSA × 100

Answer : C

Question. Which one of the following is the main reason due to which share of forest has shown an increase in the last forty years?
(a) Extensive and efficient efforts of afforestation.
(b) Increase in community forest land.
(c) Increase in notified area allocated for forest growth.
(d) Better people’s participation in managing forest area.

Answer : C

Question. Fallowing is a cultural practise adopted for giving rest to land so that ……… .
(a) land could be cultivated again
(b) land could regain its fertility
(c) land could be used for animal rearing
(d) land could be used to grow another crop

Answer : B 

Question. More than 54% of total cropped area in India is occupied by
(a) Cereals
(b) Pulses
(c) Oilseeds
(d) Fibre crops

Answer : A 

Question. Which type of land-use is owned by the village Panchayat or the Government?
(a) Land put to non-agricultural uses
(b) Forests
(c) Area under permanent pastures and grazing lands.
(d) Culturable wasteland

Answer : C

Question. Wheat is mainly grown in India in which of these regions?
1. Punjab
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Gujarat
Codes
(a) 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4

Answer : B

Question. Which of these categories of land-use has registered an increase from 1950-51 to 2014-2015?
1. Land under forest
2. Net sown area
3. Land under pastures
Codes
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3

Answer : B 

Question. Tea is mainly grown in which of these regions in India?
1. Slopes of Nilgiris
2. Slopes of Cardamom Hills
3. Slopes of Darjeeling Hills
Codes
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and 2

Answer : A

Question. Arrange the following states in sequence as per their position in the production of wheat.
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Punjab
4. Haryana
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 3, 2, 4 and 1
(c) 4, 3, 2 and 1
(d) 2, 4, 3 and 1

Answer : A

Question. Which of these is a Rabi crop in the Northern India?
1. Rice
2. Cotton
3. Wheat
4. Gram
5. Mustard
Codes
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 3, 4 and 5

Answer : D

Question. Which one of the following is not a land-use category?
(a) Fallow land
(b) Marginal land
(c) Net Area Sown
(d) Cultivable land

Answer : B 

Question. Which of the following regions of India is vulnerable to both f loods and droughts?
(a) Odisha
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Kerala

Answer : B

Question. ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ and ‘Boro’are varieties of which crop?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Pulses
(d) Oilseeds

Answer : B

Question. Which of these correctly defines barren and wastelands?
(a) Land which is left uncultivated for more than 5 years.
(b) Land which cannot be brought under cultivation with the use of current technology.
(c) Physical extent of a land on which crops are sown.
(d) Land under orchards and fruit trees.

Answer : B

Question. Cucumber is a crop of
(a) Rabi season
(b) Kharif season
(c) Zaid season
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer : C

Question. Which state is the leading producer of Gram?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Answer : A

Question. Match the following correctly and choose the correct option:
List I                                   List II
(Crop)                   (Cultivating Region/State)
A. Rice                         1. Maharashtra
B. Wheat                      2. Malwa Plateau
C. Tur (Arhar)               3. West Bengal
Codes
     A B C
(a) 1 3 2
(b) 3 2 1
(c) 1 2 3
(d) 3 1 2

Answer : B