CBSE Class 10 Social Science Agriculture MCQs Set B

Question: Which of the following types of farming is practised in areas with high population pressure on land?
a) Primitive Subsistence farming
b) Intensive Subsistence farming
c) Commercial Farming
d) Plantations
Answer: b

Question: What part of total population of India is engaged in agriculture activities?
a) 2/3
b) 1/3
c) 2/5
d) 1/4
Answer: a

Question: The price announced by the government in support of a crop is
a) Maximum support price
b) Minimum support price
c) Moderate support price
d) Influential support price
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is a leguminous crop?
a) Pulses
b) Jowar
c) Millets
d) Sesamum
Answer: a

Question: The oil-seed in India grown in both Rabi and Kharif seasons is
a) Groundnut
b) Coconut
c) Castor-seed
d) Mustard
Answer: c

Question: Agriculture where a single crop is grown on large area is called
a) Shifting Agriculture
b) Plantation agriculture
c) Horticulture
d) Extensive Agriculture
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following crops is produced during zaid cropping season?
a) Sugarcane
b) Muskmelon
c) Groundnut
d) Moong
Answer: b

Question: Barley, peas, gram, wheat, and mustard are grown in which cropping season?
a) Kharif season
b) Rabi season
c) Zaid season
d) All of the options
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following right leads to the division of land among upcoming generations in India?
a) The right to property
b) The right of inheritance
c) The right of successor
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: Given below are some geographical conditions required for the growth of tea crops in India except one. Find it out:
a) Tea is a labour intensive industry
b) It requires warm and moist frost-free climate all through the year
c) It grows well in tropical and sub-tropical climates
d) It is a beverage crop introduced by the Portuguese in India
Answer: d

Question: Which of the following is an age-old economic activity in our country?
a) Mining
b) Agriculture
c) Sericulture
d) All of the options
Answer: b

Question: Being leguminous crops, pulses help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air except:
a) Urad
b) Arhar
c) Moong
d) Masur
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following price is announced by the government in support of a crop?
a) Minimum Subsidised Prices
b) Maximum Support Prices
c) Minimum Support Prices
d) Maximum Subsidised Prices
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following is a rabi crop?
a) Rice
b) Gram
c) Millets
d) Cotton
Answer: b

Question: Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
(i) Sugar (ii) Transport (iii) Grocery Item (iv) Sugarcane
a) (i)—(iv)—(iii)—(ii)
b) (iii)—(iv)—(i)—(ii)
c) (iv)—(i)—(ii)—(iii)
d) (iii)—(iv)—(ii)—(i)
Answer: c

Question: The ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in which country?
a) Indonesia
b) Vietnam
c) Brazil
d) Mexico
Answer: d

Question: It’s a type of agriculture where farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. That is:
a) Commercial farming
b) Extensive farming
c) Modern farming
d) Slash and burn farming
Answer: d

Question: Maximum consumption of natural rubber is made in –
a) Auto tyres & tubes
b) Footwear
c) Belts and hoses
d) Dipped goods
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following is not an agro-based industry?
a) Cement Industry
b) Jute Industry
c) Cotton textile Industry
d) Sugar Industry
Answer: a

Question: The following is associated with primitive subsistence farming:
a) Chemical fertilizers
b) Monsoon
c) High yield crops or seeds
d) Insecticides
Answer: b

Question: The basic conditions for the growth of rice crops is
a) Temperature– 25°C, Rainfall– 100 cm-200 cm.
b) Temperature– 20-25°C, Rainfall– 50 cm-75 cm.
c) Temperature– 21-27°C, Rainfall– 50 cm-75 cm.
d) Temperature– 20-25°C, Rainfall– 50 cm-75 cm.
Answer: a

Question: Which crop provides the raw material for Jaggery and Molasses?
a) Wheat
b) Ragi
c) Sugarcane
d) Oil seeds
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
a) China
b) Brazil
c) India
d) Yemen
Answer: c

Question: What is Humus?
a) Topmost layer of soil
b) Bottom-most layer of soil
c) Middle layer of soil
d) None of the options
Answer: a

Question: In which of the following countries the ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is known as ‘Roca’?
a) Brazil
b) Vietnam
c) Venezuela
d) Mexico
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
a) Pulses
b) Jawar
c) Millets
d) Sesamum
Answer: a

Question: India is the larger producer as well as the consumer of the world?
a) Wheat
b) Maize
c) Pulses
d) Millets
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?
a) Rice
b) Gram
c) Millets
d) Cotton
Answer: b

Question: Millets have high nutritional value and are rich in-
a) Iron and calcium
b) Minerals
c) Phosphate
d) Proteins
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop is grown on a large area?
a) Shifting agriculture
b) Plantation agriculture
c) Horticulture
d) Intensive agriculture
Answer: b