CBSE Class 10 Social Science Agriculture MCQs Set 03

Question: The main food crop of Kharif season is-
a) Mustard
b) Pulses
c) Rice
d) Wheat
Answer: c

Question: One of the major pulse producing state of India is
a) Kerala
b) Goa
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: c

Question: Kharif: ______________, Rabi : barley, Zaid : watermelon
a) gram
b) wheat
c) oilseeds
d) moong
Answer: a

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

Question: Commercial farming is practised the most in the states of
a) Punjab and Haryana
b) Orissa and West Bengal
c) Rajasthan
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: a

Question: Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called:
a) Floriculture
b) Sericulture
c) Horticulture
d) Agriculture
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following is ‘Kharif’ crop:
a) Wheat
b) Mustard
c) Maize
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Of the following, example of leguminous crop is
a) Pulses
b) Millets
c) Jowar
d) Sesamum
Answer: a

Question: The crop that is used both, as food and fodder
a) Ragi
b) Jowar
c) Maize
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: In which of the following states, Green Revolution was most successful for growing Rabi crops?
a) Punjab and Tamil Nadu
b) Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
c) Haryana and Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
Answer: b

Question: About 90% of Rubber demand is met by
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra
Answer: a

Question: A short season in between Rabi and Kharif season is known as-
a) Aus
b) Boro
c) Zaid
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Jhumming in Brazil is called
a) Ladang
b) Masole
c) Roca
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is not correct about plantation crop?
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) Plantation cover large tracts of land called estates.
d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling the trees and burning them, to produce cereals and other food crops.
Answer: d

Question: Wheat requires annual rainfall between-
a) 50 and 75 cm
b) About 200 cm
c) 200 and 300 cm
d) Less than 20 cm
Answer: a

Question: Tick the characteristics of Commercial farming
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 is high on land.
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following pulses does not help in restoring soil fertility.
a) Moong
b) Gram
c) Peas
d) Arhar
Answer: d

Question: Jowar is the ___________ most important food crop with respect to area and production.
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) fourth
Answer: c

Question: Important non-food crops of our country are-
a) Tea and coffee
b) Millets and pulses
c) Cotton and jute
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: The main food crop of Rabi season is-
a) Wheat
b) Rice
c) Maize
d) Jowar
Answer: c

Question: Kharif crops are grown-
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 options
Answer: a

Question: Rabi crops are-
a) sown in winter and harvested in summers.
b) sown during rainy season and harvested in winter.
c) sown in summer and harvested in winter.
d) None of the options
Answer: a

Question: What is ‘Boro’?
a) Kharif crop
b) Zaid crop
c) Rabi crop
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: India is the third largest producer of Rice after China and Pakistan. State whether the statement is True or False.
Answer: False

Question: Rice a rabi crop,is grown with the withdrawal of monsoon in different parts of India. State whether the statement is True or False.
Answer: False

Question: Maize is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. State whether the statement True or False.
Answer: True

Question: India is the ……………….. producer of sugarcane in the world.
Answer: Second largest

Question: ………………… is a ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. Farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family.
Answer: Primitive Subsistence Farming

Match the Following

Question: Match the following terms of column ‘A’ with suitable options from column ‘B’ :
Column ‘A’                Column ‘B’
(a) Milpa               (i) Mexico and Central America
(b) Conuco            (ii) Venzuela
(c) Roca                (iii) Brazil
(d) Masola            (iv) Central Africa
(e) Ladang            (v) Vietnam
(f) Ray                 (vi) Indonesia
(A) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv), (e)-(vi), (f)-(v)
(B) (a)-(v), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv), (e)-(vi), (f)-(i)
(C) (a)-(i), (b)-(vi), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv), (e)-(ii), (f)-(v)
(D) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii), (e)-(vi), (f)-(v)
Answer: a