Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Identify the feature of mixed farming from the following:
Options
It is most advanced and efficient type of reading milch animals.
Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
It was introduced by the Europeans in colonies.
The regions where farmers specialised in vegetables only.
Solution
Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
Explanation:
First option is the feature of dairy farming; second option is the feature of mixed farming, third option is the feature of plantation agriculture and fourth option is the feature of truck farming.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What is marketable surplus?
While subsidies encourage farmers to use new technology, they are a huge burden on government finances. Discuss the usefulness of subsidies in the light of this fact.
Why, despite the implementation of green revolution, 65 per cent of our population continued to be engaged in the agriculture sector till 1990?
Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment?
Growing of flowers is called:
Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?
Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also called ‘slash and burn agriculture’?
Discuss the important characteristic features of plantation agriculture. Name a few important plantation crops from different countries.
Define truck farming.
Why is dairy farming practised mainly near urban and industrial centres?
List the different uses of minerals in ancient times.
What is the meaning of market gardening and horticulture?
Which sector of the economy removes or harvests products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food?
Which sector of the economy takes raw materials from the primary sector and manufactures them into goods?
The motive behind the introduction of land reforms in India was ______.
In which year India adopted HYVP?
Initially, HYVP was implemented in about ______.
Which of the following colonial super power had a monopoly over sugarcane plantations in Indonesia?
Which of the following is not a feature of dairy farming?
- Rearing of Milch animals.
- Located near urbanised & industrialised area.
- Transport is not very important.
- Low capital investment.
______ refers to the difference between the total output produced by a farmer .and his on-farm consumption. In other words, it is that portion of the total output that the farmer sells in the market.
Which of the following relates to the term 'distress sale'?
What are the factors contributing to land degradation in India?
The characteristic features of plantation farming is/are:-
Due to which reason Mediterranean region has remained one of the most favourable places to live since human history?
Match the following.
| Column I (Types of Agriculture) |
Column II (Regions) |
| A. Mediterranean Agriculture | 1. Tunisia |
| B. Co-operative Farming | 2. Netherlands |
| C. Market Gardening and Horticulture | 3. N-EUSA |
| D. Collective Farming | 4. USSR |
| E. Dairy Farming | 5. Canada |
| F. Mixed Farming | 6. N-W Europe |
‘Land ceiling promotes equity.’ Support the given statement with valid explanation.
The shackles of agriculture during the colonial rule were permanently broken by the Green Revolution that resulted from the application of ______.
- High Yielding Varieties (HYV)
- Mechanization of Agriculture
- Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides
- Organic Fertilizers and Pesticides
“In India, after 1947 land reforms were introduced on a large scale.”
In the light of the given statement, discuss any one such land reform.
