Agriculture NCERT Contemporary India Class 10 Question and Answers
Agriculture
i) Which one 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) Plantation Agriculture
ii) Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
a) Rice
b) Gram
c) Millets
d) Sesamum
Answer :
b) Gram
iii) Which one of the following is leguminous crop?
a) Pulses
b) Jawar
c) Millets
d) Sesamum
Answer : a) Pulses
2. Answer the following questions in 30 words.
i. Name one important beverages crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.
Answer:
Tea Cultivation is an example of plantation agriculture. It is also and important beverage crop introduced in India. The tea plant grow well in tropical and subtropical climate endowed with deep and fertile well-drained soil, rich in human organic matter. Tea bushes required warm and moist frost-free climate all the through year.
ii. Name one staple crop of India and the regions where it is produced.
Answer:
Rice is the staple crop of majority of the people in India . Rice is grown in the plains of the north and north-eastern India, coastal areas and the deltaic regions.
iii. Enlist the various institutional reform programmes introduced by the government in the interest of farmers.
Answer:
Kissan Credit Card (KCC), personal Accident Insurance Scheme(PAIS) are some schemes introduced by the Government of India for the benefit of the farmers. Moreover, special weather bulletins and agricultural programmes for farmers were introduced on the radio and television. The government also announces minimum support price, remunerative and procurement price for important crops to check the exploitation of farmers by speculators and middlemen.
iv. The land under cultivation has got reduced day by day. Can you imagine its consequences?
Answer:
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Answer the following the questions in about 120 words.
i. Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production.
Answer:
The government of India embarked upon introducing agricultural reforms to improve agriculture in 1960s and 1970s. The Green Revolution based on the use of package technology and the white revolution(operation flood) were some of the strategies initiated to improve the lot of Indian agriculture.
In 1980s and 19990s, a comprehensive land development programme was initiated, which included both institutional and technical reforms. Kissan Credit Card (KCC), Personal Accident Insurance Scheme(PAIS) are some schemes introduced by the Government of India for the benefit of the farmers.
ii. Describe the impact of globalisation on Indian agriculture
Answer:
Globalisation is not a new phenomenon. It was there at the time of colonisation. In the nineteenth century when European traders come to india, at the time too, Indian spices were exported to different countries of world and farmers of south India were encouraged to grow these crops.
Cotton textile industry in Manchester and liverpool flourished due to the availability of good quality cotton from India. Under globalisation, particularly after 1990s, the farmers in India have been exposed to new challenges. Despite being an important producer of rice, cotton, rubber, tea, coffee, jute and spices our agricultural products are not able to compete with the developed countries because of the highly subsidised agriculture in those countries.
iii. Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.
Answer:
✓. Rice is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
✓. Rice is grown in the plains of North and North-eastern india.
✓. Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tubewells have made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall .
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