4.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

CLASS 10 GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS CHAPTER 4. AGRICULTURE 4.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

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4.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)

1. All pulses except _________ help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air.

a) Urad

b) Tur

c) Arhar

d) Masur

2. The Arabica variety of coffee initially brought from _________ is produced in India.

a) France

b) Abu Dhabi

c) Yemen

d) Denmark

3. The Arabica variety of coffee was initially cultivated on the _________.

a) Shiwalik Hills

b) Mahadev Hils

c) Baba Budan Hills

d) Vindhya Ranges

4. The largest producer of groundnuts in India is __________ .

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

5. The Golden fibre refers to _________ fibre.

a) Cotton

b) Silk

c) Jute

d) Wheat

6. Which one of the following is a rabi crop?

a) Millets

b) Gram

c) Rice

d) Cotton

7. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

a) Millets

b) Pulses

c) Sesamum

d) Jowar

8. Which state does not produce cotton?

a) Maharashtra

b) Jharkhand

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

9. Which crop does not have Indian origin?

a) Rice

b) Sugarcane

c) Maize

d) Mango

10. India is the birth place of the following crop _____________ .

a) Coffee

b) Wheat

c) Mango

d) Tea

11. The major coffee producing state is ______________ .

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

12. The place of India in the food grain producing countries is _______ .

a) First

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

13. In which of the following states were cotton textiles industries concentrated?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Assam

c) Orissa

d) Maharashtra

14. Which one of the following states has the maximum number of jute mills?

a) Assam

b) West Bengal

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

15. Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?

a) Plantation Agriculture

b) Horticulture

c) Intensive Agriculture

d) Shifting Agriculture

16. Which one of the following has been declared by the government support of a crop?

a) Influential support price

b) Minimum support price

c) Maximum support price

d) Moderate support price.

(a) Moong
(b) Gram
(c) Peas
(d) Arhar

18. Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as ____
(a) Sericulture
(b) Aquaculture
(c) Apiculture
(d) Pisciculture

19. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif season
(b) Pulses are leguminous crops
(c) They are grown in rotation with other crops
(d) Pulses require intensive irrigation facilities

20. Which of the following is the example of kharif crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Peas

21. 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

22. Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid

23. Which one of the following crops is a beverage crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Bajra

24. Which country is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Pakistan
(d) India

25. Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oilseeds

26. Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Pakistan

27. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light brown
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these

28. Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as well as exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd

29. Which among the following is a fibre crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee

30. Which of the following crops is used both as a food and as a fodder?
(a) Jowar
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Tea

Ans:

1. (c) Arhar

2.(c) Yemen

3. (c) Baba Budan Hills

4.(c) Andhra Pradesh

5. (c) Jute

6.(b) Gram

7. (b) Pulses

8. (b) Jharkhand

9. (c) Maize

10. (c) Mango

11.(c) Karnataka

12. (b) Second

13. (d) Maharashtra

14.(b) West Bengal

15.(d) Shifting Agriculture

16. (b) Minimum Support price.

17.(d) Arhar

18.(a) Sericulture

19.(d) Pulses require intense …..

20.(a) Rice

21.(b) Plantation agriculture

22.(a) Winter

23.(a) Tea

24.(d) India

25.(c) Tea

26.(b) India

27.(d) None of these

28.(c) Tea

29.(b) Jute

30.(c) Maize

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