CBSE Questions for Class 12 Commerce Economics Rural Development Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

Which of the following is the characteristic of organic farming?
1. Use of chemical fertilizers to improve soil fertility
2. Frequent decomposing and fallowing.
3. Use of herbs to control pests.
4. Higher productivity per hectare.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  • 1 and 4 only
  • 1, 3 and 4 only
  • 2 and 3 only
  • 2, 3 and 4
Growing trees and shrubs in small pots is
  • Bonsai
  • Culture
  • Green gardening
  • Tree culture
Plants of tropical and sub-tropical regions are called ______.
  • Megatherms
  • Mesotherms
  • Microtherms
  • Hekistotherm
Intensive agriculture is related to which of the following?
  • Commercial farming
  • Subsistence farming
  • Commercial animal rearing
  • Organic farming
The most important feature of Mediterranean agriculture is ______.
  • rainfed agriculture
  • mixed cropping
  • viticulture
  • dry field farming
Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?
  • Kolkhoz
  • Mixed farming
  • Viticulture
  • Plantation
Ladang is a type of slash and burn agriculture in ______.
  • North-Eastern states of India
  • Mexico and Central America
  • Brazil
  • Indonesia and Malaysia
Consider the following agricultural practices:
Contour bunding
Relay cropping
Zero tillage
In the context of global climate change, which of the above help/helps in carbon seques-tration/storage in the soil?
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • None of the above
In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment?
  • Russia
  • India
  • Denmark
  • The Netherlands
Jhumming is a shifting agriculture practised in _________.
  • North-Eastern India
  • South-Western India
  • South-Eastern India
  • Northern India
Match the following:
List I
(Types)		List II
(Method)
(A) Terrace farming(1) Different crops grown parallely
(B) Strip cropping(2) Hill slopes are used as cultivable land in the form of flat cut regions of slope
(C) Contour ploughing(3) Along the slope of mountain
(D) Crop rotation(4) Different crops grown in systematic succession
  • $$A-2; B-1; C-3; D-4$$
  • $$A-4; B-1; C-3; D-2$$
  • $$A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2$$
  • $$A-1; B-4; C-3; D-2$$
In which of the following types of agriculture is the farming of citrus fruit very important?
  • Market gardening
  • Mediterranean agriculture
  • Plantation agriculture
  • Co-operative farming
Which of the following is the chief characteristic of 'mixed farming'?
  • Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops
  • Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
  • Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
  • None of the above
Terrance farming is done __________.
  • on the slope of hills
  • in dry regions
  • on roof tops
  • on mountain tops
An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops? 
  • Rice and wheat
  • Rice, wheat and pulses
  • Rice, wheat, pulses and oil seeds
  • Rice, wheat, pulses, oil seeds and vegetables
Following are the characteristics of an area in India.
Hot and humid climate.
Annual rainfall 200 cm.
Hill slopes upto an altitude of 1100 metres.
Annual rage of temperature $$15^0 C$$ to $$30^0 C$$.
Which one among the following crops are you most likely to find in the area described above?
  • Mustard
  • Cotton
  • Pepper
  • Virginia Tobacco
A farmer in a semi-arid area claims that his farming practice is very environment friendly. Which of the following practices on his farm can justify his claim?
Planting a tree belt
Practising crop rotation
Carrying out a large scale irrigation system
Using organic fertilisers
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  • 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
  • 1 and 2
Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton?
  • North-Western India and Gangetic West Bengal
  • North Western and Western India
  • Western and Southern India
  • Plains of Northern India
Which one of the following is the example of subsistence farming?
  • Shifting cultivation
  • Commercial farming
  • Extensive and intensive farming
  • Organic farming
In which of the following states, Kuruwa ________ the primitive form of cultivation is practiced?
  • Jharkhand
  • Odisha
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Andhra Pradesh
Consider the following crops of India:
Groundnut
Sesamum
Pearl millet
Which of the above is/are predominantly rainfed crop/crops?
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • Only 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
A farmer in a semi-arid area claims that his farming practice is very environment friendly. Which of the following practices on his farm can justify his claim?
Planting a tree belt.
Practising crop rotation.
Carrying out a large scale irrigation system.
Using organic fertilisers.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 1. 3 and 4
  • 1 and 2
Which of the following areas has tea plantation?
  • Lower sides of Nilgiri
  • Sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal
  • Cardamom hills in Western Ghats
  • All of the above
Consider the following statements
In India, rubber is cultivated in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu only.
India ranks second in production as well as consumption of natural rubber in the world.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct? 
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
In an ecotone, the species which become abundant are called ____________.
  • edge species
  • keystone species
  • endemic species
  • foster species
Which of the following statements are related to the favourable conditions of the growth of tobacco?
It requires a moderately high temperature.
It cannot be grown $$1000 m$$ above sea level.
It requires a heavy average annual rainfall.
Red soil is suitable for its growing.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  • 3 and 4
  • 2 and 4
  • 1 and 4
  • 1 and 3
Which of the following statements are related to the favorable conditions of the growth of tobacco?
It requires a moderately high temperature.
It cannot be grown 1000m above sea level.
It requires a heavy average annual rainfall.
Red soil is suitable for its growing.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • 3 and 4
  • 2 and 4
  • 1 and 4
  • 1 and 3
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List IList II
(Farming Area)(State)
A.Doab1.Assam
B.Char2.Karnataka
C.Maidan3.Punjab
D.Terai4.Uttar Pradesh
Codes
  • A - 3, B - 2, C - 1, D - 4
  • A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 4
  • A - 4, B - 1, C - 2, D - 3
  • A - 4, B - 2, C - 1, D - 3
Consider the following statements.
In India, groundnut crop is raised mostly during the Kharif season under rainfed conditions.
In India, tobacco is cultivated only in black cotton soils.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?   
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements with reference to foodchains in ecosystems.
A foodchain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feed upon each other.
Foodchains are found within the population of a species.
A foodchain illustrates the numbers of each organisms, which are eaten by others.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
  • None of these
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