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Question 441. Cotton is facing competition from sugarcane in the region of the black soil in Maharashtra. This is due to
  1.    Declined yield of cotton in this region
  2.    Expansion of irrigation has made this region suitable for sugarcane cultivation which is more profitable crop
  3.    A general change in the climate of this region
  4.    Increasing demand for sugar and rising price of sugar in the country
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Expansion of irrigation has made this region suitable for sugarcane cultivation which is more profitable crop
Answer: (b)
Question 442. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    Canyon - River
  2.    Inselberg - Glacier
  3.    Zeugen - Wind
  4.    Moraine – Glacier
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Inselberg - Glacier
Answer: (b)
Question 443. Jhum cultivation is a problem in the hilly areas of
  1.    Assam and Bihar
  2.    Odisha and Madhya Pradesh
  3.    Bihar and Odisha
  4.    Maharashtra and U.P.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Assam and Bihar
Answer: (a)
Question 444. Dry farming in India is extensively practised in
  1.    Kanara Plains
  2.    Coromandal Plains
  3.    Deccan Plateau
  4.    Ganga Plains
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Deccan Plateau
Answer: (c)Dry Areas receive an annual rainfall of 750 mm or less and there is no irrigation facility for raising crops. Most of the rivers of the Deccan Plateau are seasonal and the rainfall received from retreating monsoon winds is also moderate. So Dry Farming in India is extensively practiced in Deccan Plateau.
Question 445. Arrange the following states of India in descending order of their maize production and select the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Bihar

  3. Karnataka

  4. Rajasthan


Code
  1.    3, 2, 4, 1
  2.    4, 3, 1, 2
  3.    1, 2, 3, 4
  4.    1, 3, 4, 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 3, 4, 2
Answer: (d)
Question 446. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Crop Variety
  1.    Paddy Govind
  2.    Arhar Paras
  3.    Wheat Shusk Samrat
  4.    Pea Prakash
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Wheat Shusk Samrat
Answer: (c)
Shusk Samrat is a variety of rice.
Question 447. ‘Operation Flood’ is associated with–
  1.    milk production
  2.    flood control
  3.    wheat production
  4.    water harvesting
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> milk production
Answer: (a)Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world's biggest dairy development programme which made India, a milk-deficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world.
Question 448. Monoculture is a typical characteristic of—
  1.    shifting cultivation
  2.    specialised horticulture
  3.    subsistence farming
  4.    commercial grain farming
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> commercial grain farming
Answer: (d)
Monoculture is the agricultural practise of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.
It is widely used in modern industrial agriculture and its implementation has allowed for large harvests from minimal labour.
However, this ratio remains true only if the accounting for the labour required is limited to the number of workers employed on the farm. If the indirect work of employees involved in producing chemicals and machinery are taken into account, the ratio of labour to output is higher.
Question 449. Kharif crops are sown
  1.    a the beginning of the South-West monsoon
  2.    at the beginning of the North-East monsoon
  3.    at the end of the SouthWest monsoon
  4.    at the end of North-East moonson
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a the beginning of the South-West monsoon
Answer: (a)
Kharif crops refer to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any domesticated plant sown in the rainy (monsoon) season on the Asian subcontinent.
Such crops are planted for autumn harvest and may also be called the summer or monsoon crop in India and Pakistan. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the southwest monsoon season.
In Pakistan, the Kharif season starts on April 16th and lasts until October 15th.
In India, the Kharif season varies by crop and state, with Kharif starting at the earliest in May and ending at the latest in January, but is popularly considered to start in June and to end in October. Examples include Millet, Paddy, etc.
Question 450. The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the production of
  1.    Oilseed
  2.    Sugarcane
  3.    Wheat
  4.    Pulses
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Wheat
Answer: (c)

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