MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture

Q.1. The state of …….. is a major producer of Jute.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Answer

Answer: (d) West Bengal

Q.2. Which of the following pulses do not help in restoring soil fertility?
(a) Moong
(b) Gram
(c) Peas
(d) Arhar

Answer

Answer: (d) Arhar
Explanation: Pulses need less moisture and survive even in dry conditions. All leguminous crops or pulses except arhar help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air. Therefore, these are mostly grown in rotation with other crops.

Q.3. What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?
(a) 21%
(b) 12%
(c) 2%
(d) 40%

Answer

Answer: (b) 12%

Q.4. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?
(a) Pulses are grown in both Kharif and Rabi Seasons.
(b) Pulses require intensive and excessive irrigation facilities
(c) They are grown in rotation to replenish fertility of the soil.
(d) Pulses are leguminous crops.

Answer

Answer: (b) Pulses require intensive and excessive irrigation facilities
Explanation: Pulses need less moisture and survive even in dry conditions.

Q.5. Muskmelon grows in
(a) Rabi season
(b) Kharif season
(c) Zaid season
(d) They are grown in both Zaid and Rabi seasons.

Answer

Answer: (c) Zaid season
Explanation: Muskmelon is grown in the Zaid Season. Zaid season comes between Kharif and Rabi season.

Q.6. From which of the following countries was the Arabica variety of coffee initially brought to India?
(a) Yemen
(b) Nepal
(c) Britain
(d) China

Answer

Answer: (a) Yemen

Q.7. Which of the following is an equatorial crop but is also grown as a subtropical and tropical crop?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Rubber
(d) Cotton

Answer

Answer: (c) Rubber

Q.8. Which of the following is an age-old economic activity in our country?
(a) Mining
(b) Agriculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Agriculture

Q.9. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option:
Intensive Subsistence Farming- Labour intensive and Machine based; Primitive Farming………..
(a) Machine based
(b) Traditional methods based
(c) Labour intensive
(d) Modern

Answer

Answer: (b) Traditional methods based

Q.10. Which group of crops can be classified under the classification of millets?
(c) Maize and Wheat
(b) Sesamum and Groundnut
(c) Urad and Arhar
(d) Bajra and Ragi

Answer

Answer: (d) Bajra and Ragi

Q.11. If rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab, in which state is it a subsistence crop?
(a) Odisha
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

Answer

Answer: (a) Odisha

Q.12. Which of the following is a rabi crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Gram
(c) Millets
(d) Cotton

Answer

Answer: (b) Gram
Explanation: Rice, millets and cotton are khari crops grown with the onset of monsoon in pars of the country and harvested in September- October.

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