AGRICULTURE CLASS-X

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1. “Wheat and rice farming in India are fairly different from each other”. Support the statement
with five suitable examples.
2. Name the staple crop grown in major parts of India. Explain the growing conditions
required for the same. Also mention the main regions where it is growing in India.
3. Explain any five Institutional and Technical Reforms brought by the government to improve
the condition of Indian Agriculture.
4. What is the importance of pulses in our economy? Why are pulses grown as a rotation crop ?
Name two major pulse producing states in India.
5. Describe any four geographical conditions required for the growth of tea. Mention the two
major tea producing states of South India.
6. Which one of the following crops is known as coarse and has higher nutritional value. (a)
Maize (b) Rice (c) Wheat (d) Jowar
7. Distinguish between primitive subsistence farming and commercial farming by stating five
points of distinction.
8. Explain Rubber cultivation in Indian under the following heads:
(1) Importance (.2) Geographical conditions (.3) Producing states
9. Which one of the following crops is an example of plantation farming? (a) Rice (b) Wheat (c)
Rubber (d) Maize
10. Which are the two major cotton producing states of North India? Describe four
geographical conditions required for the growth of cotton.
11. Define plantation agriculture. Explain any four characteristics of plantation agriculture?
12. Distinguish between Primitive subsistence farming and Intensive subsistence Farming.
13. Intensive subsistence farming is mainly practiced in areas of : (a) low population pressure
on land (b) high population pressure on land (c) dense forests (d) mountainous regions.
14. Name the important beverage crop introduced by the British in India. Explain the
geographical conditions needed for its cultivation. Write any two important States where it is
grown.
15. Which soil types is required to produce ragi ? Give two geographical conditions
required for its growth.
16. Which crop is known as the “golden fiber”? Explain two geographical conditions
essential for the cultivation of this crop. Mention its any four uses.
17. Explain any five reasons responsible for the introduction of Technological and
Institutional Reforms in Indian Agriculture.
18. India is the largest producer as well as consumer of which crop in the world?
Explain the geographical conditions needed for its cultivation.
19. Compare primitive subsistence farming and commercial farming.
20. Name a crop which is cultivated both in Rabi and Kharif seasons?
21. Name a crop which is a commercial crop in Haryana but a subsistence crop in Orissa.
22. Mention two geographical conditions required for the growth of Maize crop in India.
Describe three factors which have contributed to increase maize production.
23. Describe four geographical conditions required for the growth of sugarcane. Name two
major sugarcane producing states of North India.
24. Describe any five steps taken by the government of India to increase the
productivity of agriculture in India?
25. How and why has the agriculture sector in India got a major setback in spite of
increase in the G.D.P growth rate? Explain.
26. Describe three geographical conditions required for the growth of wheat. Mention
the two major wheat producing zones of India.
27. Differentiate between the rabi and the kharif cropping season.
28. Mention two geographical conditions required for the growth of rice in India. Why
is it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfalls ? Explain with examples.
29. Which crop is sown with the onset of monsoon and is harvested in September – October?
30. Which is the second most important cereal crop cultivated in India? In which regions is it
grown? Explain the growing conditions for the same.
31. Which crop is used as food and fodders both?
32. What are Rabi Crops? In which period of the year are they sown and harvested in India?
Mention any four states where these crops are grown.
33. “The declining share of agriculture in the Green Domestic Product (G.D.P.) is a matter of
serious concern in India”. Support the statement with any five reasons.
34. Distinguish between Kharif and rabi crops. Explain any three features of cotton cultivation
in India.
35. Which is the most important food crop in India? Describe the climatic and soil conditions of
climate required for its cultivation. Identify two areas where it is grown in India.
36. What is known as ‘golden fibre’ ? Where is it grown in India and why? Describe various
uses of this fibre.
37. Mention the states which are the leading producers of Wheat and Tea in India. Also
compare the climatic condition required for the cultivation of these crops.
38. Which type of farming has interference on industry?
39. Explain various institutional programmes introduced by the government in the interest of
Indian farmers.
40. Explain any five initiatives taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural
production.
41. Describe any five important Technological and Institutional reforms introduced by the
Indian Government in the interest of the farmers.
42. Name any four oilseeds produced in India. Explain the importance of oilseeds in our day to
day life.