Explore Agriculture MCQs Class 10 CBSE
1) In India, Jhumming, a primitive form of cultivation, is called ‘Bewar’ or ‘Dahiya’ in
_____.
a) Odisha
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Option (d)
2) Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer
from April to _____.
a) August
b) June
c) May
d) July
Answer: Option (b)
3) The Green Revolution was successful in Punjab, Haryana, ______ and parts of
Rajasthan.
a) Western Uttar Pradesh
b) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
Answer: Option (a)
4) Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country,
and these are harvested in ________.
a) July-August
b) June-August
c) September-October
d) October-November
Answer: Option (c)
5) In states like Assam, _______ and Odisha, three crops of paddy are grown in a year.
These are Aus, Aman and Boro.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
Answer: Option (b)
6) India is the second-largest producer of rice in the world after_____.
a) Indonesia
b) Japan
c) Malaysia
d) China
Answer: Option (d)
7) Rice is a Kharif crop that requires high temperature (above 25°C) and high humidity
with annual rainfall above ______.
a) 100 cm
b) 200 cm
c) 150 cm
d) 50 cm
Answer: Option (a)
8) Wheat requires _______ of annual rainfall evenly distributed over the growing
season.
a) 25 to 50 cm
b) 75 to 100 cm
c) 50 to 75 cm
d) 85 to 130 cm
Answer: Option (c)
9) _________ is the third most important food crop with respect to area and production.
a) Rice
b) Jowar
c) Wheat
d) Maize
Answer: Option (b)
10) _________ is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world.
a) Brazil
b) USA
c) China
d) India
Answer: Option (d)
11) Bajra grows well on sandy soils and shallow________.
a) Black soil
b) Red soil
c) Laterite soil
d) Alluvial soil
Answer: Option (a)
12) ________ is the world’s largest producer of sugarcane.
a) India
b) Brazil
c) Cuba
d) USA
Answer: Option (b)
13) Jalpaiguri in _______ is a major tea-producing district in India.
a) Karnataka
b) Assam
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Option (c)
14) Arabica variety of coffee is grown in India; it was initially brought from ________.
This variety of coffee is in great demand all over the world.
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Yemen
Answer: Option (d)
15) Rubber is an important industrial raw material. It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Garo hills of _______.
a) Sikkim
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Meghalaya
Answer: Option (d)
16) Rearing of silkworms for the production of silk fibre is known as ________.
a) Sericulture
b) Apiculture
c) Floriculture
d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)
17) The Bhoodan-Gramdan movement initiated by _______ is also known as the
Bloodless Revolution.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Vinoba Bhave
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: Option (b)
18) In 2010-11, around ________ of the total workforce was employed by the farm
sector, which makes more than half of the Indian population dependent on agriculture
for sustenance.
a) 85 per cent
b) 40 per cent
c) 52 per cent
d) 62 per cent
Answer: Option (c)
19) Considering the importance of agriculture in India, which of the following were
given priority for improving Indian agriculture?
a) Establishment of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
b) Development in the field of meteorology and weather forecast
c) Establishing agricultural universities, veterinary services and animal breeding centres
d) All of the above
Answer: Option (d)
20) Operation Flood is associated with _______.
a) Green Revolution
b) White Revolution
c) Black Revolution
d) Pink Revolution
Answer: Option (b)
3. Which of the following is not correct about plantation farming?
(a) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
(c) Plantations cover large tracts of land called estates.
(d) Farmers clear a patch of land by felling trees and burning them, to produce cereals and
other food crops
Answer
Answer: d
2. Which of the following are plantation crops?
(a) Rice and maize
(b) Wheat and pulses
(c) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane
(d) None of the above
The three major cropping seasons of India are:
(a) Aus, Aman and Boro
(b) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: b
4. Rabi crops are:
(a) sown in winter and harvested in summer
(b) sown during rainy season and harvested in winter
(c) sown in summer and harvested in winter
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: a
5. Kharif crops are grown:
(a) with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September-October
(b) with the onset of winter and harvested in summer
(c) with onset of Autumn and harvested in summer
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: a
