MCQ Questions for Class 10 Geography: Ch 4 Agriculture
1. Which of the following types of farming is practised in areas with high population
pressure on land?
(a) Primitive Subsistence Farming
(b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Plantations
► (b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
2. Which of the following is the most important occupation of the people of India?
(a) Food gathering
(b) Agriculture
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Services
► (b) Agriculture
3. Which of the following is the principal crop grown in areas of Intensive Subsistence Farming?
(a) Yams and Sweet Potato
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) Cotton
► (c) Rice
4. What is Primitive Subsistence Farming known as in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Penda
(c) Jhumming
(d) Milpa
► (c) Jhumming
5. Which of the following is a kharif crop?
(a) Barley
(b) Peas
(c) Bajra
(d) Mustard
► (c) Bajra
6. Which of the following is an annual crop?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Cotton
(c) Jute
(d) Cucumber
► (a) Sugarcane
7. India is the largest producer as well as the consumer of which of the following crops?
(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Pulses
(d) Oilseeds
► (c) Pulses
8. Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?
(a) Primary activity
(b) Secondary activity
(c) Tertiary activity
(d) All the above
► (a) Primary activity
9. Rice is a subsistence crop in Orissa. In which of the following states, is rice a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal and Bihar
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
► (c) Punjab and Haryana
10. Which of the following crops is produced during zaid cropping season?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Muskmelon
(c) Groundnut
(d) Moong
► (b) Muskmelon
9. Which of the following are known as coarse grains?
(a) Wheat and Rice
(b) Millets—Jowar, bajra and ragi
(c) Pulses—urad, arhar, gram
(d) Oilseeds
► (b) Millets—Jowar, bajra and ragi
10. How many crops of paddy are grown in a year in the states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa and they are termed as which of the following?
(a) Once-Arabica
(b) Two-Rabi and Zaid
(c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
(d) Three-Kumar, Valre, Waltre
► (c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
11. Which of the following is a kharif crop and accounts for about half of the major oilseeds produced in the country?
(a) Mustard
(b) Coconut
(c) Groundnut
(d) Soyabean
► (c) Groundnut
12. Which of the following crops is the main source of jaggary, khandsari and molasses?
(a) Arhar
(b) Coconut
(c) Linseed
(d) Sugarcane
► (d) Sugarcane
13. Tea cultivation is an example of which of the following types of agriculture?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Plantation
(c) Beverage cultivation
(d) Intensive agriculture
► (b) Plantation
14. Which of the following group of crops are known as beverage crops?
(a) Castor seed and Sunflower
(b) Peas and Gram
(c) Cotton and Jute
(d) Tea and Coffee
► (d) Tea and Coffee
15. Which of the following is the primary objective of India’s food security policy?
(a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
(b) To diversify crop production to increase income of the farmers.
(c) To provide insurance against crop failures.
(d) To shift from foodgrain production to commercial crops.
► (a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
16. Which of the following are known as horticulture crops?
(a) Tea and coffee
(b) Cotton and Jute
(c) Rubber and Tobacco
(d) Fruits and Vegetables
► (d) Fruits and Vegetables
17. White Revolution involves improvement in the production of which of the following products?
(a) Cotton
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize or corn
(d) Milk
► (d) Milk
18. India is believed to be the original home of which of the following fibre crops?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk
► (a) Cotton
19. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen
► (c) India
20. Which of the following crops is used both as a food and as a fodder?
(a) Jowar
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Tea
► (c) Maize
21. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen
► (c) India
22. Which among the following is a fibre crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee
► (b) Jute
23. Which one of the following is the feature of plantation agriculture?
(a) Single crop
(b) Large area
(c) Produce raw material for industries
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above
24. Which one is an important rabi crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Watermelon
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize
► (c) Wheat
25. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
► (d) Punjab
26. Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as well as
exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd
► (c) Tea
27. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
► (b) Kharif
28. Which of the following crops is not a millet?
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Ragi
(d) Bajra
► (b) Maize
29. What is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk called?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Pisciculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Agriculture
► (c) Sericulture
30. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these
► (d) None of these
31. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
► (d) Punjab
32. Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Pakistan
► (b) India
33. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
► (b) Kharif
34. Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oilseeds
► (c) Tea
35. Cultivation of coffee is confined to which of the following hills?
(a) Nilgiri
(b) Aravali
(c) Shivalik
(d) None of these
► (a) Nilgiri
36. Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
► (a) Yemen
37. Which of the following crops grows well in the Black soil?
(a) Jute
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Wheat
► (c) Cotton
38. Which country is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
► (d) India
39. Which one of the following is not a fibre crop?
(a) Cotton
(b) Rubber
(c) Jute
(d) Hemp
► (b) Rubber
40. Which one of the following crops is a beverage crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Bajra
► (a) Tea
41. Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
► (a) Yemen
42. Which one of the following crops is known as ‘Golden Fibre?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Groundnut
(d) Jute
► (d) Jute
43. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called:
(a) Floriculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Agriculture
► (c) Horticulture
44. Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid
► (a) Winter
45. Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Millets
(d) Cotton
► (b) Wheat
46. Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop is grown on a large area?
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture
► (b) Plantation agriculture
47. ‘Slash and burn agriculture’ is a:
(a) shifting agriculture
(b) intensive agriculture
(c) commercial agriculture
(d) none of these
► (a) shifting agriculture
48. Which of the following is the example of kharif crops?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Peas
► (a) Rice
pressure on land?
(a) Primitive Subsistence Farming
(b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(c) Commercial Farming
(d) Plantations
► (b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
2. Which of the following is the most important occupation of the people of India?
(a) Food gathering
(b) Agriculture
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Services
► (b) Agriculture
(a) Yams and Sweet Potato
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) Cotton
► (c) Rice
4. What is Primitive Subsistence Farming known as in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Penda
(c) Jhumming
(d) Milpa
► (c) Jhumming
5. Which of the following is a kharif crop?
(a) Barley
(b) Peas
(c) Bajra
(d) Mustard
► (c) Bajra
6. Which of the following is an annual crop?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Cotton
(c) Jute
(d) Cucumber
► (a) Sugarcane
(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Pulses
(d) Oilseeds
► (c) Pulses
8. Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?
(a) Primary activity
(b) Secondary activity
(c) Tertiary activity
(d) All the above
► (a) Primary activity
9. Rice is a subsistence crop in Orissa. In which of the following states, is rice a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal and Bihar
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
► (c) Punjab and Haryana
10. Which of the following crops is produced during zaid cropping season?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Muskmelon
(c) Groundnut
(d) Moong
► (b) Muskmelon
9. Which of the following are known as coarse grains?
(a) Wheat and Rice
(b) Millets—Jowar, bajra and ragi
(c) Pulses—urad, arhar, gram
(d) Oilseeds
► (b) Millets—Jowar, bajra and ragi
10. How many crops of paddy are grown in a year in the states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa and they are termed as which of the following?
(a) Once-Arabica
(b) Two-Rabi and Zaid
(c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
(d) Three-Kumar, Valre, Waltre
► (c) Three-Aus, Aman, Boro
11. Which of the following is a kharif crop and accounts for about half of the major oilseeds produced in the country?
(a) Mustard
(b) Coconut
(c) Groundnut
(d) Soyabean
► (c) Groundnut
12. Which of the following crops is the main source of jaggary, khandsari and molasses?
(a) Arhar
(b) Coconut
(c) Linseed
(d) Sugarcane
► (d) Sugarcane
13. Tea cultivation is an example of which of the following types of agriculture?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Plantation
(c) Beverage cultivation
(d) Intensive agriculture
► (b) Plantation
14. Which of the following group of crops are known as beverage crops?
(a) Castor seed and Sunflower
(b) Peas and Gram
(c) Cotton and Jute
(d) Tea and Coffee
► (d) Tea and Coffee
15. Which of the following is the primary objective of India’s food security policy?
(a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
(b) To diversify crop production to increase income of the farmers.
(c) To provide insurance against crop failures.
(d) To shift from foodgrain production to commercial crops.
► (a) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
16. Which of the following are known as horticulture crops?
(a) Tea and coffee
(b) Cotton and Jute
(c) Rubber and Tobacco
(d) Fruits and Vegetables
► (d) Fruits and Vegetables
17. White Revolution involves improvement in the production of which of the following products?
(a) Cotton
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize or corn
(d) Milk
► (d) Milk
18. India is believed to be the original home of which of the following fibre crops?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Hemp
(d) Silk
► (a) Cotton
19. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen
► (c) India
20. Which of the following crops is used both as a food and as a fodder?
(a) Jowar
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Tea
► (c) Maize
21. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of oilseeds?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) India
(d) Yemen
► (c) India
22. Which among the following is a fibre crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Tomato
(d) Coffee
► (b) Jute
23. Which one of the following is the feature of plantation agriculture?
(a) Single crop
(b) Large area
(c) Produce raw material for industries
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above
24. Which one is an important rabi crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Watermelon
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize
► (c) Wheat
25. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
► (d) Punjab
26. Of which one of the following beverage crops, India is the leading producer as well as
exporter in the world?
(a) Coffee
(b) Pulses
(c) Tea
(d) Curd
► (c) Tea
27. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
► (b) Kharif
28. Which of the following crops is not a millet?
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Ragi
(d) Bajra
► (b) Maize
29. What is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk called?
(a) Horticulture
(b) Pisciculture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Agriculture
► (c) Sericulture
30. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(a) Black
(b) Light domat
(c) Old alluvial
(d) None of these
► (d) None of these
31. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
► (d) Punjab
32. Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Pakistan
► (b) India
33. Which of the following crops are grown with the onset of monsoons and are harvested in the month of September and October?
(a) Rabi
(b) Kharif
(c) Zadi
(d) None of the above
► (b) Kharif
34. Which one of the following is the example of plantation agriculture?
(a) Jute
(b) Wheat
(c) Tea
(d) Oilseeds
► (c) Tea
35. Cultivation of coffee is confined to which of the following hills?
(a) Nilgiri
(b) Aravali
(c) Shivalik
(d) None of these
► (a) Nilgiri
36. Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
► (a) Yemen
37. Which of the following crops grows well in the Black soil?
(a) Jute
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Wheat
► (c) Cotton
38. Which country is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
► (d) India
39. Which one of the following is not a fibre crop?
(a) Cotton
(b) Rubber
(c) Jute
(d) Hemp
► (b) Rubber
40. Which one of the following crops is a beverage crop?
(a) Tea
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Bajra
► (a) Tea
41. Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to India from which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Korea
► (a) Yemen
42. Which one of the following crops is known as ‘Golden Fibre?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Groundnut
(d) Jute
► (d) Jute
43. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called:
(a) Floriculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Agriculture
► (c) Horticulture
44. Which one of the following is not a cropping season?
(a) Winter
(b) Kharif
(c) Rabi
(d) Zaid
► (a) Winter
45. Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Millets
(d) Cotton
► (b) Wheat
46. Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop is grown on a large area?
(a) Shifting agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Horticulture
(d) Intensive agriculture
► (b) Plantation agriculture
47. ‘Slash and burn agriculture’ is a:
(a) shifting agriculture
(b) intensive agriculture
(c) commercial agriculture
(d) none of these
► (a) shifting agriculture
48. Which of the following is the example of kharif crops?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Peas
► (a) Rice