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    Which of the following is not a cash crop?

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    A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. Cotton, jute and oil seeds including groundnut are cash crops, while Jowar is a food crop.

     

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    Which of the following is/are normally grown under shifting cultivation?

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    The shifting cultivators grow food grains, vegetables and also cash crops. In fact, the grower aims at growing in his land everything that he needs for his family consumption.
    Among the food grains, the coarse varieties of rice followed by maize, millet, Job's tears and small millets are the principal crops. Cotton, ginger, linseed, rapeseeds, sesamum, pineapple and jute are the important cash crops grown in jhum fields. Among the vegeta­bles, soyabeans, potatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, yams, tapiocas, chillies, beans, onions, arums are cultivated. Tobacco and indigo are also grown.

     

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    High rainfall, abundant sunshine, gently sloping land and well drained soil are suitable conditions for

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    Tea cultivation needs well drained land. Stagnation of water is not good for tea plants. Heavy rainfall but no stagnancy of water, such mountain slopes are good for tea cultivation. High temperature is required in summer. The lowest temperature for the growth of tea is 16°C. Tea shrubs require fertile mountain soil mixed with lime and iron. The soil should be rich in humus.

     

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    Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?

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    Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forest, having thin organic and organic-mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on alluvium red layer. Red soils are generally derived from crystalline rock. They are usually poor growing soils, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate because of its low water holding capacity.

     

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    The red soils develop a reddish colour due to

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    Red soils develop on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan Plateau. These soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks. It looks yellow when it occurs in a hydrated form.

     

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    Which country is the largest producer of milk in the world?

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    India is the largest producer of milk followed by the United States of America, China, Pakistan, Brazil. In the world almost taking 10% of the total milk produced in the world.
    India has become the world's No. 1 milk producing country, with output in 1999-200 (marketing year ending March 2000) forecasted at 78 million tonnes. United States, where the milk production is anticipated to grow only marginally at 71 million tonnes, occupied the top slot till 1997.

     

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    Which is not a tuber crop?

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    Tubers are enlarged structures in some plant species used as storage organs for nutrients. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing season, and as a means of asexual reproduction. Example of tuber crops are potatoes,tapioca,sugar beet and sweet potatoes. 

     

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    In India, the Green Revolution has so far been the most successful in the case of

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    The Green Revolution in India refers to a period when Indian agriculture was converted into an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds. The new methods in agriculture increased the yield of rice and wheat, which reduced India's dependence on food imports.

     

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    Which part of the tea plant is used for making tea?

    Solution

    Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves. Tea leaf is used for making tea but we can use other plants too . Tea is a liquid bevarage which is prepared after tea leves( Camellia sinensis) are boiled in hot water. 

     

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    What is multiple cropping?

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    In agriculture, multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land in same growing season instead of one crop. It is a form of polyculture. It can take the form of double-cropping, in which a second crop is planted after the first has been harvested, or relay cropping, in which the second crop is started amidst the first crop before it has been harvested.

     

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