GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT

CLASS X CH. AGRICULTURE NAME: CLASS:

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1.Define the term agriculture. What is the significance of Indian agriculture. /Why India is an
agriculturally important country. ' Comment. Or why is agricultural development a precondition for our
national prosperity? Or What is the importance of agriculture in India? Give four reasons.
2. Mention the factors determine the cultivation methods in Indian agriculture. / State the reasons for
the change in the methods of cultivation.
3.Which are the two main types of agriculture practiced in India. State important differences between
them./ Name different types of agriculture practices in India.

SUBSISTENCE COMMERCIAL

(i) Farming practices in which crops are cultivated (i) Farming practice in which goods produced are
for local consumption. mainly for the market to get cash.

(ii) Farms are small and food crops are cultivated (ii) Farms are larger and cash crops are cultivated.
such as rice and wheat. Such as cotton, sugar-cane, jute.

(iii) Old tools and implements are used by the (iii) Better implements are used and there are
farmers. proper irrigation facilities.

(iv) Depends on monsoon and there is greater use (iv) Less manpower is used.
of

manpower.
4.Which farming system also includes plantation agriculture.
5.What is subsistence farming? Why do majority of Indian farmers follow it? Name its two types.

SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE

1.What is shifting agriculture? / primitive subsistence farming. State its salient features and other names
by which it is known in India and other parts of the world. / Explain the method of slash and burn
agriculture. / What is slash and burn farming.
2.What is jhumming? Where is it practiced in India? Name any two local names of primitive subsistence
farming.

INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE FARMING.

1.What is intensive subsistence farming? State its important features. /Name the type of farming which
is practised in areas of high population pressure on land. State its important features
2.What is the main factor responsible for making land-holdings uneconomical in India?
3.Why there is enormous pressure on agricultural land in India? What is its effect?
4.Name the agricultural type where maximum output is taken from minimum land. How is it achieved?
COMMERCIAL FARMING
1.What is commercial farming? What are its characteristics? Name the type of commercial farming
which specializes in the cultivation of one single crop on a large scale.
2.State three differences between intensive subsistence and commercial farming.

COMMERCIAL FARMING. INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE

1.Crops are cultivated to be sold in the market
2.Machines are used
3.Farmer use of higher doses of modern inputs,
e.g. high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical
fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides.
4.Farmer obtains higher productivity from land
due to high doses of above inputs.
5..Farm size is large
6.Tea, coffee sugarcane
1.Crops are cultivated mainly for self consumption
and this type of farming is practised in areas of
high pressure of population on agricultural land.
2. It is labour-intensive farming,
3.High doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation
are used for obtaining higher production.
4. Farm size is small and uneconomical due to the
division of land,
5.The farmers take maximum output from the
limited land.
6.Rice ,wheat,millets

PLANTATION AGRICULTURE.
1.What is plantation agriculture? State its important features. Name the crops and regions in India
where it is practiced. / Name the type of commercial farming in which one single crop is cultivated on a
large area/specializes in the cultivation of one single crop. / Name major plantation crops and states
where they are cultivated.
2. What are the pre-requisites for the development of plantations. /What are the factors that play an
important role in the development of plantations?

CROPPING SEASONS. Do question number 1,2 and mark the answers for the rest in the book.

1.Into how many heads can we group different varieties of crops cultivated in India. Give examples.
2.Name three major cropping seasons of India, features, major crops grown in each season and states.
/How many cropping seasons are found in India? Name them and explain important feature of each.
Explain each in detail.
3.Name major rabi crops and major states where they are cultivated and the major factors for growth of
these crops. / State two reasons for the success of rabi crops in wheat producing areas/North-western
part of India.
4.Which geographical condition is helpful in the growth of rabi crops in North-western part of India?
Name the crops.
5.Name the states where green revolution has been responsible for the growth of rabi crops.
6.State three important features of Kharif season in India
7. Name three paddy crops that are grown in a year in states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa.
8. Name the short duration growing season between rabi and kharif. Name the crops cultivated.