SSC Geography quiz 16 September 11, 2018 September 11, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases: if there is fluctuation in temperature during the period of growth of the plant if high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant if frost occurs during the process of ripening if there is high temperature during the time of ripening 2. What type of farming is practised in the densely populated regions of the world? Commercial farming Intensive farming Extensive farming Plantation farming 3. The important feature of shifting cultivation is : cultivation of Leguminous crops change of cultivation site rotating of crops cultivation by transplantation 4. Crop rotation refers to : growing same crop in alternate years farming done on the same land by different people turn-wise growing different crops in succession method of farming without irrigation in an area of limited rainfall 5. What is multiple cropping? When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land 6. Extensive subsistence agriculture is ; farming in the thickly populated areas farming on the slopes of Western Ghats farming in the thinly populated areas farming in the forests of equatorial region 7. In which month are the kharif crops sown? November April June September 8. Mixed farming means: producing crops using mixture of manures and fertilizer growing different crops in succession growing two crops at the same time 9. Which one of the following regions experiences three cropping season for rice in India Brahmaputra valley Krishna-Godavari delta Littoral Tamil Nadu Coastal Kerala 10. Fertility of soil can be improved by : adding living earthworms adding dead earthworms removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms removing dead earthworms Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related