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