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