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