SSC Geography quiz 16 September 11, 2018 September 11, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. 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 Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields 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 different crops in succession growing same crop in alternate years 3. Fertility of soil can be improved by : removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms removing dead earthworms adding living earthworms adding dead earthworms 4. Mixed farming means: using mixture of manures and fertilizer producing crops growing different crops in succession growing two crops at the same time 5. What type of farming is practised in the densely populated regions of the world? Extensive farming Commercial farming Intensive farming Plantation farming 6. The important feature of shifting cultivation is : rotating of crops change of cultivation site cultivation by transplantation cultivation of Leguminous crops 7. In which month are the kharif crops sown? November September April June 8. Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases: 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 if high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant 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. Extensive subsistence agriculture is ; farming in the thinly populated areas farming in the forests of equatorial region farming in the thickly populated areas farming on the slopes of Western Ghats Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related