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