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