Land Resources and Agriculture Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
One of the following is not a land-use category. Identify it.
(a) Net Area Sown
(b) Fallow land
(c) Marginal land
(d) Culturable Wasteland
Common Errors: Most of the times, the word NOT is overlooked. Read the questions carefully before answering.
Answer
Answer: (c) Marginal land
Question 2.
Why has area under forests increased in the last four decades?
(a) Extensive afforestation
(b) Increased community forest land
(c) Increase in notified area allocated for forest growth
(d) Better people’s participation in forest management
Answer
Answer: (c) Increase in notified area allocated for forest growth
Question 3.
Which of these is the main type of land degradation in irrigated areas?
(a) Siltation of land
(b) Gully erosion
(c) Salinisation of soils
(d) Wind erosion
Answer
Answer: (c) Salinisation of soils
Question 4.
Identify the crop that does not grow under dryland farming.
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Bajara
(c) Jowar
(d) Ragi
Answer
Answer: (a) Sugarcane
Question 5.
Name the two countries where HYVs of rice and wheat were developed.
(a) Japan and Australia
(b) USA and Japan
(c) Mexico and Philippines
(d) Mexico and Singapore
Answer
Answer: (c) Mexico and Philippines
Question 6.
Which of the following is an example of Common Property Resources?
(a) Park
(b) Hotel
(c) Self-owned house
(d) Self-owned car
Answer
Answer: (a) Park
Question 7.
Which state grows three crops of rice called aus, aman and boro?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal
Answer
Answer: (d) West Bengal
Question 8.
Which state is the leading producer of jowar?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Haryana
Answer
Answer: (c) Maharashtra
Question 9.
How much percentage of total cropped area is occupied by the gram cultivation in India?
(a) 2.8%
(b) 25.2%
(c) 4.9%
(d) 11.7%
Answer
Answer: (a) 2.8%
Question 10.
What rank does India hold in terms of cotton production in the world?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
Answer
Answer: (b) Second
Question 11.
Which of the following is NOT a common property resource in rural areas?
(a) Community forests
(b) Pasture lands
(c) Agricultural fields of a landlord
(d) Village waterbodies
Answer
Answer: (c) Agricultural fields of a landlord
Question 12.
The total stock of agricultural land resources or total cultivable land is a sum of
(a) Net sown area
(b) All fallow lands
(c) Culturable wasteland
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 13.
In between which months kharif crops are grown?
(a) June and September
(b) October and March
(c) April and June
(d) November and January
Answer
Answer: (a) June and September
Question 14.
How much percentage of the cereals of the world India produces?
(a) About 15%
(b) About 11%
(c) About 32%
(d) About 28%
Answer
Answer: (b) About 11%
Question 15.
What rank does India hold in terms of rice production in the world?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
Answer
Answer: (b) Second
Question 16.
Jowar is also known as
(a) Buckwheat
(b) Finger Millet
(c) Sorghum
(d) Pearl Millet
Answer
Answer: (c) Sorghum
Question 17.
Which of the following countries is the largest producer of pulses?
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Nigeria
(d) India
Answer
Answer: (d) India
Question 18.
What kind of cotton ‘Narma’ is?
(a) Short staple
(b) Medium staple
(c) Long staple
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Long staple
Question 19.
What variety of coffee India grows for international market?
(a) Arabica
(b) Robusta
(c) Liberica
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Arabica
Question 20.
What stands for IADP?
(a) Intensive Agricultural District Programme
(b) Internal Agricultural Development Programme
(c) Indian Agricultural Development Plan
(d) Intensive Agricultural Development Plan
Answer
Answer: (a) Intensive Agricultural District Programme
Question 21.
Complete the following table by writing appropriate name in the blank.
Answer
Answer: Zaid
