agriculture Flashcards

(31 cards)

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what are the two variants of farming

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subsistence and commercial

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what are the types of subsistence farming

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primitive and intensive

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3
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what is the name(slash and burning) of shifting agriculture in North eastern part of India

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Jhuming

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4
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what is the name(slash and burning) of shifting agriculture in manipur

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Pamlou

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5
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what is the name(slash and burning) of shifting agriculture in MP

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bewar

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6
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what is the name(slash and burning) of shifting agriculture in Chattishgargh and andaman

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Dip

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7
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what are the examples of food crop

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rice .wheat , maize, millets , pulses etc

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what are the examples of cash crop

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cotton, jute, sugarcane, tobacco , oilseeds , groundnut, linseed , sesamum ectc

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what are the examples of plantation crop

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Tea , coffee, Rubber , coconut, rubber, spices and estate

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10
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horticulure

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fruits and vegetables , honey

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11
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what are tropical crops

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rice, sugarcane , jowar etc

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what are temperate crops

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wheat , potato , oats ,apple

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13
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what are crop patterns in India

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Rabi crop, kharif crop , zaid crop

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Rabi crop

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temperate crop ( wheat, gram and sunflower)
october to march

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khariff crop

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monsoon crops ( krice, cotton , JHowar , Bajra)
July to october

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zaid crops

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summer crops ( watermelon , pumpkin , gourds , groundnuts) March to june

17
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which crop is cultivated 1/4 th of Indias cultivation land

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Rice - kharif crop, Delta region

18
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what is the name of the state with the highest yield of wheat

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Punjab due to the new new alluvium soils

19
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which country is the largest producer of pulses

20
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which part of the legumious plant makes it attractive for the farmers

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restores the nitrogen fertility of the soil

21
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what is the ratio of the fertilize

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4:2:1 nirogen, phosphorus and potassium

22
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which state produces jute

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west bengal assam and bihar

23
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India is the worlds largest producer of

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Tea, darjeelin , assam contributes the max

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what is type of coffee grown in India

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what is the name of the practice where more than one crop is grown on the same field
Intercropping- seasonal change khariff crops on monsoon and rabi ccrops on winter and summer crops
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what is the name of the practice where two crops are grown on the same land simultaneouly
mized croping- where crops are grown on the same time and harvested simultaneously
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what is crop rotation
different crops are grown on the same land at various time period ensuring the ferlitily of the soil is not damaged
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who is the father of green revolution in the world
Norman borlaug
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who is the father of Indian green revolution
M.S.Swaminathan
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IADP
Intensive agricultural development programme
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