4.4 Multiple Choice Questions :
1. All pulses except _________ help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air.
a) Urad b) Tur c) Arhar d) Masur
2. The Arabica variety of coffee initially brought from _________ is produced in India.
a) France b) Abu Dhabi c) Yemen d) Denmark
3. The Arabica variety of coffee was initially cultivated on the _________.
a) Shiwalik Hills b) Mahadev Hils c) Baba Budan Hills d) Vindhya Ranges
4. The largest producer of groundnuts in India is __________ .
a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Maharashtra
5. The Golden fibre refers to _________ fibre.
a) Cotton b) Silk c) Jute d) Wheat
6. Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
a) Milets b) Gram c) Rice d) Cotton
7. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
a) Milets b) Pulses c) Sesamum d) Jowar
8. Which state does not produce cotton?
a) Maharashtra b) Jharkhand c) Punjab d) Haryana
9. Which crop does not have Indian origin?
a) Rice b) Sugarcane c) Maize d) Mango
10. India is the birth place of the following crop _____________ .
a) Coffee b) Wheat c) Mango d) Tea
11. The major coffee producing state is ______________ .
a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
12. The place of India in the food grain producing countries is ____________ .
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
13. In which of the following states were cotton textiles industries concentrated?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Assam c) Orissa d) Maharashtra
14. Which one of the following states has the maximum number of jute mills?
a) Assam b) West Bengal c) Madhya Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh
15. Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?
a) Plantation Agriculture b) Horticulture
c) Intensive Agriculture d) Shifting Agriculture .
16. Which one of the following has been declared by the government support of a crop?
a) Influential support price b) Minimum support price
c) Maximum support price d) Moderate support price .
Answers :
1. Arhar 2. Yemen 3. Baba Budan Hills 4. Andhra Pradesh
5. Jute 6. Gram 7. Pulses 8. Jharkhand
9. Maize 10. Mango 11. Karnataka 12. Second
13. Maharashtra 14. West Bengal 15. Shifting Agriculture 16. Minimum Support price .