Geography Quiz 27

1. India has more arable area than China.
2. The proportion of irrigated area is more in India as compared to China 
3. The average productivity per hectare in Indian agriculture is higher than that in China. 

How many of the above statements are correct?

How many of the above are generally known as tea-producing States?

1) Moringa (drumstick tree) is a leguminous evergreen tree. 

2) Tamarind tree is endemic to South Asia. 

3) In India, most of the tamarind is collected as minor forest produce. 

4) India exports tamarind and seeds of moringa. 

5) Seeds of moringa and tamarind can be used in the production of biofuels. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1) Moringa (drumstick tree) is a leguminous evergreen tree. 

2) Tamarind tree is endemic to South Asia. 

3) In India, most of the tamarind is collected as minor forest produce. 

4) India exports tamarind and seeds of moringa. 

5) Seeds of moringa and tamarind can be used in the production of biofuels. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1) Permaculture farming discourages monocultural practices but in conventional chemical farming, monoculture practices are predominant. 

2) Conventional chemical farming can cause an increase in soil salinity but the occurrence of such a phenomenon is not observed in permaculture farming. 

3) Conventional chemical farming is easily possible in semi-arid regions but permaculture farming is not so easily possible in such regions. 

4) Practice of mulching is very important in permaculture farming but not necessarily so in conventional chemical farming. 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1) Controlling the alkalinity of irrigation water is possible. 

2) Efficient application of Rock Phosphate and all other phosphatic fertilizers is possible. 

3) Increased availability of nutrients to plants is possible. 

4) Reduction in the leaching of chemical nutrients is possible. 

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1) Black gram can be cultivated as both kharif and rabi crop.

2) Green-gram alone accounts for nearly half of pulse production. 

3) In the last three decades, while the production of kharif pulses has increased, the production of rabi pulses has decreased. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) A substantial saving in seed material is made when ‘bud chip settlings’ are raised in a nurse, and transplanted in the main field. 

2) When direct planting of setts is done, the germination percentage is better with single-budded setts as compared to setts with many buds. 

3) If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly planted, single-budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts. 

4) Sugarcane can be cultivated using settlings prepared from tissue culture. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?