India's Agriculture

The most important element of weather adversely affecting agriculture in India is?

Answer: rain

Not included in cash crops?

Answer: Wheat

Which is not a Rabi crop in India?

Answer: Jute

The largest rice producing state of India is-

Answer: West Bengal

The main food crop of India is-

Answer: Rice

Which region is called the rice bowl of India?

Answer: Krishna-Godavari region

What are the first three major wheat producing states in India?

Answer: U.P.  Punjab and Haryana

The largest food grain producing state of India is-

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

The crop covering maximum cultivable area in India is?

Answer: Paddy

Name the food crop which gives highest yield in India-

Answer: Rice

In which respect has the Green Revolution been most successful in India?

Answer: Wheat and Rice

As a result of the Green Revolution, whose share in the total food grains in the country has decreased?

Answer: Pulses and coarse grains

Which state is known as the granary of India?

Answer: Punjab

Green revolution means-

Answer: Increasing crop yield per acre by using modern methods of agriculture.

Who is considered the father of Green Revolution in India?

Answer:  Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Which is the largest groundnut producing state of India?

Answer:  Gujarat

Which state is the largest soybean producing state in India?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Which state is the largest producer of cashew?

Answer: Kerala

Which state produces the maximum number of pulses in India?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Where is saffron found in largest quantity?

Answer: From Jammu and Kashmir

Which state is the largest jute producing state in India?

Answer: West Bengal

A system in which local farmers were allowed to temporarily farm within a plantation is known as?

Answer: eastern agriculture

What is shifting cultivation called in Central America?

Answer: Milpa

Not related to agricultural revolution?

Answer:  None of these

Who among the following established the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)?

Answer: NABARD

What is the Golden Revolution related to?

Answer:  Horticulture and honey

Muga silk is related to which state of India?

Answer: Assam

Which are only Rabi crops?

Answer:  Barley and gram

What type of farming is done in areas of high population pressure on land?

Answer: Intensive subsistence farming

Revolution in fertilizers is related to which color?

Answer: gray

What is the estimated expected return to farmers through MSP (Minimum Support Price) on their cost of production for barley for marketing season 2021-22?

Answer: 65 percent

In which year did the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi issue special postage stamps titled Wheat Revolution to launch the Green Revolution?

Answer: 1968

A piece of land where a cash crop is grown for sale is known as?

Answer: Horticulture Farming

In Jharkhand, the primitive form of agriculture is called?

Answer: Kuruva

Which is not a source of agricultural finance in India?

Answer: None of these

What percentage of the total land in India is engaged in agricultural activities?

Answer: 52.7 percent

Approximately what percentage of India's working population is engaged in agricultural activities?

Answer: 48.9 percent

What was the contribution of agriculture sector in India's gross domestic product in 1950-51?

Answer: 55.40 percent

At present, what is the contribution of agriculture sector in India's gross domestic product?

Answer: 13.9 percent

When was the first agricultural census conducted?

Answer: 1970 AD