Chapter 5 Primary Activities Solutions
Question - 1 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(i) Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
Answer - 1 : -
(a) Coffee
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Wheat
(d) Rubber
Answer
(c) Wheat
Question - 2 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(ii) In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment?
Answer - 2 : -
(a) Russia
(b) Denmark
(c) India
(d) The Netherlands
Answer
(b) Denmark
Question - 3 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(iii) Growing of flowers is called:
Answer - 3 : -
(a) Truck farming
(b) Factory farming
(c) Mixed fanning
(d) Floriculture
Answer
(d) Floriculture
Question - 4 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(iv) Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?
Answer - 4 : -
(a) Kolkoz
(b) Viticulture
(c) Mixed farming
(d) Plantation
Answer
(d) Plantation
Question - 5 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(v) In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?
Answer - 5 : -
(a) American Canadian prairies
(b) European Steppes
(c) Pampas of Argentina
(d) Amazon Basin
Answer
(d) Amazon Basin
Question - 6 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(vii) Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also called ‘slash and bum agriculture?
Answer - 6 : -
(a) Extensive subsistence farming
(b) Primitive subsistence farming
(c) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
(d) Mixed farming
Answer
(b) Primitive subsistence farming
Question - 7 : - Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(viii) Which one of the following does not follow monoculture?
Answer - 7 : -
(a) Dairy farming
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Commercial grain farming
Answer
(b) Mixed farming
Question - 8 : - Future of shifting cultivation is bleak. Discuss.
Answer - 8 : -
- These days the biggest problem being faced by the shifting cultivators is of shortening cycles of jhum, which makes the entire practice unsustainable.
- Also there are several restrictions imposed by governments through forest acts etc., which hinder the free movement of
- tribes and practice of shifting cultivation.
- Shifting cultivation is sustainable (only for self -consumption) in nature, hence it is unable to meet with the market demand and therefore there is no scope for it in the increasing globalized markets.
- With the infiltration of non tribals in the tribal areas, tribals are adopting to modem agricultural practices which are more productive and environmentally sustainable.
- To support a small population, a huge land resource base is required, ultimately it leads to soil erosion and land degradation.
Question - 9 : - Market gardening is practiced near urban areas. Why?
Answer - 9 : -
Market gardening specializes in the cultivation of high value perishable crops such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, solely for the urban markets. They are situated close to urban markets mainly because of the high value crops.
The crops are costly, hence they need to be situated close to a market where people have high purchasing power and also demand for high valued crops. In such a situation urban areas are the perfect markets.
These crops are perishable in nature; hence farms cannot be situated far away from the main market. Therefore, farms are situated close to the urban markets so as to prevent crops from getting stale.
Question - 10 : - Large scale dairy farming is the result of the development of transportation and refrigeration.
Answer - 10 : -
Dairy products are highly perishable in nature. They have a very small shelf life. For their supply to overseas and distant markets, adequate storage facilities with regulated temperature and storage conditions is essential. Initially supply of dairy products was limited to nearby markets but development of storage, preservation and transportation facilities have widened their coverage.
Modem transportation such as refrigerated trucks, ships with special cargoes and faster means of transportation like airways provide with adequate facilities, which allow transportation of dairy products to far off markets without spoilage. Refrigeration prevents dairy products from getting spoiled. It increases their durability. Hence dairy products can be sold over far off places.