20 questions
Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?
(a) Jowar and bajra
(b) Wheat
(c) Soyabean
(d) Rice
Which of the following is a Rabi crop?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Jowar and bajra
Which of the following is fixed capital?
(a) Tools and machines
(b) Fertilisers and pesticides
(c) Soil
(d) Seeds
Which of the following is a standard unit of measurement of land?
(a) Bigha
(b) Hectare
(c) Acre
(d) Guintha
Money in hand is an example of
(a) Human capital
(b) Fixed capital
(c) Working capital
(d) Physical capital
HYV seeds stands for
(a) Heavy yielding variety seeds
(b) High yielding variety seeds
(c) Half yielding variety seeds
(d) None of the above
What is the main production activity in Palampur village?
a) Farming
(b) Animal husbandry
c) Transport
(d) Small-scale manufacturing
Multiple cropping means growing
(a) only two crops
(b) only three crops
(c) upto four crops
(d) more than one crop
Modern farming methods were tried in India for the first time in
(a) Punjab
(b) Western U.P.
(c) Haryana
(d) All the above
Which of the following is a modern farming method?
(a) Multiple cropping
(b) Use of HYV seeds
(c) Use of chemical fertilisers
(d) Both (b) and (c)
High yielding variety seeds (HYV) were introduced to Indian farmers as a result of
(a) White Revolution
(b) Green Revolution
(c) IT Revolution
(d) None of the above
Which Kharif crop is used for cattle feed?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Potato
(c) Jowar and bajra
(d) Wheat
The activities such as small manufacturing, transport, shopkeeping are referred to as
(a) Non-economic activities
(b) Non-farming activities
(c) Non-traditional activities
(d) Non-market activities
Working capital stands for :
(a) tools, machines and buildings
(b) raw materials and money in hand
(c) total share capital
(d) fixed deposits in financial institutions
Which one among the following is a non-farm activity?
(a) Multiple croppping
(b) Crop rotation
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Modern farming
Which of the following transformed the system of irrigation in Palampur?
(a) Tubewells
(b) Persian wheel
(c) Rainwater harvesting
(d) None of these
Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in Palampur?
(a) Banks
(b) Co-operative Societies
(c) Village money lenders
(d) Friends and relatives
What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur?
(a) Sold in the market
(b) Destroyed
(c) Stocked by self
(d) Given in charity
Which one of the following is not an effect of the modern farming?
a) Soil degradation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Decrease in groundwater
(d) Water pollution
People of Palampur sell milk in the near by large village named:
(a) Pitampura
(b) Siliguri
(c) Shahpur
(d) Raiganj