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The correct answer is Primitive subsistence farming.

Key Points

• Slash-and-burn agriculture is a type of farming in which forests are burned and cleared to make way for crops.
• Slash and burn agriculture is primitive subsistence farming.
• The ‘slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in Mexico and Central America.
• Shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn agriculture.
• The initial step in the technique is to clear an area of trees and woody plants.
  • The "slash," or felled vegetation, is then allowed to dry, usually just before the rainy season starts.
  • The biomass is then burned, producing a nutrient-rich layer of ash that fertilises the soil while temporarily eliminating weed and pest species.
  • Due to nutrient depletion and weed and pest invasion, the plot's output diminishes after three to five years, compelling the farmers to quit the field and shift to a new place.
  • Due to a shortage of natural fertilisers and insecticides, among other things, productivity is low.
• Slash and burn agriculture will lead to deforestation.

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Additional Information

• Intensive subsistence agriculture is a type of farming in which farmers cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.
• Commercial farming is a kind of farming that employs bigger doses of contemporary inputs in order to increase output.
• Hydroponic farming, often known as soilless farming, is a method of growing plants without the use of soil.

The correct answer is Oilseeds.

Key Points 

• Yellow Revolution in India is associated with oilseeds.
• It is the sudden increase in edible oil production because of the plantation of hybrid oil seeds such as sesame, mustard, etc.
• The Father of the yellow revolution is Sam Pitroda.

The correct answer is 5 Years.

Key Points

• Agriculture Census forms part of a broader system of collection of Agricultural Statistics.
• It is a large-scale statistical operation for the collection and derivation of quantitative information about the structure of agriculture.
• Agricultural Census is the main source of information on a variety of agricultural parameters at a relatively minute level
• Through Agriculture Census it is endeavoured to collect basic data on important aspects of the agricultural economy for all the operational holdings in the country. 
• It collects data such as
  • Number and area of ​​operational holdings,
  • Farm size,
  • Class-wise distribution,
  • Land use,
  • Tenancy,
  • Cropping pattern
  • Use of fertilizers, insecticides etc.,
• The Agriculture Census in India is conducted at an interval of five years following broad guidelines of the decennial World Census of Agriculture (WCA) evolved by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• Entire Census operation is conducted in three phases
• Operational holding is taken as a statistical unit at micro level for data collection.
• The aggregation of data is done at various levels of administrative units.
• India's first ever comprehensive Agricultural Census was carried out with the agricultural year 1970-71 as the reference

The correct answer is Wheat, Gram, Pea, Barely.

Key Points

•  Rabi Crops:
  • These crops are sown in the winter season from October to December and harvested in the month of February to April.
  • Important Rabi crops are wheat, barley, gram, masoor, potato, pulses, etc.
  • Wheat:
    • It is produced in the largest part of the state.
    • Uttar Pradesh ranks first in wheat production.
  • ​Gram:
    • It is the largest growing crop among all cereal crops in the state.
    • Hamirpur is the largest producer of a gram in the state.
  • ​Mustard:
    • It is the largest growing crop in the state among all the oilseeds crops.
    • Uttar Pradesh is the second largest producer of mustard in India after Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Mixed.

Important Points

• Mixed cropping refers to, growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land.
  • Mixed cropping reduces risk and gives some insurance against the failure of one of the crops.
  • In mixed cropping seeds of plants are mixed before sowing.
  • Growing wheat and mustard or groundnut and sunflower on the same land at the same time is mixed cropping.
  • One crop may be the main crop and the rest may be the subsidiaries in mixed cropping.
  • Pest infestation of crops can be greatly reduced by mixed cropping.

Additional Information

• Inter-cropping refers to growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite pattern.
  • Inter-cropping is carried out by placing a few rows of one crop alternate with a few rows of a second crop.

The correct answer is Horticulture and Honey.

Key Points

• The Golden Revolution is related to Horticulture and Honey.
• It started in 1991 and lasted till 2003.
• Father of Golden Revolution: Nirpakh Tutaj.
• The Golden Fibre Revolution is related to Jute Production.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Grey.

• Grey colour is associated with the revolution in fertilisers.

Key Points

Agriculture Revolutions in India and their respective Colours:

Option 4 is correct, i.e. Assam.

• Muga silk is the product of the silkworm Antheraea assamensis and is mostly grown in Assam. The larvae of these moths feed on som and sualu leaves. Assam is the largest producer of this golden-colored silk in not just India but the entire world.
• Assam is famous for its Muga variety of silk. It is registered as a Geographical Indication for Assam.
• Know about Assam:
  • Capital: Dispur
  • Languages: Assamese, Bodo, Bengali
  • Major Rivers: Subansiri, Dihang, Brahmaputra.
  • Geographical Indications: Muga Silk, Tezpur Litchi, Boka Chaul (Oryza sativa), Gamosa, Chokuwa.
  • World Heritage Sites: Kaziranga National Park on the bank of the Brahmaputra, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary near the border with Bhutan.

The correct answer is 1968.

Key Points

Green Revolution in India:

• The term green revolution was first used by William Gaud and Norman Borlaug is the Father of the Green Revolution.
• After Independence, Indian policy-makers adopted all measures to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains.
• In the year 1965, the government of India launched the Green Revolution with the help of a geneticist, now known as the father of the Green revolution (India) M.S. Swaminathan.
• The movement of the green revolution was a great success and changed the country’s status from a food-deficient economy to one of the world’s leading agricultural nations.
• It started in 1967 and lasted till 1978.
• India adopted a new strategy in agriculture, which resulted in the 'Green Revolution', especially in the production of wheat and rice.
• Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, officially recorded the impressive strides of the Green Revolution in agriculture by releasing a special stamp entitled 'Wheat Revolution' in July 1968.
• The success of wheat was later replicated in rice.

Thus, to signify the achievements of the Green Revolution, a stamp was released by the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi entitled as ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968.

The correct answer is 65%

Key Points

• The expected returns to farmers by way of MSP (Minimum Support Price) over their cost of production for barley for marketing season 2021–22 is estimated at 65%.
• Minimum Support Price:
  • Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices.
  • The minimum support prices are announced by the Government of India at the beginning of the sowing season for certain crops.
  • The MSP is decided on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
  • Government announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated crops and fair and remunerative prices (FRP) for sugarcane.
  • The list of crops is as follows:
    • Cereals (7) - paddy, wheat, barley, jowar, bajra, maize, and ragi.
    • Pulses (5) - gram, arhar/tur, moong, urad, and lentil.
    • Oilseeds (8) - groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, toria, soybean, sunflower seed, sesamum, safflower seed, and nigerseed.
    • Raw cotton.
    • Raw jute.
  • MSP guaranteed prices to save farmers from distress sales.
  • The MSP is announced at the beginning of the sowing season for certain crops on the basis of the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP, 1985).
  • The MSPs are fixed for the following purposes:
  • To invest more by farmers in the farm sector.
  • To motivate farmers to adopt improved farm technologies.
  • To increase production and overall farmers' income.

The Correct Answer is Intensive subsistence farming.

 Key Points

• In intensive subsistence farming, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.
• Intensive subsistence agriculture is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of the south, southeast, and east Asia.

 Important Points

Commercial Farming

• In commercial farming, crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in the market.
• The area cultivated and the amount of capital used is large. Most of the work is done by machines.
• Commercial farming includes commercial grain farming, mixed farming, and plantation agriculture.

Primitive subsistence farming

• Primitive subsistence agriculture includes shifting cultivation and nomadic herding.

Extensive subsistence agriculture

• Extensive subsistence agriculture is farming in thinly populated areas.
• The vast expanse of land is cultivated to yield minimal output of crops and animals for the primary consumption of the grower's family.

The correct answer is Meghalaya.

Key Points

• Bamboo drip irrigation system a very old practice seen in Indian state Meghalaya
  • Bamboo drip irrigation system is a 200-year-old system in Meghalaya.
  • It is a system of tapping stream and spring water by using bamboo pipes.
  • In a bamboo drip irrigation system bout 18-20 litres of water enters the bamboo pipe system, gets transported over hundreds of metres, and finally reduces to 20-80 drops per minute at the site of the plant.
• The word Meghalaya means "adobe of clouds.
• The longest natural cave in India 'Krem Liat Prah' is in Meghalaya.
• Khasi, Garo, Jaintia hills are situated in Meghalaya.
• Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management is situated in Meghalaya.

​The correct answer is Truck farming.

Key Points

• The farmers specialize in vegetables only, this type of farming is known as Truck farming.
• In the regions where farmers specialize in vegetables only, the farming is known as Truck farming, and the distance of truck farms from the market is governed by the distance that a truck can cover overnight, hence the name truck farming.
• Vegetable farms are in some regions known as truck farms: "truck" is a noun for which its more common meaning overshadows its historically separate use as a term for "vegetables are grown for the market".
• The production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant markets known as Truck farming.
• The major truck-farming areas are in California, Texas, Florida, along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and in the Great Lakes area.
• Centres for specific crops vary with the season. Among the most important truck crops are tomatoes, lettuce, melons, beets, broccoli, celery, radishes, onions, cabbage, and strawberries.

Additional Information

The correct option is 3 i.e. Agriculture.

• Agriculture, Mining, Fishing, Forestry, and Dairy are some examples of the primary sector of the Indian economy. 
• These are called so because it forms the base for all other products.
• Manufacturing, Gas, Electricity, Construction, and Water supply are some secondary sectors
• It contributes around 29.6 % of the Indian GDP.
• Goods transported by trucks or trains, banking, insurance, and finance come under the tertiary sector.

The correct answer is Mission to increase the performance of the dairy sector.

 Additional Information

• "Operation Flood" is a mission to increase the performance of the dairy sector.
• Operation Flood was launched in 1970 by National Dairy Development Board during the time of the Fourth Five Year Plan.
• Operation flood was the world's biggest dairy development program which gave a major thrust to the milk production of the nation.
• It aimed at helping the dairy industry sustain itself economically while providing employment to poor farmers.
• The result was that India became the largest producer of Milk and Milk Products.
• White Revolution contributed to a large extent to alleviate poverty in India.
• Gujarat-based co-operation “Anand Milk Union Limited” (Amul) was the engine behind the success of the programme.
• Operation Flood is called the White Revolution in India.
• The programme to increase the production of milk is called White Revolution.
• Indian Dairy Association decided to observe the birthday of Verghese Kurien as National Milk Day.
• 'Unfinished Dream' is a book written by Verghese Kurien.

Important Points

• Father of White Revolution in India - Verghese Kurien.
• Milkman of India - Verghese Kurien.
• National Milk Day - November 26.
• National Dairy Development Board - Anand (Gujarat).
• National Dairy Research Institute - Karnal (Haryana).
• The largest producer of Milk and Milk Products in the World - India.