Class VIII Chapter 4 Agriculture Geography Question Bank Marks Distribution

Class VIII
Chapter 4 Agriculture
Geography Question Bank
Marks distribution:
A. MCQs 1 mark for each question
B. Very Short Answer Questions 2 marks for each question
C. Short Answer Questions 3 marks for each question
D. Long Answer Questions 5 marks for each question
E. Case Based Question 4 marks for each question
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1. A type of commercial farming where a single crop is
grown on large area-
(a) Mixed farming (b) Plantation farming
(c) Subsistence farming (d) Shifting cultivation
2. Which of the following is a tertiary activity ?
(a) Agriculture (b) Baking bread (c) Mining (d) Banking
3. Cultivation of grapes are known as-
(a) Horticulture (b) Pisciculture (c) Viticulture (d) Sericulture
4. Which type of cultivation leads to degradation of the environment ?
(a) Shifting cultivation (b) Mixed farming (c) Nomadic herding (d) Viticulture
5. Which of the following crops requires 210 frost free days ?
(a) Jute (b) Rice (c) Sugar (d) Cotton
6. _______is the leading producer of jute in the world .
(a) Brazil (b) India (c) Russia (d) Ukraine
7. Specialised cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called
(a) Agriculture (b) Sericulture (c) Horticulture (d) Pisciculture
8. Golden fibre refers to-
(a) Tea (b) Cotton (c) Jute (d) None
9. Leading producers of coffee-
(a) Brazil (b) India (c) Russia ( d) All of these
10. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in area
(a) High population (b) Low population (c) Desert (d) Thick forest
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Name the factors influencing agriculture.
Ans. Factors influencing agriculture include the topography of soil and climate.
2. Name the economic activities.

Ans. There are three types of economic activities. These are primary, secondary and tertiary
activities.
3. What is HYV seed?
Ans. HYV is known as the High Yield Variety of seeds. These seeds yield a high variety of
crops like rice, cotton, wheat, corn, soybean, potato, etc.
4. What is meant by agriculture?

Ans. Agriculture is the primary activity that involves the cultivation of crops, fruits,
vegetables, flowers and rearing of livestock.
5. What do primary activities include?

Ans. Agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining and oil and gas extraction are examples of the
primary activities.
6. What is arable land?
Ans. The land on which crops are grown is called arable land.
7. Define organic farming?

Ans. Organic farming can be defined as an agricultural process that uses biological fertilisers
and pest control acquired from animal or plant waste.
8. What is the rearing of silkworms called?

Ans. The rearing of silkworms to produce raw silk is called sericulture. In this process,
silkworms are reared at appropriate temperatures and humidity to get silk threads from
cocoons.
9. What is plantation agriculture?
Ans. Plantation agriculture is a type of commercial farming where a single crop is grown on a
large area of land for profit.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

1. What is shifting cultivation ?What are its disadvantages ?
Ans. Shifting cultivation has contributed to both positive and negative environmental
impacts. On the positive side, its practice reduces intensity of land use and reduces rate of
environmental degradation. Its negative impact includes loss of soil fertility, accelerated
deforestation and out of control forest fires.
2. What are the conditions required for growing coffee ?

Ans. Coffee is a tropical plant which is also grown in a semi-tropical climate. This plant
requires heat, humidity and abundant rainfall to grow and yield well. Coffee requires an
average temperature of 15℃ to 28℃ .
3. Describe the various types of culture that make some or

the other type of farming ?
Ans. Various types of cultures:
Agriculture: raising crops and rearing livestock
Sericulture: rearing of silkworms and silk production
Pisciculture: Breeding of fish
Viticulture: Cultivation of grapes
Horticulture: Growing of vegetables, flowers and fruits
4. What are the inputs and outputs of agriculture ? Mention

the various operations involved.
Ans. The inputs and outputs of agriculture are as follows:
Inputs: Seeds, fertilisers, machinery, labour, water, soil, pesticides, and additives
Outputs: Crops, wool, dairy products, and poultry products
Some of the operations involved in agriculture are:
ploughing, sowing, irrigation, weeding, harvesting, manuring, and storing.
5. What is mixed farming and where it is done ?

Ans. Mixed farming is a type of farming that involves growing crops and rearing livestock.
Such agriculture takes place in countries like Asia and India, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Afghanistan, South Africa, China, Central Europe, Canada and Russia.
Long Answer Questions:
1. What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Ans. Shifting cultivation is the type of farming in which agricultural activities are shifted
from one field to another when the fertility of the soil of the former is diminished
Disadvantages:
DeforestationSoil erosionSmall patches for cultivationNot sufficient for feeding a large
population.
2. Soil preparation is one of the types of agricultural practices. What do you understand
about soil preparation?
Ans. Since no soil is perfect for sowing crops, soil preparation is required both before and
after cultivation. Since continuous farming will deplete soil fertility, it is prepared prior to
seed sowing to replenish soil contents. Ploughing, grading, and manuring are the three stages
of soil preparation in agriculture.
3. Distinguish between the following.

A. Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Ans. Primary activities include basic industries like fishing, mining, and agriculture. The
Tertiary activities include final point industries, which include hotel, trade, banking, etc.
B. Subsistence farming and intensive farming.
Ans. Subsistence farming is done with the sole purpose of meeting the needs of the farmer's
family while intensive farming is done with the sole purpose of sale of the farm produce.
CASE BASED QUESTIONS

Case Study – 1
Gurpreet, Madho and Tina were walking through the village where they saw a farmer tilling
land. The farmer told them that he was growing wheat and had just added manure to the soil
to make it more fertile. He told the children that the wheat would fetch a good price in the
mandi from where it would be taken to factories to make bread and biscuits from flour. This
transformation from a plant to a finished product involves three types of economic activities.
These are primary, secondary and tertiary activities. Primary activities include all those
connected with extraction and production of natural resources. Agriculture, fishing and
gathering are good examples. Secondary activities are concerned with the processing of these
resources. Manufacturing of steel, baking of bread and weaving of cloth are examples of this
activity. Tertiary activities provide support to the primary and secondary sectors through
services. Transport, trade, banking, insurance and advertising are examples of tertiary
activities. Agriculture is a primary activity. It includes growing crops, fruits, vegetables,
flowers and rearing of livestock. In the world, 50 per cent of persons are engaged in
agricultural activity. Two-thirds of India’s population is still dependent on agriculture.
Favourable topography of soil and climate are vital for agricultural activity. The land on
which the crops are grown is known as arable land . In the map you can see that agricultural
activity is concentrated in those regions of the world where suitable factors for the growing of
crops exist.
1.) What does the farmer add to the soil to make a land more fertile?
Ans. The farmer adds manure to the soil to make the land more fertile.
2.) What does agriculture include?
Ans. Agriculture includes growing crops, fruits, vegetables,flowers and rearing of livestock.
3.) What types of economic activities are needed for the transformation from a plant to
a finished product?
Ans. The transformation from a plant to a finished product involves three types of economic
activities. These are primary, secondary and tertiary activities.
4.) What are vital for agricultural activity?
Ans. Favourable topography of soil and climate are vital for agricultural activity
Case Study – 2
Agriculture: The science and art of cultivation on the soil, raising crops and rearing
livestock. It is also called farming.
Sericulture: Commercial rearing of silkworms. It may supplement the income of the farmer.
Pisciculture: Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds.
Viticulture: Cultivation of grapes.
Horticulture: Growing vegetables, flowers and fruits for commercial use.
Farming is practised in various ways across the world. Depending upon the geographical
conditions, demand of produce, labour and level of technology, farming can be classified into
two main types. These are subsistence farming and commercial farming. Subsistence
Farming: This type of farming is practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family.
Traditionally, low levels of technology and household labour are used to produce on small
output. Subsistence farming can be further classified as intensive subsistence and primitive
subsistence farming. In intensive subsistence agriculture the farmer cultivates a small plot of
land using simple tools and more labour. Climate with a large number of days with sunshine
and fertile soils permit growing of more than one crop annually on the same plot. Rice is the
main crop. Other crops include wheat, maize, pulses and oilseeds. Intensive subsistence
agriculture is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of south,
southeast and east Asia. Shifting cultivation is practised in the thickly forested areas of
Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of southeast Asia and Northeast India. These are the
areas of heavy rainfall and quick regeneration of vegetation. A plot of land is cleared by
felling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops like
maize, yam, potatoes and cassava are grown. After the soil loses its fertility, the land is
abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. Shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash
and burn’ agriculture.
1.What is the meaning of Horticulture?

Ans. Horticulture means Growing vegetables, flowers and fruits for commercial use.
2.What is the main crop of intensive subsistence agriculture?
Ans. Rice is the main crop of intensive subsistence agriculture.
3. Where shifting cultivation is practised?
Ans. Shifting cultivation is practised in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical
Africa, parts of Southeast Asia and Northeast India.
4. Write down the classifications of subsistence farming?
Ans. Subsistence farming can be classified as- 1) intensive subsistence and 2) primitive
subsistence farming.

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VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

2. Name the economic activities.

4. What is meant by agriculture?

5. What do primary activities include?

7. Define organic farming?

8. What is the rearing of silkworms called?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

2. What are the conditions required for growing coffee ?

3. Describe the various types of culture that make some or

4. What are the inputs and outputs of agriculture ? Mention

5. What is mixed farming and where it is done ?

3. Distinguish between the following.

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

1.What is the meaning of Horticulture?

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