Primary Activities — NCERT Solutions

CBSE · Class 12 · Geography

NCERT Solutions for Primary Activities, CBSE Class 12 Geography: 13 textbook questions solved step by step. Covers Exercises.

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Exercises

1(i)Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?

(a) Coffee
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Wheat
(d) Rubber

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Wheat is not a plantation crop. Plantation crops mentioned in the chapter include coffee, sugarcane, rubber, tea, cocoa, cotton, oil palm, bananas and pineapples.

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1(ii)In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment?

(a) Russia
(b) Denmark
(c) India
(d) The Netherlands

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The chapter states that the co-operative movement has been successful in many western European countries, and that in Denmark it has been so successful that practically every farmer is a member of a co-operative.

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1(iii)Growing of flowers is called:

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

(a) Truck farming
(b) Factory farming
(c) Mixed farming
(d) Floriculture

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Floriculture means the growing of flowers. So the correct option is (d) Floriculture.

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1(iv)Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?

(a) Kolkoz
(b) Viticulture
(c) Mixed farming
(d) Plantation

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The chapter says that plantation agriculture was introduced by the European colonists in the tropics.

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1(v)In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?

(a) American Canadian prairies
(b) European Steppes
(c) Pampas of Argentina
(d) Amazon Basin

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Extensive commercial grain cultivation is found in the Eurasian steppes, the Canadian and American prairies, and the Pampas of Argentina. It is not practised in the Amazon Basin.

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1(vi)In which of the following types of agriculture is the farming of citrus fruit very important?

(a) Market gardening
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Mediterranean agriculture
(d) Co-operative farming

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The chapter says that Mediterranean agriculture is an important supplier of citrus fruits.

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1(vii)Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also called 'slash and burn agriculture'?

(a) Extensive subsistence agriculture
(b) Primitive subsistence agriculture
(c) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
(d) Mixed farming

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Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is also called slash and burn agriculture.

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1(viii)Which one of the following does not follow monoculture?

(a) Dairy farming
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Commercial grain farming