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Land Resources and Agriculture

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Geography

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1(i)Which one of the following is NOT a land-use category?Show solution
The chapter lists land-use categories such as forests, barren and wastelands, non-agricultural uses, permanent pastures, miscellaneous tree crops and groves, culturable wasteland, current fallow, fallow other than current fallow, and net area sown. Marginal land is not one of these categories.

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1(ii)What one of the following is the main reason due to which share of forest has shown an increase in the last forty years?Show solution
The chapter says the increase in forest share is due to an increase in the demarcated/notified area under forest rather than an actual increase in forest cover. So the correct reason is increase in notified area allocated for forest growth.

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1(iii)Which one of the following is the main form of degradation in irrigated areas?Show solution
In irrigated areas, the chapter states that a large tract of agricultural land has lost fertility due to alkalisation and salinisation of soils and waterlogging. Hence the main form of degradation is salinisation of soils.

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1(iv)Which one of the following crops is not cultivated under dryland farming?Show solution
The chapter says dryland farming in India grows hardy, drought-resistant crops such as ragi, bajra, moong, gram and guar. Sugarcane is described as a crop of tropical areas that is largely irrigated, not dryland. So the correct answer is Sugarcane.

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1(v)In which of the following group of countries of the world, HYVs of wheat and rice were developed?Show solution
The chapter states that new seed varieties of wheat and rice known as high yielding varieties (HYVs) were available by mid-1960s from Mexico and Philippines respectively. Therefore, the correct group is Mexico and Philippines.

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2(i)Differentiate between barren and wasteland and culturable wasteland.Show solution
Barren and wasteland is land that is classified as wasteland such as barren hilly terrain, desert land, ravines, etc., and it normally cannot be brought under cultivation with the available technology. Culturable wasteland is land left fallow for more than five years, but it can be brought under cultivation after improving it through reclamation practices.

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2(ii)How would you distinguish between net sown area and gross cropped area?
2(iii)Why is the strategy of increasing cropping intensity important in a country like India?
2(iv)How do you measure total cultivable land?
2(v)What is the difference between dryland and wetland farming?
3(i)What are the different types of environmental problems of land resources in India?
3(ii)What are the important strategies for agricultural development followed in the post-independence period in India?

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