Primary activities

Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?

• Coffee

• Sugarcane

• Wheat

• Rubber

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

• USA

• Sri Lanka

• Denmark

• Russia

Growing of flowers is called:

• Horticulture

• Sericulture

• Floriculture

• Truck farming

In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?

• American Canadian prairies

• European Steppes

• Pampas of Argentina

• Amazon Basin

In which of the following types of agriculture is the farming of citrus fruit very important?

• Market gardening

• Plantation agriculture

• Mediterranean agriculture

• Co-operative farming.

Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also called ‘slash and bum agriculture’?

• Extensive subsistence agriculture

• Primitive subsistence agriculture

• Extensive commercial grain cultivation

• Mixed farming

Which one of the following does not follow monoculture?

• Dairy farming

• Mixed farming

• Plantation agriculture

• Commercial grain farming

The gathering is practised in:

• Amazon Basin

• Ganga Basin

• Nile river basin

• Hwang ho basin

Bark of Cinchona tree is used for making:

• Rubber

• Tamin

• Gum

• Quinine

Which of the tribes practise Transhumance?

• Pygmies

• Red Indians

• Bakarwals

• Masai