Chapter 4. Agriculture Geography class 8 exercise Additional - Question
Chapter 4. Agriculture Geography class 8 exercise Additional - Question ncert book solution in english-medium
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Chapter 4. Agriculture
Q1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What is agriculture?
Answer: Agriculture is the primary activity that involves cultivation of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers and rearing of livestock.
(ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture?
Answer: Factors influencing agriculture include topography o soil and climate.
(iii) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Answer: shifting cultivation is the form of agriculture in which a plot of land is cleared by telling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with soil and crops are grown. After some time. The land is abandoned and the farmers move to a different place. It is disadvantageous because it involves deforestation and burning of trees. Thus it is not good for environment.
(iv) What is plantation agriculture?
Answer: Plantation agriculture is a type of commercial arming where only a single crop ( like tea coffee sugarcane cashew rubber banana or cotton ) is grown . large amount off labor and capital are required. The produce is processed in the farm itself or nearby factories.
(v) Name the fiber crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Answer: Two major fiber crops are jute and cotton. Jute grows well on alluvial soil and requires high temperature, heavy rainfall and humid climate for its growth. Cotton needs high temperature, light rainfall and bright sunshine for its proper growth.
Q2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Horticulture means
(a) growing of fruits and vegetables
(b) primitive farming
(c) growing of wheat
Answer: (a) growing of fruits and vegetables
(ii) Golden fiber refers to
(a) tea
(b) cotton
(c) jute
Answer: (c) jute
(iii) Leading producers of coffee
(a) Brazil
(b) India
(c) Russia
Answer: (a) Brazil
Q3. Give reasons.
(i) In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Answer: Agriculture is an activity of growing crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers and rearing of livestock. It is a primary activity since it directly involves in natural resources. In India, a huge number of people derive the activity from their ancestors. Due to lack of literacy in general farmers prefer agriculture since they acquire the required skills from their ancestors, and so feel comfortable with it.
(ii) Different crops are grown in different regions.
Answer: The growing of crops depends on a lot factors. Climate, it many not be possible. To grow a certain crop. So, different crops are grown in different regions,
Q4. Distinguish between the followings.
(i) Primary activates and tertiary activities
Answer:
Primary Activities |
Secondary Activities |
1. Activities which involve direct extraction and production of natural resources are called primary activities. 2. Examples: agriculture, fishing and gathering. |
1. Activities which are concerned with the processing of natural resources are called secondary activities. 2. Example: manufacturing activities in industry, baking bread, biscuits etc. |
(ii) Subsistence farming and intensive farming.
Answer:
Subsistence farming |
Intensive farming |
1. Subsistence Farming users low levels of technology and house hold labour . The output produced is small. |
1. In intensive Farming a Farmer users simple tools and more labour to cultivate a small plot of land. |
Q5. Activity
(i) Collect seeds of wheat, rice, mower, bare, raga, maize, oilseeds and pulses available in the market. Bring them to the class and find out in which type of soil they grow.
Answer: Types of soil in which the following crops grow:
Wheat | Alluvial soil |
Rice | Alluvial clayey |
Jowar, bajra ragi | Desert |
Maize | Alluvial, Black |
Oilseeds | Alluvial, Black |
Pulses | Red, Alluvial |
(ii) Find out the difference between the life style of farmers in the USA and India on the basis of pictures collected from magazines, books, newspapers and the internet.
Answer: The lifestyle of an Indian farmer is quite Different from that of a farmer in the USA. An Indian farmer does not have much land whereas the average size o a farm in the USA is about 250 hectares. An Indian farmer lives in his house but an American farmer lives in his farm . A farmer in India applies his own experience, and advice of other farmers and elder in laboratories to assess the nutrients of the soil . An Indian Farmer does not know of any technical advancements whereas a famer in the USA has a computer which is linked to the satellite . in comparison to an Indian farmer , an American farmer is much more advanced in every aspect.
Additional - Question
Additional - Question:
Que: What is Agriculture?
Ans: Agriculture can be defined as one of the activities which result in the transformation of a plant to a finished product. There are three different types of activities which are involved in the process of transformation. These are the primary activity, secondary activity and the tertiary activity.
Farming or agriculture can also be viewed as a proper system. There are some main inputs that come to action such as fertilizers, seeds, machinery and much more. Also, there are some labouring operations which come to effect during agriculture and these are ploughing, irrigation, harvesting, weeding, and sowing.
Que: Understanding about The Different Types of Farming?
Ans: There are mainly two types of farming, Subsistence farming and commercial farming. Students will get to know about these from the agriculture.
Que: What is The Major Crops?
Ans: There were some major crops which were grown. Such details can be found in the Agriculture Class 8 notes. There are some major food crops such as rice, millets, maize, and wheat. Also, there are some fibre crops such as cotton and jute. Not to forget the important crops for beverages such as coffee and tea. Rice is considered to be the staple diet for most of the people in the country and hence is produced the most due to agriculture. All the other major crops are also produced for feeding and commercial purposes.
Que: Agricultural Development?
Ans: There were some very important efforts made in order to have an increase in farm production. The main reason behind it was to ensure that the increase in demand for the crops could be met. Due to the elevation in population, there was a huge demand for food items and hence the need for agricultural development was increased. Not just that but there were some efforts made in order to improve the irrigation facilities. People would use more fertilizers and some other high-yielding seeds to have proper development in the sector of farming.
Que: What Exactly is Agriculture?
Ans: Agriculture is a primary activity which includes the process of culivating crops, fruits, flower, vegetables, and rearing the livestock.
Qur: Define Polantation Agriculture?
Ans: A specific type of framing for commercial purposes where people would grow only a single type of crop such as coffe, tea, cashew, rubber etc is known as plantation agriculture.
Que: What are the Different factors Influencing Agriclture?
Ans: Climate and soil topography are the man factors influencing agriculture.
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