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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.
Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - 4- Agriculture

Multiple Choice Questions

(NOTE: - Choose the correct option and put a tick mark.)

1. The efforts made to increase farm production in order to meet the growing demand of
increasing population is called ____________

a) Agricultural Quotient
b) Agricultural Degeneration
c) Agricultural development
d) Agricultural Index

2. Farmers in India are usually _____ owns 1.5 hectare land in average .
a)Large farmers

b)Business men
c) Marginal farmer

d) None of these
3. Agricultural development leads to-------

a)Self containment

b)Food security
c)Buffer stock

d)Rise in GDP

4. Farm production can be increased by---
a) The use of High Yield Value (HYV) seeds
b) Taking advice from others.
c) Analyses of the type of soil
d) Good price for crop yield

5. ___ are more suitable for development of commercial agriculture.

a)Smaller land holdings

b) Larger land holdings
c)Chemical fertilizers

d)All of the above

6. Name the type of farming practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family?

a) Commercial Farming
b) Mixed Farming
c) Plantation agriculture
d) Subsistence Farming

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