Agriculture For Class 8 Geography Important Questions

Q 1 – Which Of the following are primary activities?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Mining
(c) Fishing
(d) All of these

Q 2 – What is cultivation of grapes called’?
(a) Sericulture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Floriculture
(d) Horiculture

Q 3 – The important inputs like seeds, fertilisers, machinery etc form a system called as?
(a) Barter system
(b) Water system
(c) Farm system
(d) All of these

Q 4 – Type of farming to meet family needs is known as:
(a) Subsistense
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) None of these

Q 5 – Which of these is not commercial farming?
(a) Commercial Grain
(b) Mixed
(c) Organic
(d) Plantation

Q 6 – …………….. is also knowh as a paddy
(a) Wheat
(b) Jowar
(c) Rice
(d) Bajra

Q 7 – Which of the following crops are raised in commercial grain farming?
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

Q 8 – Rubber plantation is famous in:
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Brazil
(c) Malaysia
(d) USA

Q 9 – Which of the following are coarse grains?
(a) Jowar
(b) Bajra
(c) Ragi
(d) All of these

Q 10 – Which type of soil is good for growing wheat?
(a) Desert
(b) Loamy
(c) Sandy
(d) None of these

Q 11 – True or False

  1. Extraction is an example of tertiary activity.
  2. Cash crops are grown in subsistence farming.
  3. Gathering is a primary activity.
  4. Beverages are labour intensive crops.
  5. Shifting agriculture is shifting of crops after a few years.

Q 12 – Fill in the blanks

  1. Shifting agriculture is also known as
  2. soil and climate are vital factors for agricultural activities.
  3. Advertising is an example of activities.
  4. Jute is grown intensively in and
  5. Coarse grains are also called

Q 13 – What is mixed farming?

Q 14 – What type of climate is required for growing rice?

Q 15 – Why is mixed farming called so?

Q 16 – Where is commercial grain farming practised?

Q 17 – Where are agricultural activities concentrated?

Q 18 – What do you understand by agricultural development?

Q 19 – What are tertiary activities?

Q 20 – Where is shifting cultivation practised?

Q 21 – Write a short note on millets.

Q 22 – Distinguish between subsistence farming and intensive farming.

Q 23 – What is plantation agriculture?

Q 24 – What are the types of commercial farming?

Q 25 – What are the types of subsistence farming?