Economic Activities (Agriculture, Industry, Services) NDA Questions

NDA Human Geography

Economic Activities (Agriculture, Industry, Services) MCQ Questions


7.
Dairy farming, as a specialised and intensive form of livestock rearing, is most developed in:
A.
North-Western Europe
B.
The Sahara region
C.
Central Asia
D.
Equatorial Africa
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ANSWER :
A. North-Western Europe
8.
Mediterranean agriculture is particularly noted for the cultivation of:
A.
Wheat and maize only
B.
Rice and jute
C.
Tea and coffee
D.
Citrus fruits, olives and grapes
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ANSWER :
D. Citrus fruits, olives and grapes
9.
Market gardening (truck farming) refers to:
A.
Long-distance transport and grazing of cattle
B.
Large-scale extensive grain farming
C.
Cultivation of cash crops purely for overseas export
D.
Intensive cultivation of vegetables and fruits located close to urban markets
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ANSWER :
D. Intensive cultivation of vegetables and fruits located close to urban markets
10.
In the former Soviet Union, collective farms in which peasants pooled their land, livestock and labour while retaining a small private plot were called:
A.
Kolkhoz
B.
Kibbutz
C.
Ejido
D.
Sovkhoz
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ANSWER :
A. Kolkhoz
11.
State-owned farms in the former USSR, generally larger than collective farms and run with hired labour, were known as:
A.
Ejido
B.
Kibbutz
C.
Kolkhoz
D.
Sovkhoz
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ANSWER :
D. Sovkhoz
12.
Extensive commercial grain farming, involving large mechanised farms and low labour input per hectare, is best exemplified by the:
A.
Amazon basin of Brazil
B.
Ganga plains of India
C.
Nile Delta of Egypt
D.
Prairies of North America
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ANSWER :
D. Prairies of North America