Agricultural drought
Agricultural drought is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations.
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खालील विधाने वाचा व योग्य तो पर्याय निवडा. / Read the following statements and choose the appropriate option.
(a)हवामानशास्त्रीय दुष्काळ हे प्रत्येक दुष्काळाचे कारण असते. / Climatological drought is the cause for every drought.
(b)जलशास्त्रीय दुष्काळ नेहमीच मानवनिर्मित घटकांची परिणती असते. / Hydrological drought is always an outcome of the human factors.
Climatological drought (extended period of deficient precipitation) is not the cause for 'every' drought type in a strict universal sense, though it precedes others; hydrological drought is influenced by natural hydrological factors alongside human interference, meaning it is not 'always' exclusively a human outcome.
खालील दोन विधाने पहा. / Consider the following two statements :
(a)कोरड्या क्षेत्रात पाऊस कमी-जास्त पडण्याची शक्यता जास्त नसते. / In dry areas chances of receiving high or low rainfall are not high.
(b)जलशास्त्रीय दुष्काळ वृक्षतोडी व अमर्याद चराई मुळेच चालू होतो. / Hydrological droughts begin with illicit felling of trees and overgrazing only.
Statement A is incorrect because dry areas actually have a high variability and probability of receiving erratic or high/low rainfall. Statement B is incorrect because hydrological droughts are caused by a combination of meteorological factors, climate change, and human activities—not 'only' tree felling and overgrazing.