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Agriculture geography

Agriculture geography is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2014). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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Years tested
1 · 2014–2014
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What you need to know first

Major cash crops of IndiaTypes of agriculture in IndiaTribal agricultural practices

Real questions that test this

Tea is made from young leaves of the tea plant. Chinese were the earliest tea drinkers in the world. The British first discovered the Assam tea in 1829 in the forests of North-East India. The popular brands in the world are :

चहा हा चहाच्या झाडांच्या कोवळ्या पानांपासून बनवला जातो. चायनीज जगतात प्रथम चहा पिणारे म्हणून ओळखले जातात. इंग्रजांनी 1829 मध्ये ईशान्य भारतात आसाम चहा प्रथम शोधला. जगातील लोकप्रिय चहा प्रकार आहेत :

(a)मोठ्या पानांचा चायनीज चहा.

(b)लहान पानांचा आसाम चहा.

1)फक्त (a) बरोबर
2)फक्त (b) बरोबर
3)(a) व (b) दोन्ही बरोबर आहेत.
4)(a) व (b) दोन्ही बरोबर नाहीत✓ Correct

Tea varieties are generally categorized based on plant types and origins, but the specific descriptions given in statements (a) large leaf Chinese tea and (b) small leaf Assam tea are inverted (Chinese tea is typically smaller leaved/Camellia sinensis sinensis, and Assam tea has larger leaves/Camellia sinensis assamica). Thus, both statements are incorrect.

जोड्या जुळवून योग्य पर्याय शोधा. स्थलांतरित शेती राज्य (a) झूम (i) छत्तीसगड (b) पोडू (ii) केरळ (c) पोणम (iii) आसाम (d) दहिया (iv) आंध्र प्रदेश Match the following and choose the correct option from those given below : Shifting Cultivation State (a) Jhum (i) Chhattisgarh (b) Podu (ii) Keral (c) Ponam (iii) Assam (d) Dahiya (iv) Andhra Pradesh

(a)झूम / Jhum : (i) छत्तीसगड / Chhattisgarh

(b)पोडू / Podu : (ii) केरळ / Keral

(c)पोणम / Ponam : (iii) आसाम / Assam

(d)दहिया / Dahiya : (iv) आंध्र प्रदेश / Andhra Pradesh

1)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
2)(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
3)(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)✓ Correct
4)(iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

Shifting cultivation names match their states: Jhum in Assam (North-East), Podu in Andhra Pradesh, Ponam in Kerala, and Dahiya in Chhattisgarh.

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