Agricultural Geography Quiz

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock.

Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

Darjeeling tea is a well-known tea variety that is exported around the world. It grows in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Darjeeling tea is unique because the leaves can be processed in different ways, resulting in black, green, white, or oolong tea.

Jhum cultivation also called slash and burn agriculture is a form of crop-growing farming activity. Crops are grown in this cultivation by clearing the trees and other vegetation and then burning the fields. This agriculture is practiced by the tribal groups in the northeastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.

Grain crops contributed about 127 million Hectare (59%) of the gross cropped area of the country. Rice and wheat occupied 22% and 15% of the total net cultivable area in India.

Cod, (genus Gadus), large and economically important marine fish of the family Gadidae. The species Gadus morhua is found on both sides of the North Atlantic.

Long- and extra-long staple cottons include pima cotton and Egyptian cotton. These cottons are renowned for their superior quality.

The Surti is a breed of water buffalo found in the Charottar tract of Gujarat between the Mahi and Sabarmati rivers. The best animals of this breed are found in Anand, Kaira and Baroda districts of Gujarat.

Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, Contour ploughing, Strip cropping, Shifting agriculture, etc. Dry farming encompasses specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops.