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GRADE 5

28 Sow and grow

Answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

1. Which soil is best suited for the cultivation of cotton?

a. red soil b. alluvial soil c. black soil

2. Major agricultural land in India is under the cultivation of

a. plantation crops b. food crops c. cash crops

3. Which crop requires water logging for its cultivation?

a. tea b. coffee c. rice
4. Besides Rabi and Kharif, which is the third crop season in India?

a. Zaid b. Barsati c. Sharad

5. Jute cultivation is concentrated in the delta region of which of the
following rivers?

a. Mahanadi b. Godavari c. Ganga

6. Which variety of coffee is largely grown in India?

a. Coorg b. Arabica c. Kents
7. Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

a. tea b. sugarcane c. rubber

8. Jhum cultivation is practised in which of the following states of India?

a. Manipur b. Madhya Pradesh c. Punjab

9. Three states are the leading producers of coffee in India. Two of them are
Karnataka and Kerala. Name the third.
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a. Maharashtra b. Tamil Nadu
Jhum cultivation is
c. Madhya Pradesh also called ‘slash and
burn agriculture’. It is
10. Which crop covers one-third of the total cultivated the process of growing
area of India? crops by first clearing

a. rice b. wheat the land of trees
and burning them
c. cotton thereafter. The burnt
soil contains potash
which increases the
nutrient content of
the soil.
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