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CHAPTER 4 TYPES OF AGRICULTURE

1. Define agriculture
2. How old is the history of agriculture?
3. When and where were wheat and barley first grown?
4. When and where did the cultivation of maize start?
5. When and where was rice first cultivated?
6. Explain the major basis of distinction of agricultural practices in the world.
7. What do you understand by arable farms? Give example.
8. What is pastoral farming?
9. What is mixed farming?
10. What is subsistence farming? Give example
11. What is intensive farming? What are its different types?
12. What is extensive farming? What are its different types?
13. Write a short note on intensive farming.
14. Explain the salient features of extensive farming.
15. What is horticulture?
16. Explain some of the salient features of extensive commercial farming.

17. Name the following:


(i) From which words is the word agriculture derived?
(ii) The first domesticated crops
(iii) When and where were the first crops grown?
(iv) Examples of subsistence farming
(v) The types of agriculture based on the produce
(vi) The types of agriculture based on the economic purpose
(vii) The types of agriculture based on the method, scale and productivity.
(viii) The types of agriculture based on the approach
(ix) Types of subsistence farming
(x) The crops which are grown in plantation farming
(xi) The areas where the major plantations are found.
(xii) The aim and objective of commercial farming.
(xiii) Countries where intensive subsistence farming is practised
(xiv) The crops that are cultivated using extensive commercial farming in Murray
darling basin.
(xv) The South East Asian countries where shifting cultivation is still practised
(xvi) The crops that are grown in shifting cultivation
(xvii) Disadvantages of shifting cultivation
(xviii) Examples of intensive commercial farming
(xix) Example of intensive subsistence farming
(xx) The countries where intensive subsistence farming (cultivation of rice) is practised
(xxi) Examples of extensive commercial farming
(xxii) Foodgrain grown in extensive commercial farms
(xxiii) The countries where horticulture is practised
(xxiv) The countries where extensive subsistence farming is still practised and in what
form
18. Give reasons:
(i) Farming can be seen to operate as a system.
(ii) The crops grown on an arable farm may change overtime.
(iii) Shifting cultivation is called slash and burn cultivation.
(iv) Shifting cultivation leads to soil degradation
(v) Subsistence farming does not fulfill the nation’s increased demand for food.
(vi) Large amount of labor and capital are required in plantation farming.
(vii) Extensive subsistence farming is on the wane

19. Differentiate between:


(i) Arable and Pastoral farming
(ii) Arable and Mixed farming
(iii) Pastoral and Mixed farming
(iv) Subsistence and Commercial farming
(v) Extensive and Intensive farming
(vi) Advantages and disadvantages of subsistence farming
(vii) Advantages and disadvantages of commercial farming
(viii) Intensive subsistence farming and intensive commercial farming
A. Fill in the blanks.
1. The main source of labour in subsistence farming is the family members of the farmer.
2. Intensive farming produces more output per acre as compared to other types of subsistence
farming.
3. Shifting cultivation is also called slash and burn cultivation.
4. Rearing of cattle, sheep and other livestock for long-term production of milk is called
pastoral farming.

B. Choose the correct answer.


1. Which type of farming requires small input of labour, fertilisers and capital depending on the
area of land being farmed?
Intensive farming
Extensive farming
Commercial farming
Subsistence farming
2. Which of these items are considered inputs in any agricultural system?
Fertilizer
Land
Dairy farming
Labour
3. Which type of farming can be practised in a small area like a backyard garden?
Subsistence farming
Plantation farming
Dairy farming
Extensive farming

C. Match the following.


Type of farming Places where practised
1. Extensive commercial b. Australia
2. Shifting cultivation e. Rainforests of Asia and South America
3. Extensive subsistence d. Sahara Desert
4. Intensive subsistence c. India, Sri Lanka
5. Plantation agriculture a. Malaysia

D. State whether true or false.


1. Subsistence farming is the most basic form of agriculture. TRUE
2. Intensive (SHIFTING) farming causes deforestation. FALSE
3. Commercial farming leads to the supply of quality products. TRUE
4. Large amount of labour and capital are required in plantation farming. TRUE

E. Answer in one or two sentences.


1. What do you mean by arable farming?
2. Name the distinctions of farming based on productivity.
3. What are the categories of commercial farming in today’s context?
4. Why is commercial farming an expensive method of farming
5. Which system of farming is the direct opposite of intensive farming?

F. Answer in a paragraph or two.


1. Define agriculture.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of subsistence farming?
3. Write a note on shifting cultivation.
4. What is commercial farming? List the advantages of commercial farming.
5. What is plantation farming? Explain the features of plantation farming.

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