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1. Why is agriculture important in India?

  1. A.It is a primary activity producing food, industrial raw materials and export products.
  2. B.It is only a recreational activity.
  3. C.It produces no industrial raw materials.
  4. D.It depends only on imports.

2. Which feature identifies primitive subsistence farming?

  1. A.Large estates using only machinery.
  2. B.Small patches cultivated with primitive tools and family or community labour, dependent on monsoon and soil fertility.
  3. C.A single crop on a vast estate.
  4. D.Only irrigated commercial crops.

3. What happens in slash-and-burn cultivation when soil fertility declines?

  1. A.The same field receives only chemical fertiliser.
  2. B.The field becomes a permanent plantation.
  3. C.Farmers shift to and clear a fresh patch, allowing natural replenishment of the earlier soil.
  4. D.The land is converted to an urban area.

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