Assertion (A): India has the largest irrigated area of cultivated land.

Reason (R): The failure of monsoon or too much rainfall leads to crop failure.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
3. A is true but R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.

Tea, coffee, rubber or spices are …………… crops.

1. Plantation farming
2. Intensive farming
3. Extensive farming
4. Commercial farming

Around 2014-15, a farmer got yields of 95 quintals and 70 quintals per ha in paddy and wheat respectively. Today, with the same quantity of chemical fertilisers, the average yield of paddy and wheat from one ha is 85 quintals and 65 quintals respectively. What has led to the decline in yield?

1. Soil depletion
2. Government policies
3. Irrigation facilities
4. Seed quality

Increasing rural-urban migration by men has led to rise of women-headed rural households and the resultant increased incomes had led to growth in the production of cash crops which are labour intensive in nature. This is referred to as feminisation of agriculture. Which type of farming would be carried out?

1. Subsistence
2. Plantation
3. Cooperative
4. Shifting