Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Primary Activities

Question:

Read the passage given below to answer the following questions :

Intensive Subsistence Agriculture is largely found in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia where crops are grown for personal consumption Basically, there are two types of intensive subsistence agriculture. Intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation: This type of agriculture is characterised by dominance of the rice crop. Land holdings are very small due to the high density of population. Farmers work with the help of family labour leading to intensive use of land. Use of machinery is limited and most of the agricultural operations are done by manual labour. Farm yard manure is used to maintain the fertility of the soil. In this type of agriculture, the yield per unit area is high but per labour productivity is low. Intensive subsidence agriculture is dominated by crops other than paddy. Due to the difference in relief, climate soil and some of the other geographical factors, it is not practical to grow paddy in many parts of monsoon Asia. Wheet, soyabean, barley and sorghum are grown in northern China, Manchuria, North Korea and North Japan. In India wheat is grown in western parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains and millets are grown in dry parts of western and southern India. Most of the characteristics of this type of agriculture are similar to those dominated by wet paddy except that irrigation is often used. This activity is labour intensive on small Pieces of land.

Intensive Subsistence Agriculture means :

Options:

growing crops for export

growing crops for own consumption

growing crops for selling in the market

growing crops for food industries

Correct Answer:

growing crops for own consumption

Explanation:

Subsistence agriculture is one in which the farming areas consume all, or nearly so, of the products locally grown. It can be grouped in two categories — Primitive Subsistence Agriculture and Intensive Subsistence Agriculture