Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Primary Activities

Question:

Match List - I with List - II.

List I Type of Agriculture

List - II Region

(A) Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation

(I) North-Western Europe

(B) Mixed Farming

(II) Denmark

(C) Mediterranean Agriculture

(III) Central Chile

(D) Co-operative Farming

(IV) Canterbury Plains

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

List I Type of Agriculture

List - II Region

(A) Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation

(IV) Canterbury Plains

(B) Mixed Farming

(I) North-Western Europe

(C) Mediterranean Agriculture

(III) Central Chile

(D) Co-operative Farming

(II) Denmark

Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation: Commercial grain cultivation is practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the midlatitudes. Wheat is the principal crop, though other crops like corn, barley, oats and rye are also grown. The size of the farm is very large, therefore entire operations of cultivation from ploughing to harvesting are mechanised. This type of agriculture is best developed in Eurasian steppes, the Canadian and American Prairies, the Pampas of Argentina, the Velds of South Africa, the Australian Downs and the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand.

Mixed Farming: This form of agriculture is found in the highly developed parts of the world, e.g. North-western Europe, Eastern North America, parts of Eurasia and the temperate latitudes of Southern continents.

Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialised commercial agriculture. It is practised in the countries on either side of the Mediterraneansea in Europe and in north Africa from Tunisia to Atlantic coast, southern California, central Chile, south western parts of South Africa and south and south western parts of Australia. This region is an important supplier of citrus fruits.

Co-operative movement originated over a century ago and has been successful in many western European countries like Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Italy etc. In Denmark, the movement has been so successful that practically every farmer is a member of a co-operative.