Which one of the following follows single crop cultivation?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Plantation agriculture
Single crop cultivation means one crop is grown over a large area.
Option (1) Mixed farming — Incorrect. Mixed farms grow crops like wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize and fodder crops, and also rear animals. Crop rotation and intercropping are used.
Option (2) Plantation agriculture — Correct. It practises single crop specialisation on large estates.
Option (3) Mediterranean agriculture — Incorrect. It grows many crops: grapes, citrus fruits, olives and figs, and fruits and vegetables in winter.
Option (4) Intensive subsistence agriculture — Incorrect. It is done on small holdings with family labour in monsoon Asia. Rice dominates one type; wheat, soyabean, barley and sorghum are grown in the other.
NCERT (2026-27): “Plantation Agriculture … The characteristic features of this type of farming are large estates or plantations, large capital investment, managerial and technical support, scientific methods of cultivation, single crop specialisation, cheap labour, and a good system of transportation which links the estates to the factories and markets for the export of the products.” |