Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| Area | Type of farming | ||
| (A) | Prairies of North America | (I) | Mixed farming |
| (B) | Eastern North America | (II) | Dairy farming |
| (C) | New Zealand | (III) | Commercial grain farming |
| (D) | In North Africa from Tunisia to the Atlantic Coast | (IV) | Mediterranean agriculture |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Prairies of North America — this matches (III) Commercial grain farming. Wheat is grown on very large, fully mechanised farms there.
(B) Eastern North America — this matches (I) Mixed farming. Crops and livestock are raised together on the same farm.
(C) New Zealand — this matches (II) Dairy farming. South-eastern Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania form the third belt of commercial dairy farming. The Canterbury Plains of New Zealand also grow grain, but (III) already goes with the Prairies.
(D) In North Africa from Tunisia to the Atlantic Coast — this matches (IV) Mediterranean agriculture. This coast lies on the southern side of the Mediterranean Sea.
NCERT (2026-27): “Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation … Commercial grain cultivation is practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the midlatitudes. … 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 (Fig. 4.14).” “There are three main regions of commercial dairy farming. The largest is North Western Europe the second is Canada and the third belt includes South Eastern Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania (Fig. 4.16).” “Mediterranean Agriculture … Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialised commercial agriculture. It is practised in the countries on either side of the Mediterranean sea 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.” |