Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Agriculture Types) | List-II (Major Crops) | ||
| (A) | Plantation | (I) | Wheat |
| (B) | Extensive Commercial | (II) | Coffee |
| (C) | Mediterranean | (III) | Paddy |
| (D) | Intensive Subsistence | (IV) | Grape |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
(A) Plantation — this matches (II) Coffee, one of the main plantation crops with tea, cocoa and rubber.
(B) Extensive Commercial — this matches (I) Wheat, the principal crop of extensive commercial grain cultivation.
(C) Mediterranean — this matches (IV) Grape; viticulture is a speciality of the Mediterranean region.
(D) Intensive Subsistence — this matches (III) Paddy; one type of it is dominated by wet paddy.
NCERT (2025-26): “Plantation Agriculture … Some of the important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples.… Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation Commercial grain cultivation is practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes. Wheat is the principal crop, though other crops like corn, barley, oats and rye are also grown.… Mediterranean Agriculture … Viticulture or grape cultivation is a speciality of the Mediterranean region.… Intensive Subsistence Agriculture … Intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation: This type of agriculture is characterised by dominance of the rice crop.…” |