Arrange the following agricultural regions from equator to pole:
(A) Commercial grain farming in the Prairies
(B) Reindeer rearing by the Eskimos
(C) Tea plantations of north-east India
(D) Primitive subsistence farming in Indonesia
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (C), (A), (B)
(D) Primitive subsistence farming in Indonesia — first. Indonesia lies on the equator, in the tropics.
(C) Tea plantations of north-east India — second. Plantations are a tropical system, and north-east India lies near the Tropic of Cancer.
(A) Commercial grain farming in the Prairies — third. The Prairies are in the mid-latitudes of North America.
(B) Reindeer rearing by the Eskimos — last. Reindeer are reared in the Arctic and sub-Arctic areas, near the pole.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not give the latitudes of these regions. It places shifting cultivation and plantations in the tropics, commercial grain farming in the mid-latitudes and reindeer in the Arctic and sub-Arctic areas; a world map gives the rest.
NCERT (2026-27): “Primitive Subsistence Agriculture … Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and central America and south east Asia (Fig. 4.7). … It is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.” “Plantation Agriculture … Plantation agriculture as mentioned above was introduced by the Europeans in colonies situated in the tropics. 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 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.” “A wide variety of animals is kept in different regions. In tropical Africa, cattle are the most important livestock, while in Sahara and Asiatic deserts, sheep, goats and camel are reared. In the mountainous areas of Tibet and Andes, yak and llamas and in the Arctic and sub Arctic areas, reindeer are the most important animals.” |