Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Economics

Question:

What do you understand by the term "Multiple cropping"?

Options:

To grow more than one crop simultaneously in one season

To grow more than 1 crop in a piece of land during the year

To grow kharif crops 

To grow rabi crops

Correct Answer:

To grow more than 1 crop in a piece of land during the year

Explanation:

To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land. All farmers in Palampur grow atleast two main crops; many are growing potato as the third crop in the past fifteen to twenty years.