In ..........................., family consumes nearly all the products grown.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Subsistence Agriculture
Option (1) Truck Farming — Incorrect. Here farmers grow only vegetables for city markets; the farms lie as far from the market as a truck can travel overnight.
Option (2) Subsistence Agriculture — Correct. In subsistence agriculture the farming areas consume all, or nearly all, of what they grow. It has two forms, primitive subsistence agriculture and intensive subsistence agriculture.
Option (3) Plantation Agriculture — Incorrect. Plantations grow a single crop on a large estate for sale, such as tea, coffee, rubber or sugarcane, with much capital and hired labour.
Option (4) Mixed Farming — Incorrect. Mixed farming combines crops with livestock and is market-oriented, found in the developed parts of the world.
NCERT (2025-26): “Subsistence Agriculture … Subsistence agriculture is one in which the farming areas consume all, or nearly so, of the products locally grown. It can be grouped in two categories — Primitive Subsistence Agriculture and Intensive Subsistence Agriculture.…” |