MCQs for Class 12 Geography Book 1 - Chapter 4 Primary Activities
Multiple Choice Questions
Question.1. Growing of grapes is called
(a) Truck Farming
(b) Horticulture
(c) Viticulture
(d) Floriculture
Answer
(c) Viticulture
Question.2. Which of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonists?
(a) Kolkoz
(b) Mixed Farming
(c) Viticulture
(d) Plantation
Answer
(d) Plantation
Question.3. Which one of the following does not follow monoculture?
(a) Dairy Farming
(b) Plantation Agriculture
(c) Mixed Farming
(d) Commercial grain farming
Answer
(c) Mixed Farming
Question.4. Which one of the following is a plantation crop?
(a) Paddy
(b) Wheat
(c) Jute
(d) Coffee
Answer
(d) Coffee
Question.5. Which of the tribes practice Transhumance?
(a) Pygmies
(b) Bakarwals
(c) Red Indians
(d) Masai
Answer
(d) Bakarwals
Question.6. Which of the following is not a primary activity?
(a) Forestry
(b) Fishing
(c) Hunting
(d) Manufacturing
Answer
(d) Manufacturing
Question.7. Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
(a) Rubber
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Jute
(d) Coffee
Answer
(c) Jute
Question.8. Which one from the following plantation was not setup by British?
(a) Sugarcane and Banana plantation in West Indies
(b) Rubber plantation in Malaysia
(c) Coffee plantation in West Africa
(d) Tea Garden in Sri Lanka and India
Answer
(c) Coffee plantation in West Africa
Question.9. which type of Activity practiced in Prairies and Pumpas?
(a) Mixed farming
(b) Extensive commercial farming
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Subsistence agriculture
Answer
(b) Extensive commercial farming
Question.10. In which one of the following countries collective farming was practiced?
(a) USSR
(b) Denmark
(c) The Netherlands
(d) India
Answer
(a) USSR
Question.11. Which one of the following is the other name of surface mining?
(a) Underground mining
(b) Shaft mining
(c) Drilling
(d) Open-cast mining
Answer
(d) Open-cast mining
Question.12. Which of the following is not the other name of slash and burn agriculture?
(a) Jhuming
(b) Milpa
(c) Ladang
(d) Kolkhoz
Answer
(d) Kolkhoz
Question.13. People engaged in primary activities are called
(a) Gold collar workers
(b) White collar workers
(c) Red collar workers
(d) Pink collar workers
Answer
(c) Red collar workers
Question.14. Human activities which generate income are called
(a) Social Activities
(b) Cultural Activities
(c) Natural Activities
(d) Economic Activities
Answer
(d) Economic Activities
Question.15. Which one of the following region has the largest commercial diary farming?
(a) Canada
(b) New Zealand
(c) Tasmania
(d) North Western Europe
Answer
(d) North Western Europe
Question.16. There is no Off Season in which from the following farming?
(a) Plantation agriculture
(b) Extensive Commercial grain farming
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Mediterranean agriculture
Answer
(c) Dairy farming
Question.17. Which one from the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Velds – South Africa
(b) Canterbury – New Zealand
(c) Pampas – Argentina
(d) Prairies – Australia
Answer
(d) Prairies – Australia
Question.18. Which one from the following is characteristic of intensive subsistence agriculture.?
(a) The size of farms is very large
(b) Entire operation of cultivation is mechanised
(c) High yield per acre but low yield per person
(d) Fully developed in Prairies, Pampas, Velds and Downs etc.
Answer
(c) High yield per acre but low yield per person
Question.19. Which one from the following is not correct for Plantation agriculture?
(a) Skilled and cheap labours are required
(b) Low yield per acre but high yield per person
(c) Large capital investment is required
(d) Scientific method of cultivation
Answer
(b) Low yield per acre but high yield per person
Question.20. In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?
(a) American Canadian prairies
(b) Amazon Basin
(c) European Steppes
(d) Pampas of Argentina
Answer
(b) Amazon Basin
Question.21. Which one from the following is not correct for Shifting cultivation?
(a) Generally, it is practiced by tribes
(b) People use unsophisticated instruments and seeds
(c) Gradually in the process of cultivation the fertility of the soil increases
(d) Shifting cultivation is also called Primitive subsistence agriculture
Answer
(c) Gradually in the process of cultivation the fertility of the soil increases
Question.22. Which one of the following is called Principal crop in Extensive Commercial Grain
Cultivation?
(a) Barley
(b) Rice
(c) Wheat
(d) Corn
Answer
(c) Wheat
Question.23. Which one from the following is not correct for Commercial Livestock Rearing?
(a) It is practiced in New Zealand and Australia etc.
(b) Only one type of important animals such as sheep, cattle, goats and horses are not reared
(c) Commercial livestock rearing is more organized, and capital intensive
(d) Products such as meat and wool are processed
Answer
(b) Only one type of important animals such as sheep, cattle, goats and horses are not reared
Question.24. The actual development of mining began with the _____________
(a) World wars
(b) Civil wars
(c) Industrial revolution
(d) All the above
Answer
(c) Industrial revolution
Question.25. Which one from the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Tropical Africa- Cattle
(b) Sub-Arctic – Giraffe
(c) Tibet – Yak
(d) Sahara – Goats
Answer
(b) Sub-Arctic – Giraffe
Question.26. Which one is not related to primary human activities?
(a) Transportation and communication
(b) Hunting and Gathering
(c) Mining
(d) Agriculture
Answer
(a) Transportation and communication
Question.27. Masai tribe belongs to ___________.
(a) Mongolia
(b) Canada
(c) Congo
(d) Kenya
Answer
(d) Kenya
Question.28. Which one is not perfectly matched?
(a) Viticulture- Cultivation of grapes
(b) Horticulture- Cultivation of fruits and vegetables
(c) Apiculture- Rearing of silkworm
(d) Floriculture- Cultivation of flowers
Answer
(b) Apiculture- Rearing of silkworm
Question.29. Fodder crop is an important characteristic of which of the following type of farming?
(a) Mediterranean agriculture
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Collective farming
(d) Horticulture
Answer
(b) Mixed farming
Question.30. Canterbury region in New Zealand is famous for-
(a) Extensive commercial farming
(b) Dairy farming
(c) Co-operative farming
(d) None of these
Answer
(a) Extensive commercial farming
Question.31. ‘Single crop specialization’ is an important characteristic of which of the following type of agriculture?
(a) Collective farming
(b) Dairy farming
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Intensive Subsistence farming
Answer
(c) Plantation agriculture
Question.32. What is a demerit of Primitive subsistence cultivation?
(a) Low and uncertain productivity
(b) Soil erosion
(c) Forest fire and loss of habitat for wildlife
(d) All of these
Answer
(a) Low and uncertain productivity
Question.33. Co-operative farming is popular in which pair of countries?
(a) U.S.A. and Canada
(b) Australia and New Zealand
(c) Norway, Denmark and Italy
(d) None of these
Answer
(c) Norway, Denmark and Italy
Question.34. Which one is not a plantation crop?
(a) Coconut
(b) Coffee
(c) Groundnut
(d) Tea
Answer
(c) Groundnut
Question.35. _________ is local name of shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka.
(a) Chena
(b) Masole
(c) Roca
(d) Milpa
Answer
(a) Chena
Question.36. Which crops grown under Mediterranean cultivation?
(a) Citrus fruits
(b) Olives
(c) Figs and grapes
(d) All of these
Answer
(d) All of these
Question.37. What is Kolkhoz?
(a) A type of mixed farming
(b) Plantation farming
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Collective farming of USSR
Answer
(d) Collective farming of USSR
Question.38. Hunting and gathering is a part of which sector?
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Quaternary
Answer
(a) Primary
Question.39. In which of the following regions is primitive agriculture practiced?
(a) Red basin
(b) Hwang ho basin
(c) Ganga basin
(d) Amazon basin
Answer
(d) Amazon basin
Question.40. Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by European colonist?
(a) Kolkhoz
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Viticulture
(d) Plantation agriculture
Answer
(d) Plantation agriculture
Question.41. Crop not related to market gardening is.
(a) Fruits
(b) Vegetables
(c) Corn
(d) None of these
Answer
(c) Corn
Question.42. Temperate grassland in Australia is known as.
(a) Prairies
(b) Pampas
(c) Downs
(d) Steppes
Answer
(c) Downs
Question.43. Which is not true about Plantation agriculture?
(a) Monoculture
(b) Small tillage
(c) Market linkage
(d) Cheap and skilled labor
Answer
(b) Small tillage
Question.44. “Highly specialized method of farming mainly with citrus fruits, Grapes, vegetables, and dairy farming is practiced” in.
(a) Nomadic Herding
(b) Mediterranean cultivation
(c) Intensive subsistence cultivation
(d) Primitive subsistence cultivation
Answer
(b) Mediterranean cultivation
Question.45. In Himalayan regions which of the following tribes are linked with the activity of Transhumance?
(a) Baigas
(b) Gonds
(c) Gaddis
(d) Santhals
Answer
(c) Gaddis
