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upsc-p1-geography-world-agriculture-economic MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements concerning food security and agricultural trade: 1. Adequate physical supply of food necessarily ensures food security. 2. Export restrictions may protect local consumers but can worsen food insecurity in importing countries. 3. World food prices and farm-gate prices represent different layers of the price system. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Export controls can shift food stress from domestic consumers to import-dependent countries, and world, farm-gate, wholesale and retail prices are distinct layers. Statement 1 is incorrect because food security also requires access, utilisation, stability and nutrition.
Q2Match List I with List II: List I (Crop) A. Coffee B. Oil palm C. Wheat D. Rice List II (Broad location) 1. Warm, wet monsoon deltas 2. Tropical highlands 3. Cool-season temperate belts 4. Humid equatorial lowlands Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Coffee is associated with tropical highlands, oil palm with humid equatorial lowlands, wheat with cool-season temperate belts, and rice with warm, wet monsoon deltas. Therefore, option B gives the complete matching.
Q3Arrange the following stages of an agricultural value chain from the earliest stage to the final stage: A. Retail B. Processing C. Inputs and production D. Transport Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A value chain begins with inputs and production, followed by processing, transport and retail before consumption. Therefore, option C presents the correct sequence.
Q4With reference to agricultural production and productivity, consider the following statements: 1. A high national output may result from a large cultivated area rather than high yield. 2. A small country may have high productivity but low total production. Which one of the following is correct?
Both statements are correct. Total production reflects both area and yield, so a large cultivated area can produce a high national total even with modest productivity. Conversely, high output per unit area in a small country need not translate into a large production total.
Q5In a simplified Von Thunen-type sequence, arrange the following land uses from the market towards the outer zones: A. Extensive grain farming and grazing B. Dairying and vegetables C. Forestry and mixed farming Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Perishable dairying and vegetables occupy zones close to the market. Forestry and mixed farming can occur in middle zones, while extensive grain farming and grazing can tolerate greater distance. Hence option A gives the market-to-outer-zone sequence.
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6Consider the following statements about agricultural systems: 1. Intensive rice farming in monsoon Asia is generally associated with small holdings and high labour input. 2. Commercial grain farming is typically concentrated in densely populated river deltas. 3. Plantation agriculture is commercial and linked with cash-crop chains. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7With reference to the geography of dairying, consider the following statements: 1. Perishable milk creates strong requirements for transport and chilling. 2. Refrigeration has widened milk sheds without making market access irrelevant. Which one of the following is correct?
8Consider the following statements about agricultural location: 1. In the Von Thunen model, transport cost, perishability and land rent help explain agricultural rings. 2. Refrigeration and highways have completely eliminated the influence of transport cost on agriculture. 3. Processing plants may be located near farms when raw materials are bulky or perishable. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider the following statements about climate and agricultural sustainability: 1. Irrigation can raise output while also depleting aquifers. 2. Climate-smart agriculture is confined to organic farming and excludes livestock or fisheries management. 3. A region with high crop yield is necessarily sustainable. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
10Match List I with List II: List I (Agricultural feature) A. Mixed farming B. Nomadic pastoralism C. Market gardening D. Commercial grain farming List II (Characteristic) 1. Peri-urban intensive cultivation responding to city demand 2. Crops and livestock linked through fodder, manure and rotations 3. Large mechanised farms with storage and export links 4. Mobile herds shaped by seasonal pasture and water Select the correct answer using the code given below.