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Inside Story
Inside Story
g Agriculture shapes many of the traditions and values that this country was built on.
g The primary activities include the extraction of raw materials from the earth’s surface.
g The introduction of farm machinery helped to increase the crop production and brought
more area under cultivation.
g The breeding of fish in specially developed ponds is called pisciculture.

g Temperature determines the growth of vegetation through determining the length of the
vegetative period.
g Millets grow on less fertile and sandy soil.
g India is the leading producer of tea followed by Sri Lanka, China and Kenya.

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Which one of the following economic activities is not a primary activity?
(a) Pastoralism (b) Farming (c) Banking
2. Which one of the following activities is not associated with agriculture?

(a) Sowing (b) Extracting (c) Weeding
3. Which one of the following is not a farm input?
(a) Seeds (b) Land Use (c) Fertilizers

4. Which one of the following terms is associated with plantation agriculture?
(a) Slash and Burn (b) Prairies (c) Horticulture

5. Dairy farming originated in:
(a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Europe

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. The ________________ include the processing of raw materials and converting them into
finished goods of higher value.

2. The prosperity of the ________________ sector depends upon ________________
prosperity.

3. The modern ______________ farming has become capital-intensive to a large extent.
4. Plantation agriculture is a type of ___________ farming.
5. The main farm inputs are _____________ , ____________ , _________ and labour.

C. Distinguish between intensive and extensive farming.

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