M.A./M.Sc. (Semester III) (CBCS) Examination Nov/Dec-2018
Geography
AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Time 2½ Hours Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory.
Draw neat diagram whenever necessary.
Use of map stencils is allowed.
Figures to the right indicates full marks
Q.1 Choose the correct alternative and fill in the blanks. 14
The word agriculture is derived from a term 'Agercultura'.
Latin Roman
French German
Geography means the study of spatial variation in agricultural
activities.
Political Social
Agricultural Historical
The first book on agricultural geography was written by
Arthur Young Von Thunen
Bern hard Hillman
According to more recent investigation agriculture began year B.C.
5000 6000
7000 8000
If the pH value of soil is below then it is called acidic soil.
7 8
9 10
Shifting cultivation is called 'Ladang' in
Mexico Philippines
Indonesia Brazil
Monoculture of is the main characteristics of extensive agriculture.
Rice Wheat
Maize Barley
agriculture is practiced mainly in tropical areas.
Plantation Intensive
Extensive Mixed
was the first scholar to use statistical technique to determine the
crop combination regions of U.S.A.
Bhatia Weaver
Doi Symons
10) the Swedish geographer modified the Von Thunen's model of
agricultural land use.
Doi Rafiullah 8
Jonasson Bhatia
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11) developed maximum positive deviation method.
Rafiullah Jonasson
Doi Bhatia
12) The high yielding varieties of wheat were first breed in in 1950's.
England Germany
Mexico Brazil
13) is the staple food crop of the world.
Rice Wheat
Jowar Bajara
14) The saline and alkaline affected tracts are locally known as Kaller in
Maharashtra Bihar
Panjab Orisa
Q.2 Answer of the following questions. (Any Four) 08
Which crop brought by Portuguese in India?
What is meant by Alkaline Soil?
Give the names of shifting cultivation in Philippines and Mexico.
Give Doi's formula for crop combinations.
Who is the father of green revolution in India?
Write notes on any two of the following. 06
Regional approach
Capital as an economic determinant of agriculture.
Concept of crop diversification.
Q.3 Answer any two of the following questions. 08
Give distribution and characteristics of extensive farming.
Give concept and techniques of measurement of agricultural
productivity.
Explain pollution as ecological implication of Greer Revolution.
Answer any one of the following question. 06
Explain scope of agricultural Geography.
Explain Jonasson's model of agricultural land use.
Q.4 Answer any two of the following questions. 10
Describe distribution and characteristics of plantation agriculture.
Explain cause of Hunger in India.
Describe the Southeast Asian gene centre of agriculture.
Answer any one of the following questions. 04
Explain concept of crop contribution.
Describe the lowering of underground water table as ecological
implication.
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Q.5 Answer any two of the following. 14
Explain Von Thunen's model of agricultural land use with the diagram.
Explain physical determinants of agriculture.
Explain the problems in adoption of green revolution in India.