BHAI PARMANAND VIDYA MANDIR
CLASS VIII
WORKSHEET – AGRICULTURE& MAJOR CROPS
& AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Define primary, secondary, tertiary activities.
2. Define agriculture.
3. What is pisciculture?
4. Give examples of areas where Nomadic Herding is practiced.
5. What are the characteristics of dairy farming?
6. What is mixed farming?
7. What do you know about plantation agriculture? Give examples.
8. Define Transhumance.
9. What are millets?
10. Name any two tea and coffee producing countries.
9. Distinguish between the following:
a. Extensive and Intensive farming.
b. Subsistence and Commercial Farming.
10. Fill in the blanks:a) Commercial rearing of silkworms in order to obtain silk is called_______.
b) Commercial farming is mostly practiced in the ______ of Eurasia.
c) Shifting Cultivation is called _______ in North East India.
d) Dairy farming is originated in ___________.
e) Coffee needs ________climate.
f) Tea is a_________ crop.
g) Jute is known as________ fiber.
11. ‘The prosperity of the Industrial sector depends upon agricultural
prosperity.’ Justify the statement.
12. Discuss the physical and economic factors which greatly influence
agriculture.
13. HOTS:a. What do you know about the agricultural development? What steps
should be taken to increase agricultural production?
b. Why is India called an agricultural country?
14. VBQ: Evaluate the agricultural farms of India and USA. How can we make
them better?
15. ‘Green Revolution has changed the face of Agriculture’. Comment.
16. Complete the following table:
CROP
Rice
Wheat
Cotton
Coffee
Jute
Tea
Maize
TEMPERA RAINFALL
TURE
SOIL
AREAS
ANY
OTHER
FEATURE