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SSC CGL Geography – Agriculture & Irrigation – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level – 12 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Kharif crops are sown:

Correct Answer: A [with the onset of the monsoon (June–July)]

Explanation:

Monsoon In, Kharif Out.

2.  
Which of these is a kharif crop?

Correct Answer: C [Soyabean]

Explanation:

Rabi five: wheat, barley, gram, peas, mustard.

3.  
Watermelon, muskmelon and cucumber are grown mainly in the:

Correct Answer: D [zaid season]

Explanation:

Zaid = short summer season.

4.  
Who led the Green Revolution in India and is often called its father?

Correct Answer: B [M.S. Swaminathan]

Explanation:

Swaminathan – Green Revolution; Kurien – Operation Flood (milk); Vinoba Bhave – Bhoodan.

5.  
According to the Economic Survey 2023-24 (3rd Advance Estimates), the largest producer of jute and mesta in 2023-24 was:

Correct Answer: D [West Bengal]

Explanation:

Economic Survey 2023-24, Statistical Appendix Table 1.18.

6.  
Which crop needs a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of ripening?

Correct Answer: B [Wheat]

Explanation:

NCERT wheat conditions; 50–75 cm rain.

7.  
One-line fact recallJute is known as the:

Correct Answer: C [golden fibre]

Explanation:

Golden colour of the fibre.

8.  
Fill in the blankOperation Flood (1970) was led by ______ as chairman of the NDDB.

Correct Answer: A [Verghese Kurien]

Explanation:

Verghese Kurien – the White Revolution (milk).

9.  
According to the Economic Survey 2023-24 (3rd Advance Estimates), the largest producer of cotton in 2023-24 was:

Correct Answer: D [Gujarat]

Explanation:

Economic Survey 2023-24, Statistical Appendix Table 1.18.

10.  
Guls and kuls are diversion channels of the:

Correct Answer: A [western Himalayas]

Explanation:

NCERT Class 10.

11.  
Who called dams the “temples of modern India”?

Correct Answer: C [Jawaharlal Nehru]

Explanation:

NCERT Class 10.

12.  
True/False drillHow many statements are true?
I. Gram is a rabi crop.
II. Rice needs more than 100 cm of rain.
III. Tea grows best in frost-prone dry areas.

Correct Answer: B [Only two]

Explanation:

Tea needs a warm, moist, frost-free climate.

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