RBSE Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 4 Agriculture

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Agriculture InText Questions and Answers

Question 1. 
Answer the following questions-
(i) What is agriculture?
Answer:
Agriculture is a primary activity that includes growing crops, fruits, vegetables, and flowers and rearing livestock.

(ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture. 
Answer:
Many factors influence agriculture of which topography of soil and climate are major.

(iii) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Answer:
In shifting cultivation a plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops like maize, yam, potatoes mid cassava are grown. After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. In this way, the farmer cultivates from place to place with the help of his family.  
The disadvantage of shifting cultivation-

• It causes soil erosion.
• It damages the forest area.
• This type of agriculture destroys vegetation.

(iv) What is plantation agriculture?
Answer:
Cultivation of a particular crop in a large area is called plantation agriculture. Plantations are a type of commercial farming where a single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton are grown. A large amount of labour and capital are required. The produce may be processed on the farm itself or in nearby factories. The development of a transport network is thus essential for such farming. Major plantations are found in the tropical regions of the world. Rubber in Malaysia, coffee in Brazil, tea in India and Sri Lanka are some examples.

(v) Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth. 
Answer:
 The fibre crops and the climatic condition required for their growth are-

Question 2. 
Tick the correct answer:
(i) Horticulture means.
(a) growing of fruits and vegetables
(b) primitive farming
(c) growing of wheat. 
Answer:
(a) growing of fruits and vegetables

(ii) Golden fibre refers to:
(a) tea 
(b) cotton 
(c) jute
Answer:
(c) jute

(iii) Leading producers of coffee-
(a) Brazil 
(b) India 
(c) Russia
Answer:
(a) Brazil

Question 3. 
Give reasons?
(i) In India agriculture is a primary activity. 
Answer:
Primary activities include all those connected with extraction and production of natural resources, e.g., agriculture. India is a country where two - third of the population is engaged in agriculture and its associated activities. Agriculture has been the main occupation of most of the population in India since ancient tithes, so agriculture is the primary activity in India.

(ii) Different crops are grown in different regions.
Answer:
Different crops require different soil and climate, so due to different climate and soil of different regions, different crops are grown accordingly.

Question 4.
Distinguish between the followings:

1. Primary activities and tertiary activities.
2. Subsistence farming and intensive farming.

Answer:
1. Primary activities:

2. Subsistence farming and intensive farming: