Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: Types of Agriculture
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is subsistence farming? [1]
(A) Farming mainly to feed the family
(B) Farming only for export
(C) Farming with no crops
(D) Farming using only machines
2. What is commercial farming? [1]
(A) Growing crops for sale in large quantities
(B) Growing crops only for the family
(C) No specific goal
(D) Farming with no technology
3. What is plantation agriculture? [1]
(A) Growing a single cash crop on large estates
(B) Growing many crops on small farms
(C) Only growing vegetables
(D) No specific crop focus
4. What is an example of a plantation crop? [1]
(A) Tea
(B) Wheat
(C) Rice
(D) Corn
5. What influences the type of agriculture practised? [1]
(A) Climate, soil and economic needs
(B) Only random choice
(C) Only government orders
(D) Nothing specific
6. Where is subsistence farming common? [1]
(A) Developing regions with small farms
(B) Only in wealthy countries
(C) Nowhere
(D) Only in cities
7. What does commercial farming often use? [1]
(A) Modern technology and machinery
(B) No technology at all
(C) Only manual labour
(D) Nothing specific
8. Why study types of agriculture? [1]
(A) To understand how farming varies worldwide
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is subsistence farming? [1]
(A) Farming mainly to feed the family
(B) Farming only for export
(C) Farming with no crops
(D) Farming using only machines
10. What is commercial farming? [1]
(A) Growing crops for sale in large quantities
(B) Growing crops only for the family
(C) No specific goal
(D) Farming with no technology
11. What is plantation agriculture? [1]
(A) Growing a single cash crop on large estates
(B) Growing many crops on small farms
(C) Only growing vegetables
(D) No specific crop focus
12. What is an example of a plantation crop? [1]
(A) Tea
(B) Wheat
(C) Rice
(D) Corn
13. What influences the type of agriculture practised? [1]
(A) Climate, soil and economic needs
(B) Only random choice
(C) Only government orders
(D) Nothing specific
14. Where is subsistence farming common? [1]
(A) Developing regions with small farms
(B) Only in wealthy countries
(C) Nowhere
(D) Only in cities
15. What does commercial farming often use? [1]
(A) Modern technology and machinery
(B) No technology at all
(C) Only manual labour
(D) Nothing specific
16. Why study types of agriculture? [1]
(A) To understand how farming varies worldwide
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests