List of top Geography Questions on Land Resources and Agriculture asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Two statements are given below. They are Assertion and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option :
Assertion : ‘The agriculturally rich states of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh are facing the crisis of groundwater depletion.’
Reason (R) : ‘More groundwater is utilised for irrigation than water-table recharge.’

Read the following statements related to Indira Gandhi Canal Project carefully and choose the correct option :
(i) Indira Gandhi Canal project was conceived by Kanwar Sain in 1950 and it was launched in 1961.
(ii) Introduction of canal irrigation has brought perceptible changes in the agricultural economy of the command area.
(iii) Spread of canal irrigation has led to increase in cultivated area and crop intensity.
(iv) Traditional crops of jowar, bajra has been replaced by rice and wheat etc.

Choose the correctly matched pair of areas and their characteristics from the following:

Explain any five problems faced by the agricultural sector in India.

The successful implementation of watershed management programme in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh was funded by which one of the following?

“The pressure on agricultural land increases not only due to the limited availability, but also by deterioration of quality of agricultural land.” In the context of this statement read the following reasons carefully and choose the correct option.

I. Soil erosion and waterlogging.
II. Salinisation and alkalinisation of soil.
III. Rich land fertility and multiple cropping.
IV. Decline in land productivity.

Name an area of ‘nomadic herding’ in Africa.