List of top Geography Questions on Land Resources and Agriculture asked in CUET (UG)

Identify the correct statements about Common Property Resources.
(A) According to ownership, land can be classified as - Private land and Common Property Resources.
(B) The land owned by the state meant for use of the community is called Common Property Resource.
(C) The Common Property Resource is of particular relevance for the livelihood of landless and marginal farmers in rural areas.
(D) The ownership of Common Property Resource land lies with a group of people living in that area.
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Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Agricultural Land use Category)List-II (Characteristics)
(A) Culturable Waste Land(II) Land which has been left uncultivated for more than five years.
(B) Current Fallow(I) Land which has been left uncultivated for one or less than one agricultural year.
(C) Fallow other than Current Fallow(IV) Land which has been left uncultivated for more than one year but less than five years.
(D) Net Sown Area(III) Physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested.


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Which of the following statements are correct with respect to land degradation?
(A) All degraded lands are wasteland.
(B) All degraded lands may not be wasteland, but unchecked process of development may lead the conversion to wasteland.
(C) Land degradation is permanent or temporary decline in productive capacity of the land.
(D) Waterlogged, marshy areas and gullied lands are different types of degraded lands.

Arrange the following agricultural regions from equator to pole:
(A) Commercial grain farming in the Prairies
(B) Reindeer rearing by the Eskimos
(C) Tea plantations of north-east India
(D) Primitive subsistence farming in Indonesia
Arrange the following steps of primitive subsistence agriculture in sequential order.
(A) Vegetation is usually cleared 
(B) Ashes of brunt vegetation added to soil for enhancing fertility 
(C) Cleared vegetation is burnt by fire 
(D) Farmers shift to another part and clear other patch 
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_______ is non-Mediterranean agriculture region.
Identify correct statements about land use categories.
(A) ‘Land put to non-agricultural uses’ includes land under settlements, roads, industries etc.
(B) ‘Cultural wasteland’ include land left uncultivated for more than five years.
(C) ‘Current fallow’ is land which is left without cultivation for one or less than one agriculture year.
(D) ‘Net area sown’ is greater than the physical extent of area under crops due to multiple cropping on the same piece of land.
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