MCQs For NCERT Class 12 Geography Chapter 5 Primary Activities

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Primary Activities Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Question. Overhead costs such as safety precautions and equipment are relatively low in:
(A) Open cast mining
(B) Underground mining
(C) Underwater mining
(D) Digging down mining

Question. Several countries of Africa and few of south America and Asia have over fifty per cent of the earnings from_________ alone. 
(A) labour
(B) migrant money
(C) minerals
(D) dairy farming

Question. Nomadic herding or pastoral nomadism is a : 
(A) primitive subsistence activity
(B) secondary subsistence activity
(C) non- existent subsistence activity
(D) tertiary activity

Question. Name any area of high latitudes where hunting and food gathering is practiced. 
(A) Siachen
(B) Alps
(C) Scandinavian countries
(D) Andies

Question. Subsistence agriculture can be grouped into: 
(A) extensive subsistence agriculture and intensive agriculture
(B) primitive subsistence agriculture and intensive subsistence agriculture.
(C) modern subsistence agriculture and intensive subsistence agriculture
(D) non- existent subsistence activity and primitive subsistence agriculture

Question. Intensive subsistence agriculture is largely practiced in densely populated regions of: 
(A) monsoon Asia
(B) South Africa
(C) Australia
(D) North America

Question. Hunting, agriculture, fishing and mining are: 
(A) Primary activities
(B) Secondary activities
(C) Tertiary activities
(D) Quintenary activities

Question. In modern times gathering has become : 
(A) primitive
(B) disintegrative
(C) commercial
(D) social

Question. An important plantation crop is : 
(A) maize
(B) barley
(C) coffee
(D) wheat

Question. The scientific study, cultivation and harvesting of grapes is known as : 
(A) Viticulture
(B) Viniculture
(C) Viviculture
(D) Vivuculture

Question.The open-cast mining is the easiest and the _________ way of mining minerals. 
(A) useless
(B) expensive
(C) cheapest
(D) admirable

Question.  __________ aims for the large-scale production of milk or milk products. 
(A) Horticulture
(B) Dairy farming
(C) Vermiculture
(D) Sericulture

Question. Mixed farming is practiced in: 
(A) developing countries
(B) under developed countries
(C) highly developed countries
(D) undeveloped countries

Question. In ________ agriculture the vegetation is usually cleared by fire and the ashes add to the fertility of the soil. 
(A) slash and burn
(B) burn and leave
(C) commercial
(D) homegrown

Question. An important crop of commercial grain cultivation is : 
(A) wheat
(D) sugarcane
(C) cotton
(D) jute

Question. Why products of gathering cannot compete in the world market?
(A) Close market concept
(B) Availability of less price synthetic products
(C) Use of old technology
(D) None of the Above

Question. The process of migration from plain areas to pastures or mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters is known as: 
(A) Transhumance
(B) Transrace
(C) Trans Vance
(D) Transfer

Question. Mention one factor on which the profitability of mining depends on. 
(A) Social factors
(B) Political factors
(C) Physical factors
(D) All of the Above

Question. The actual development of mining began with the :
(A) Industrial Revolution
(B) Civil War
(C) World Wars
(D) all of the above

Question. The use of minerals in ancient times was largely confined to the making of: 
(A) Tools
(B) utensils
(C) Weapons
(D) All of the Above

Question. Primitive societies depended on : 
(A) wild animals
(B) domesticated animals
(C) zoo animals
(D) Pet animals

Question. In _________ mining method vertical shafts have to be sunk, from where under ground galleries radiate to reach the minerals.
(A) Underwater
(B) Underground
(C) Surface
(D) None of the Above

Question. The practice of nurturing the animals for food and for other human uses is known as : 
(A) professional livestock rearing
(B) commercial livestock rearing
(C) social livestock rearing
(D) Subsistence Gathering

Directions : In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

Question. Assertion (A): Commercial livestock rearing is totally opposite to the nomadic herding.
Reason (R): It is more organised and capital intensive, the livestock rearing is practised on permanent ranches. 

Question. Assertion (A): Gathering is the oldest economic activity known.
Reason (R): This type of activity requires a small amount of capital investment and operates at very low level of technology. 

Question. Assertion (A): In modern times some gathering is market-oriented and has become commercial.
Reason (R): Gatherers collect valuable plants such as leaves, barks of trees and medicinal plants and after simple processing they collect and store the products in the house . 

Question. Assertion (A): Agri-business farms are large farms where large scale production takes place.
Reason (R): Therefore, these farms are mechanised as per the latest scientific technology. 

Question. Assertion (A): Collective farming takes place when there is collective labour and there is social ownership of means of production.
Reason (R): In collective farming, all farm inputs are provided by the rich landlords.

Question. Assertion (A): It is true that dairy farming is the most advanced and efficient type of rearing of animals for milk in the world.
Reason (R): This is because it is highly capital as well as labour intensive.

Question. Assertion (A): Nomadic herding is also called pastoral nomadism.
Reason (R): It is basically a modern intensive activity, in which herders depend upon animals for food, clothing, shelter, tools and transport. 

Question. Assertion (A): The people in the coastal areas still catch fish though fishing has experienced modernisation due to technological progress.
Reason (R): Many species, now have become extinct or endangered due to illegal hunting (poaching). 

Question. Assertion (A): People engaged in primary activities are called red-collar workers.
Reason (R): This is due to the outdoor nature of their work. 

Question. Assertion (A): A group of farmers form a cooperative society by pooling in their resources voluntarily for more efficient and profitable farming.
Reason (R): Co-operative societies help farmers,to procure all important inputs of farming, sell the products at the most favourable terms and help in processing of quality products at cheaper rates. 

Question. Assertion (A): Mediterranean agriculture is that type found in the areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Reason(R): These areas have mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers which is suitable for cultivating grapes, olives and other cash crops which are exported to other countries. 

Question. Assertion (A): Market gardening and horticulture specialise in the cultivation of high value crops such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, solely for the urban markets.
Reason (R): It is both labour and capital intensive and lays emphasis on the use of irrigation, HYV seeds, fertilisers, insecticides, greenhouses and artificial heating in colder regions.