Identify the correct option related to major crops grown in the 'Kharif' cropping season in India :
Class 10 · Social Science · CBSE Board · 2022–2026
Agriculture — Class 10 Social Science PYQs
24 questions from this chapter, asked in 5 Class 10 exams between 2022–2026 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.
24questions
5Class 10 exams
2022–2026years covered
1 / 2 / 3 / 5mark values asked
Questions asked per year
Practice questions
Explain the measures made by government to improve Indian agriculture.
Imagine you are travelling from Delhi to Chandigarh to attend a wedding, by road in January. Which of the following crops will you notice prominently in the fields during the journey ?
Read the story of Rinjha and answer the question that follows :
Story of Rinjha
Passage
Rinjha lived with her family in a small village at the outskirts of Diphu in Assam. She enjoys watching her family members clearing, slashing and burning a patch of land for cultivation. She often helps them in irrigating the fields with water running through a bamboo canal from the nearby spring. She loves the surroundings and wants to stay here as long as she can, but this little girl has no idea about the declining fertility of the soil and her family's search for a fresh patch of land in the next season.
What type of farming is Rinjha's family doing ? Describe any two of its characteristics.
Swapna is a small farmer. Swapna wants to cultivate cotton. What kind of geographical conditions will be suitable for this ? Choose the most appropriate option.
Read the story of Rinjha and answer the question that follows :
Story of Rinjha
Passage
Rinjha lived with her family in a small village at the outskirts of Diphu in Assam. She enjoys watching her family members clearing, slashing and burning a patch of land for cultivation. She often helps them in irrigating the fields with water running through a bamboo canal from the nearby spring. She loves the surroundings and wants to stay here as long as she can, but this little girl has no idea about the declining fertility of the soil and her family's search for a fresh patch of land in the next season.
Suggest any three measures to Rinjha so that the fertility of the soil of her fields remains intact for a long time.
Match Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct option :
| Column-I (Crop) | Column-II (Type) |
|---|---|
| I. Wheat | a. Millet Crop |
| II. Ragi | b. Beverage Crop |
| III. Tea | c. Food Crop |
| IV. Maize | d. Food & Fodder Crop |
Options :
| I | II | III | IV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | d | a | c | b |
| (B) | c | d | b | a |
| (C) | c | a | b | d |
| (D) | d | b | a | c |
Read the given statements and choose the correct option with regard to Rabi cropping season from the following :
| I. | Rabi crops are sown in winter. |
| II. | Sown from October to December and harvested from April to June. |
| III. | Important crops are Maize, Cotton, Jute. |
| IV. | Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh are important for the production of wheat. |
Read the given statements and choose the correct option with regard to Rabi cropping season from the following :
| I. Rabi crops are sown in winter. |
| II. Sown from October to December and harvested from April to June. |
| III. Important crops are Maize, Cotton, Jute. |
| IV. Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh are important for the production of wheat. |
Match Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct option :
| Column-I (Crop) | Column-II (Type) |
|---|---|
| I. Wheat | a. Millet Crop |
| II. Ragi | b. Beverage Crop |
| III. Tea | c. Food Crop |
| IV. Maize | d. Food & Fodder Crop |
Why practise Agriculture PYQs?
Agriculture has appeared in 5 Class 10 Social Science exams we track between 2022–2026, with questions worth 1, 2, 3, 5 marks. CBSE Board examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.
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