Agriculture Extra Questions class 8 social science

Agriculture

1. Agriculture
Question & Answers

2. Thought of the day
•Find a reason to smile everyday

3. 1.Define Agriculture.
•Agriculture is aprimary activity that includes growing
crops,vegetables,fruits,,flowersand rearing livestock.Itis
connected with extraction and production of natural
resources.
2. Explain primary activity,secondaryactivity and tertiary
activity with examples.
•Primary activities include extraction and production of
natural resources.eg
agriculture,fishing,mining,gathering,animalrearing.
•Secondary activities are connected with the
manufacturing of finished goods egmanufacturing of
steel,bakingof bread,weavingof cotton cloth
•Tertiary activities provide support to the primary and
secondary sectors through services. EgBanking,
Insurance, Transportation

4. 3.What are two types of farming? Name
them
•Subsistence farming and commercial
farming
4.What is shifting cultivation? What are its
disadvantages?
•It is a type of farming activity which involves
clearing a land plot by cutting down trees
and burning them. The ashes are then mixed
with the soil and crops are grown. After the
land loses its fertility the farmer moves to a
new place. It is also known as Slash and burn
agriculture