Thu. Feb 20th, 2025

Class VIII NCERT MCQs

  1. Manikaran geothermal plant is located in which of the following states

    Options:
    1. Andhra Pradesh
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3. Himachal Pradesh
    4. Rajasthan

    Option: C

  2. Puga Valley in Ladakh is known for

    Options:
    1. Geothermal plant
    2. Nuclear Power
    3. Wind Energy
    4. Solar energy

    Option: A

  3. Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?

    Options:
    1. They are created by natural processes
    2. They have a definite chemical composition
    3. They are inexhaustible
    4. Their distribution is uneven

    Option: C

  4. Which one of the following practices will NOT conserve LPG in your kitchen

    Options:
    1. Soaking the dal for some time before cooking it
    2. Cooking food in a pressure cooker
    3. Keeping the vegetables chopped before lighting the gas for cooking
    4. Cooking food in an open pan kept on low flame

    Option: D

  5. Agriculture includes

    Options:
    1. Growing crops, fruits, vegetables
    2. Rearing of livestock
    3. Both A and B
    4. Only A

    Option: C

  6. What per cent of persons in the world are engaged in agricultural activity

    Options:
    1. 30 per cent
    2. 50 per cent
    3. 80 per cent
    4. 70 per cent

    Option: B

  7. What part of India’s population is still dependent on agriculture?

    Options:
    1. One-third
    2. One-fourth
    3. Two-thirds
    4. Three-fourth

    Option: C

  8. Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as

    Options:
    1. Viticulture
    2. Horticulture
    3. Pisciculture
    4. Sericulture

    Option: D

  9. Breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds is called as

    Options:
    1. Pisciculture
    2. Viticulture
    3. Floriculture
    4. Horticulture

    Option: A

  10. Cultivation of grapes is known as

    Options:
    1. Pisciculture
    2. Viticulture
    3. Sericulture
    4. Horticulture

    Option: B

  11. Growing vegetables, flowers and fruits for commercial use is known as

    Options:
    1. Sericulture
    2. Horticulture
    3. Pisciculture
    4. Viticulture

    Option: B

  12. The type of farming that is practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family is known as

    Options:
    1. Commercial Farming
    2. Organic Farming
    3. Subsistence Farming
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  13. Intensive subsistence agriculture is practised in which of the following regions

    Options:
    1. Monsoon regions of south Asia
    2. Monsoon regions of southeast Asia
    3. Monsoon regions of east Asia
    4. In all of the above regions

    Option: D

  14. The main crop in the areas of intensive subsistence agriculture is

    Options:
    1. Rice
    2. Wheat
    3. Millet
    4. Barley

    Option: A

  15. Shifting cultivation is also known as

    Options:
    1. Organic Farming
    2. Slash and burn agriculture
    3. Both A and B
    4. Neither A and B

    Option: B

  16. Shifting cultivation in North-East India is known as

    Options:
    1. Roca
    2. Milpa
    3. Jhumming
    4. Ladang

    Option: C

  17. Roca is another name of shifting cultivation in

    Options:
    1. Mexico
    2. Malaysia
    3. South Africa
    4. Brazil

    Option: D

  18. Shifting cultivation in Malaysia is known as

    Options:
    1. Milpa
    2. Jhumming
    3. Ladang
    4. Roca

    Option: C

  19. Shifting cultivation in Mexico is known as

    Options:
    1. Milpa
    2. Ladang
    3. Jhumming
    4. Roca

    Option: A

  20. In which of the following types of agriculture crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in market

    Options:
    1. Commercial Farming
    2. Nomadic herding
    3. Subsistence Farming
    4. None of these

    Option: A