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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2019

 An urban geographer's main role is to emphasize location and space and study the spatial
processes that create patterns observed in urban areas.
 In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns
and cities.
 Whatever is not urban is considered ―rural."
 Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements.

 Agricultural areas are commonly rural, though, so are others such as forests.
Political Geography
 Another branch spawned by human geography, political geography is concerned with the
political organization of space and the role of geographical plates in this organization.
 An important theme in political geography is geopolitics.
 It is concerned with assigning and evaluating political significance of various areas according
to their geographical attributes.
 Electrical Geography is a newly emerged specialization of political geography.
V. AGRICULTURE
 Agriculture has been the backbone of Indian economy since its independence and in
colonial era also.
 Agriculture accounts for 14.1% of the country‘s gross domestic product (GDP) at constant
(2004-05) prices in 2011-12.
 About 58.2 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.
 Agriculture output, however, is influenced by good or bad monsoon conditions; nearly 55
percent of total cropped area is dependent on rainfall.
 Agriculture recorded more than 4% growth in 2006-07 and 2007-08, while it was 2.4% during
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the 10 plan period and 3.6% during the 11 period.
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 The growth target for agriculture in the 12 Five Year Plan remains at 4 per cent as in the
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11 Five Year Plan.
 However agri-biotech sector witnesses a growth of 30% in the last five years and it is
growing steadily.
 India becomes a major grower of transgenic rice and several genetically engineered
vegetables in the coming years.
Crop Seasons in India
 India is the top producer of many crops in the world.
 There can be many ways to divide the types of crops.
 Based on the seasons, the crops in India are divided into three types; Rabi, Kharif and Zaid.
 Kharif crops
 These crops are also called summer crops.
 They are sown before the onset of the rainy season from May to July and harvested after
the rains in September and October.
 Rice and millets are major kharif crops of India.
 Rabi Crops
 It is also called winter crops.
 They are sown in the beginning of the winter season from October to December and
harvested before the summer season from February to April.
 Wheat, barley and oilseeds are Rabi crops.

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