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1. 1.

   How do pesticides and chemical fertilisers pollute soil and effect the health of people?

2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The Green Revolution was the brain child of an American agricultural scientists, _________.
   2. _________ introduced plantation farming in India in the nineteenth century.
   3. The _____________ of peninsular India is ideal for growing cotton.
   4. ___________ was the first foreign IT Company to come to India.
   5. ___________ was the first state to announce an IT policy in 1992.
3. 3.

   Write (T) for true and (F) for false.

   1. Wheat is grown in the areas between Satluj, Beas and Ravi.
   2. Kharif is the spring crop.
   3. The soil of Kerala is very fertile, well-drained and loamy, which makes it suitable for wheat cultivation.
   4. Mumbai's first cotton mill, the Bombay Spinning and Weaving Co. Ltd, was set up in the year 1854.
   5. Hyderabad is the 'Silicon Valley of India'.
4. 4.

   Differentiate between Kharif and Rabi crop.
5. 5.

   Differentiate between Latex and Tapping.
6. 6.

   Differentiate between soil conditions for growing wheat and coconut.