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Which of the following is correct –
1. In truck farming, farmer specialize in vegetable production only
2. It is known as truck farming, because it is governed by the distance a truck can cover over night to reach the market.
3. Market gardening specializes in cultivation of high value such as vegetables, fruits and flowers
4. Market gardening is labor as well as capital intensive.
Select the correct Code:
1 and 2 only
2, 3 and 4 only
1,2 and 3 only
All of the above
Truck farming, horticultural practice of growing one or more vegetable crops on a large scale for shipment to distant markets. It is usually less intensive and diversified than market gardening. At first this type of farming depended entirely on local or regional markets. A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants.
it can also be solved by elimination method as extreme word 'only' is given in statement 1 and it is incorrect too, so after eliminating statement 1 only one option , that is second option is correct. so, option 2 is the correct answer.
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Sourav bisla
1 is also correct as per ncert
Tarunit Singh
According to ncert, first statement is correct so correct option must be D
According to ncert, first statement is correct
Sushank Saini
as per ncert Fundamentals of Human Geography(class XII) Unit III chap 5 titled primary activities Truck farming is the one which is specialized in vegetables only.So,accordingly D should be the correct choice
Check economic times article on truck farming : lifeline of Himachal, NCERTs need updation, many things In human geography change by the day, while NCERT change once in 5yrs or even more, I would've posted the link but it's not possible here.
Information will be updated in the upcoming NCERT most probably. Hitertho consider this.
Siddharth Jena
Statement 1 is incorrect as it mentions " only vegetables" but truck farming is also used for fruits and in Himachal Uttarakhand includes flowers also, kindly correct it.
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