Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below : List – I (Economic Activity/Agricultural region) a. Commercial dairy farming b. Commercial grain farming c. Commercial plantation farming d. Commercial fruits production List – II (Country) 1. Argentina 2. France 3. Denmark 4. Malaysia
- (a)3 1 4 2
- (b)1 2 3 4
- (c)4 3 2 1
- (d)2 4 1 3
Correct — A, the code 3 1 4 2. Commercial dairy farming pairs with Denmark (3) — a country famous for its cooperative dairy sector; commercial grain farming pairs with Argentina (1) — the temperate Pampas grasslands are a classic extensive grain (wheat/maize) belt; commercial plantation farming pairs with Malaysia (4) — a leading producer of plantation crops such as rubber and oil palm; and commercial fruits production pairs with France (2) — noted for orchards, viticulture and Mediterranean-type fruit farming. So a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2, i.e. code 3 1 4 2.
- (b)1 2 3 4 — Would tie dairy to Argentina and grain to France, reversing the well-known associations of Denmark (dairy) and Argentina's Pampas (grain).
- (c)4 3 2 1 — Would link dairy farming to Malaysia and plantation farming to France — Malaysia is the plantation country, not the dairy one.
- (d)2 4 1 3 — Misplaces every pair — e.g. it ties dairy to France and grain to Malaysia, ignoring Denmark's dairy and the Pampas grain belt.
Commercial agriculture is grown for sale, and different systems dominate different countries: commercial dairy farming (intensive, near markets) is associated with Denmark and north-west Europe; extensive commercial grain farming with the temperate grasslands (the Pampas of Argentina, Prairies, Steppes); plantation farming (single cash crop, tropical) with Malaysia (rubber, oil palm); and commercial fruit/horticulture with Mediterranean lands like France.
Match-the-list items reward one or two firm anchors. Fix Denmark = dairy and Malaysia = plantation, and the rest fall into place: Argentina's Pampas = grain, leaving France = fruits. That directly yields code 3 1 4 2.
- Denmark — model of commercial (cooperative) dairy farming.
- Argentina (the Pampas) — extensive commercial grain (wheat/maize) farming.
- Malaysia — commercial plantation crops such as rubber and oil palm.
- France — commercial fruit production, orchards and viticulture.
Anchor Denmark=dairy and Malaysia=plantation; Argentina's Pampas=grain and France=fruits complete the match.
- Swapping Denmark and Malaysia — dairy is Denmark, plantation is Malaysia.
- Assuming France means grain; it is anchored here to commercial fruit/horticulture.
Almost always a match-List (country ↔ farming type) or 'which country is famous for X farming'. Memorise a few anchors (Denmark-dairy, Malaysia-plantation, Pampas-grain) and reason out the rest.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Extensive commercial grain (wheat) farming is characteristically associated with the temperate grasslands of:
- (a)The Pampas of Argentina
- (b)The Congo Basin
- (c)The Sahara
- (d)Coastal Kerala
Answer(a) The Pampas of Argentina — a classic commercial grain belt.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which country is best known for commercial plantation crops such as rubber and oil palm?
- (a)Denmark
- (b)Malaysia
- (c)France
- (d)Argentina
Answer(b) Malaysia — a leading rubber and oil-palm plantation economy.