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Topic Cropping systems
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 2 years (2019–2021), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 3 years (2019–2021)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2019 → CAPF 2020 → NDA 2020
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (4 of 4) are since 2016.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2021
Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite pattern is known as
- A mixed cropping
- B inter cropping ✓
- C mixed farming
- D hybrid farming
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
CAPF2020
Growing two or more crops in the same field but in different rows is called
- A Crop rotation
- B Inter cropping ✓
- C Alternate cropping
- D Kharif cropping
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
NDA2020
Which one of the following terms describes the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land ?
- A Crop rotation
- B Mixed cropping ✓
- C Intercropping
- D Mixed farming
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
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