Agriculture is practised on a large scale in India.

Answer: India has favourable physical and human conditions for agriculture.

• Vast level plains such as the Northern Plain and coastal plains provide large areas of cultivable land.
• Fertile alluvial, black and red soils are found over large areas.
• Tropical monsoon climate with high temperature throughout the year allows two or three crops a year where water is available.
• Perennial rivers, canals, wells and tanks provide irrigation.
• Large population provides labour and a big market for food grains; a large part of the population depends on agriculture for livelihood.
• So agriculture is practised on a large scale and India is an agricultural country.