Onion Cultivation

Q.

Define ploughing.

Q. Arrange the following in the correct order of the process of farming.

1. Ploughing
2. Sowing
3. Irrigation
4. Weeding
5. Harvesting

Q.

What is a true potato seed?

Q.

As a part of the eco-club activity, students were asked to raise a kitchen garden on the school premises. They were provided with some materials given in the box. List the other materials you would require. How will you plan the garden? Write the steps.

Q. Ploughing helps the roots penetrate deep into the soil.

1. True
2. False

Q. Why it is necessary to remove weeds that grow near the crops?

Q. Which tool is used to cut the dried leaves from the top of onions?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Q.

Weeds are the:

1. main crop plants

2. insects and pests

3. unwanted plants growing along with the crop

Q. is a process of loosening the soil.

1. Irrigation
2. Ploughing
3. Sowing

Q. Ploughing is a process done by farmers to _____ the soil.

1. tighten
2. fertilize
3. moisten
4. loosen

Q. are unwanted plants that grow along with the crops.

1. Weeds
2. Seedlings
3. Herbs

Q. is a baby plant that has grown from a seed.

1. Seedling
2. Weed
3. Shrub

Q. Onion plants are ready for harvest when the leaves:

1. start drooping
2. turn green
3. turn red
4. start falling

Q. Which of the following is true about weeds?

1. Provide nutrients to soil.
2. Bloom into colourful flowers.
3. Used as food crop.
4. Steal nutrients from the soil.

Q. Onion seeds are sowed such that they touch each other.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which among the following tools is used by the Assamese farmers during harvesting?

1. Plough
2. Sickle
3. Weeder
4. Trowel

Q. Sam's father is pulling up the onion bulbs from the field. This means he is ______ onions.

1. irrigating
2. harvesting
3. sowing
4. cultivating

Q. The Assamese New Year is called _______.

1. Kati Bihu
2. Rongali Bihu
3. Magh Bihu
4. Lohri

Q. Drooping onion leaves indicates that _______.

Q. Balu's father has ploughed the field for onion cultivation. What will he be doing next?

1. Irrigate the land
2. Harvest the crops
3. Add fertilizers
4. Sowing the seeds

Q. The below given farm equipment separates grains from the chaffs of crops. What is it called?

1. Harvester
2. Sickle
3. Plough
4. Thresher

Q. Weeds that grow along with the crop should be ______.

1. cultivated
2. removed
3. watered
4. fertilized

Q. Which of the following events occur during natural disasters?

1. Standing crops are destroyed
2. Loss of human and animal life
3. No damage takes place
4. Great damage to property

Q. Which among the following tools is used by the Assamese farmers during harvesting?

1. Plough
2. Sickle
3. Weeder
4. Trowel

Q. Drooping of onion leaves indicate that onions are ready for harvesting.

Q. Which among the following tools is used by the Assamese farmers during harvesting?

1. Plough
2. Sickle
3. Weeder
4. Trowel

Q. Which of the following are bad for crops?

1. Weeds
2. Fertiliser
3. Insects
4. (a) and (c) above.

Q. Sam's father is pulling up the onion bulbs from the field. This means he is ______ onions.

1. irrigating
2. harvesting
3. sowing
4. cultivating

Q. Balu's father has ploughed the field for onion cultivation. What will he be doing next?

1. Add fertilizers
2. Sowing the seeds
3. Irrigate the land
4. Harvest the crops

Q. _____ are always busy looking for food and bringing it to the anthill.

1. 
2. 
3.