Process of Farming

Q. Arrange the following steps of agricultural practices.
Harvesting, Sowing, Ploughing, Irrigation, Storage

1. Harvesting, Sowing, Irrigation, Ploughing, Storage
2. Harvesting, Sowing, Ploughing, Irrigation, Storage
3. Ploughing, Sowing, Irrigation, Harvesting, Storage
4. Ploughing, Storage, Sowing, Irrigation, Harvesting

Q. The unwanted plants that grow in the field are called 'weeds'.

1. False
2. True

Q.

What is FYM?

Q.

A person who grows crops for a living is called a ___.

1. Painter

2. Doctor

3. Farmer

4. Driver

Q.

___ is the oldest occupation in the world.

1. Acting

2. Farming

3. Gardening

4. Engineering

Q. Natural substances that are added to the soil to provide nutrients are called:

1. Manure
2. Fertilizer
3. Insectiside
4. Weedicide

Q. Which is the correct order of the steps of farming?

1. Plantation$\to$Irrigation$\to$Sowing
2. Ploughing$\to$Sowing$\to$Irrigation
3. Sowing$\to$Irrigation$\to$Ploughing
4. Irrigation$\to$Planting$\to$Sowing

Q.

Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides is known as___

Q. Water is essential for the growth of the plants.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which among the following are required for proper growth of plants ?

1. Water
2. Manure
3. Weeds
4. Sunlight

Q. On a plane surface, farmers grow crops by cutting steps into the soil in plains.

1. True
2. False

Q. ______ helps to prevent overcrowding of seeds.

1. Weedicides
2. Harvesting
3. Seed drill
4. Pesticides

Q.

The process of loosening and turning the soil is called ____________.

1. broadcasting

2. irrigation

3. tilling

4. levelling

Q. _______ is the art of growing food and cash crops.

1. Agriculture
2. Vermiculture
3. Sericulture
4. Pisciculture

Q.

Farming begins with placing the seeds in the soil.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Saplings of paddy plants are transplanted when young but not of the wheat plants. Why?

Q. Cattle dung is used for:

1. plastering mud houses
2. fuel source
3. making manures
4. washing clothes

Q. Sort the correct order of making cheva rice.

1. Soaking rice
2. Boiling water
3. Cooking rice
4. Rice hot served

Q.

The amount of crop produced per area of land is called ____.

1. harvest

2. yield

3. product
4. plantation

Q.

How do you stimulate plant growth?

Q. Identify A and B.
A: A chemical used to kill insects.
B: A chemical used to kill weeds.

1. A: Weedicide
   B: Insecticide
2. A: Insecticide
   B: Weedicide
3. A: Fertiliser
   B: Weedicide
4. A: Manure
   B: Insecticide

Q.

Hand pulling, tillage, mowing and use of herbicides are some methods of weed control in fields.

1. True
2. False

Q. For ploughing we use plough , for tilling we use ___________.

Q. The process of removing unwanted plants that affect the growth of a crop, is called:

1. Fertilising
2. Weeding
3. Ploughing
4. Harvesting

Q.

What would happen if the fields are not ploughed?

1. Plants would get good supply of air.

2. Plants would get proper nutrients.

3. Plant roots would not penetrate.

Q. Raj's farm soil is not fertile. He needs to add nutrients but he hates chemicals. Which of the following do you think he should choose?

1. Manure
2. Weeds
3. Fertiliser
4. Seeds

Q.

Ramya is a farmer. She is a part of society.

1. False

2. True

Q.

A farmer and a housewife may have never studied biology, yet both of them know some of its general principles through experience. State any two principles they know.

Q.

Farming begins only when the seeds are sown in the soil.

1. False

2. True

Q. A grows crops and takes care of them.

1. farmer
2. painter
3. lawyer
4. carpenter