Agricultural Labourers

Q. Select the correct statement about small farmers and agricultural labourers.

1. Agricultural labourers own tractors
   
2. Agricultural labourers own large tracts of lands.
   
3. Agricultural labourers generally work in small farmers' lands.
4. Small farmers can be agricultural labourers.
   

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What is harvesting?

Q. Nearly _______ of all rural families are agricultural laborers in our country.

1. two-fifth
2. three-fifth
3. one-fifth
4. four-fifth

Q. Why are agricultural labourers forced to accept low wages?

1. Because they are pushed to work by the landlord.
2. They can be replaced by any other labour, ready for lesser pay.
3. They don't have a stable source of income.
4. They don't have any problem with less pay.

Q. Agricultural labourers are often asked to work when there is _______.

1. ploughing
2. irrigation
3. harvesting
4. weeding

Q. Where do agricultural labourers work during the non-farming season?

1. Business run by landlords
   
2. They don't work
3. In their own homes
   
4. Agricultural lands
   

Q. The month-to-month schedule of a paddy worker is:

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

Q. Agricultural labourers are not permanent workers.

1. False
2. True

Q. Weeding is the process of cleaning a plant by watering.

1. True
2. False

Q. Farmers use _______s to plough their land at a faster rate.

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Q. Labourers are involved in all field activities (preparing saplings, transplanting, weeding and harvesting) during the agricultural cycle.

1. False
2. True