Agriculture and Agricultural Practices

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What is the importance of agriculture in the indian economy

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Explain the importance of soil for plant growth.

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What is the difference between a plough and a hoe?

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Why is agriculture called the mainstay of the Indian economy?

Q. What is a paddy planter?

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What is hoe?

Q. Choose the option(s) which is/are true.

1. Winnowing is the process of separating grain from chaff.
2. Fodder cannot be recovered by the process of winnowing.
3. Threshing is loosening of grain from chaff.
4. Traditional methods do not include threshing.

Q. What are the advantages of using a cultivator?

1. It saves labour and time

2. It can be pulled by cows

3. It can be fully automated

4. It can be used to destroy weeds

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Growing different crops on a piece of land in pre-planned succession is known as______.

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Give one word for the following:

Raising of crop by using organic manures and biopesticides, and applying biological control.

Q. The crops grown during rainy season (June to September) and those grown in winter season (October to March) are respectively known as?

1. Kharif and rabi crops
2. Rabi and kharif crops
3. Kharif and zaid crops
4. Rabi and zaid crops

Q. The crops grown during rainy season (June to September) and those grown in winter season (October to March) are respectively known as?

1. Kharif and rabi crops
2. Rabi and kharif crops
3. Kharif and zaid crops
4. Rabi and zaid crops

Q. Sandeep and Arun are farmers. Both have 5 acres of farmland each. During sowing, Sandeep took less number of days, had a lower labour cost and his seedlings were placed at a proper distance from each other when compared to Arun.

Analyse the statement above and identify the instrument that would've been used by Sandeep.

1. Leveller
2. Harrow
3. Plough
4. Paddy Planter

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Question 23
Classify the following crops into Khariff and Rabi crops and write in the tabular column given below:
Maize, paddy, mustard, pea, gram, wheat, groundnut, cotton.

Q. Which of the following deals with the practice of growing food crops?

1. Apiculture
2. Moriculture
3. Sericulture
4. Agriculture

Q. Ramappa wants to grow a monocot and dicot one after another at regular sequence on a same piece of land. Which type of cropping should he adopt?

1. Single cropping
2. Random cropping
3. Rotational cropping
4. Multiple cropping

Q. State whether the following statements are true or false:​
Statement 1: Paddy crop requires less amount of water.
Statement 2: Paddy fields are divided into plots.

1. Statement 1: True; Statement 2: False
2. Statement 1: False; Statement 2: True
3. Statement 1: True; Statement 2: True
4. Statement 1: False; Statement 2: False​

Q. Assertion (A): Pasteurised milk can be consumed without boiling.

Reason (R): Pasteurisation kills the microorganisms in the milk.

1. Both A and R are incorrect.
   
2. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A.
   
3. Both A and R are true but R is not correct, explanation for A.
   
4. A is correct but R is incorrect.
   

Q. Describe the infrastructural development in Palampur

Q. Growing same type of crops __________ .

1. makes the soil fertile
2. causes nutrient depletion
3. makes the soil alkaline
4. promotes growth of microbes

Q. Production of the crop mainly depend(s) upon the ________ .

1. nature of the soil
2. quality of seeds
3. type of crop
4. climate of that region

Q. what is hoe cultivator?

Q. Sandeep used to visit his uncle's home at Punjab twice in a year. During the first visit, he noticed barley and during his second visit he noticed paddy grow in the farmland. During which period he made his first visit?

1. March to June
2. October to March
3. June to September
4. March to March

Q. In crop rotation, different crops are grown __________ on the same piece of land.

1. evenly mixed
2. simultaneously
3. randomly
4. alternately

Q. Over the years, excessive water usage is leading to severe water crisis. In order to decrease the threat caused by agricultural practices, which among the given options help in the efficient management of water in agriculture?

1. Using right amount of water at the right time.
2. Maintaining an energy efficient irrigation system.
3. Creating awareness about crop and root system
4. By using organic farming and avoiding chemicals.

Q. The crops grown during rainy season (June to September) and those grown in winter season (October to March) are respectively known as?

1. Kharif and zaid crops
2. Kharif and rabi crops
3. Rabi and kharif crops
4. Rabi and zaid crops

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Arrange the following agricultural practices based on the order in which they are followed.

1. Harvesting
2. Sowing
3. Storage
4. Irrigation
5. Preparation of soil

1. 1 $\to$ 2 $\to$ 3 $\to$ 4 $\to$ 5
2. 5 $\to$ 2 $\to$ 4 $\to$ 1 $\to$ 3
3. 5 $\to$ 3 $\to$ 4 $\to$ 1 $\to$ 2
4. 2 $\to$ 1 $\to$ 3 $\to$ 5 $\to$ 4

Q. Which among the following tools saves labour and time?

1. Cultivator
2. Hoe
3. Plough
4. All of the above

Q. Soybean and gram are rich in proteins.

1. True
2. False

Q. Assertion :Sustainable agriculture aims to provide food and livelihood for present and future generations. Reason: Different countries and societies are observing strict environmental standards in developing advance technologies in the field of agriculture.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect