Methods of Harvesting

Q. Write a paragraph in your own words on Threshing.

Q. Arrange the following boxes in proper order to make a flow chart of sugarcane crop production. ​

1. Sending crop to sugar factory​
2. Irrigation​
3. Harvesting​
4. Sowing​
5. Manuring​
6. Preparation of soil​

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What is the use of cultivator

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What is a 'combine' which is used in agriculture ? State its functions.

Q. Sickle is a traditional tool used by farmers for ___________ .

Q. Define sprinkler irrigation. Write some of its advantages.

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Combines are used for what?

Q. Combine is a machine which is a combination of:

1. Thresher and chaff
2. Harvester and thresher
3. Thresher and leveller
4. Harvester and chaff

Q. Identify the tool and state its purpose in agriculture.​

1. Hoe: Sowing seeds​
2. Seed drill: Sowing seeds​
3. Cultivator: Tilling soil​
4. Leveller: Breaking soil crumbs​

Q. What is harvesting? Name the traditional and modern tools used for harvesting.

Q. Write short notes on preparation of soil , sowing , winnowing and harvesting

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Which agricultural practice is carried out with the help of a sickle ?

Q. Identify the tool and state its purpose in agriculture.

1. Seed drill, sowing seeds uniformly
2. Funnel, sowing
3. Plough, soil preparation
4. Hoe, soil preparation

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.............. is the process of gathering ripe crops from the fields

__

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The term used for the process of seperation of grains from chaff is threshing whereas winnowing does the same task. So why is it that the term used is threshing and not winnowing?

Q. Which of the following is not the purpose of irrigation?

1. Levelling of the soil
2. Allowing roots to absorb minerals from soil

Q. Identify the tool and state its purpose in agriculture.

1. Leveller: Breaking soil crumbs
2. Seed drill: Sowing seeds
3. Hoe: Sowing seeds
4. Cultivator: Tilling soil

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Grain seeds are separated from chaff. This process is called as

1. Harvesting

2. Threshing

3. Winnowing

4. All of the above

Q. ________ is a tool used for removing weeds whereas sickle is used for _________.​

1. Leveller, harvesting​
2. Leveller, ploughing​
3. Seed drill, sowing​
4. Khurpi, harvesting​

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The method of sieving is used to separate:

1. Components of different size

2. Soluble impurities

3. Liquid impurities

4. Components of same size

Q. Harvesting of crops can be done by cutting crops from the tip or uprooting them from the ground.

1. True
2. False

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Process of separating grain seeds from the chaff is called ___ .

1. chaffing

2. winnowing

3. threshing

4. combine

Q. Threshing is the process of repairing grains from chaff and hay with the help of wind.

1. False
2. True

Q. Write a paragraph in your own words on Threshing.

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A farmer with a huge farm should use which of the following equipments to harvest his crops quickly and efficiently?

1. Winnowing machine

2. Combine

3. Sickle

4. Both winnowing machine & Combine

Q. What is utilized in the combine harvester machine ?

Q. Statement 1: Winnowing is the process of separating grain from chaff.

Statement 2: The cutting of crop after it matures is called weeding.

Statement 3: Harvesting is only done manually.

1. Only statement 1 is correct
2. Only statement 2 is correct
3. Only statement 3 is correct
4. All the statements are correct

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What is the process by which Chaff is separated from grain?

1. Threshing

2. Meshing

3. Segregation

4. Winnowing

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Growing different crops in the same field in a pre-planned succession is:

1. Plant breeding

2. Crop rotation

3. Intercropping

4. Crop management

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Define winnowing .