Quality of the Seeds

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What are HYV seeds? Write its one merit and a limitation.

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What are good quality seeds ? You are given a sample of wheat seeds. How will you select good, healthy seeds for sowing ?

Q. A set of seeds float, when put in water. This shows that the seeds are of:

1. Bad quality
2. Good quality
3. Fertile quality
4. Viable quality

Q. Question 1 (c)
Select the correct word from the following list and fill in the blanks.
float, water, crop, nutrients, preparation
(c) Damaged seeds would ___ on top of the water.

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The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ____________.

Q. Seeds of a rice crop are not directly sown in the soil.

1. True
2. False

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Why seeds need to be dried before storing ?

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Name and explain the two different types of crops that are grown based on the sowing season. [3 MARKS]

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Sowing Germinants work best for what types of seeds?

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Why we need to see the seed quality

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Which of the following is not a rabi crop in India?

1. Wheat

2. Barley

3. Mustard

4. Jowar

Q. In which of the following months linseed is sown and harvested?

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

Q. Which of the following is a salient feature of a good quality seed?

1. They are good looking
2. They absorb more water
3. They ensure better yield
4. They are smaller in size

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What do you mean by chaffing??

Q. Question 1 (c)
Select the correct word from the following list and fill in the blanks.
float, water, crop, nutrients, preparation
(c) Damaged seeds would ___ on top of the water.

Q. Floating test is a method of separating healthy seeds from the damaged ones.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following microbes causes citrus canker?

1. Xanthomonas axonopodis
2. Aphthovirus
3. Bacillus anthracis
4. Baculoviruses

Q. Damaged seeds would ___________ on top of water.​

1. float
2. sink

Q. In which of the following months linseed is sown and harvested?

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

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If you were a farmer, which of the following methods will you use to separate good quality and viable grains from a heap of grains after harvest?

1. Effect of Sunlight

2. Water Immersion

3. Visual Inspection

4. Chemical Tests

Q. Which of the following methods will you use to separate good quality and viable grains from a heap of grains after harvest?

1. Chemical Tests

2. Water Immersion

3. Effect of Sunlight

4. Visual Inspection

Q. Damaged seeds would ___________ on top of water.​ [1 mark]

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Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:​

(d) Damaged seeds would on top of water.​

Q. Good quality seed will:

1. Sink
2. Float
3. Remain at the middle
4. None of these

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Question: Which of the following crops are grown in the winter season?

In this question, no crops are mentioned here. Question is incomplete.

Q. Bad quality seeds float on the surface of water.

1. False
2. True

Q. In which of the following months linseed is sown and harvested?

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

Q. Good quality seeds ensure better yield.

1. True
2. False

Q. In the floating test, the damaged seeds ________.

1. swell
2. shrink
3. float
4. sink

Q. If you were a farmer, which of the following methods will you use to separate good quality and viable grains from a heap of grains after harvest?

1. Sowing seeds and waiting for germination.
2. Immersing the grains in water.
3. Checking grains under sunlight for pores.
4. Checking the weight of grains.