Tilling or Ploughing

Q.

Write a paragraph in your own words on each of the following:

(a) Preparation of soil

(b) Sowing

(c) Weeding

(d) Threshing

Q. Question 16
Which activity of the farmer can promote growth of earthworms and microbes in the field?

Q.

What is ploughing (or tilling) ? Name any two implements used for tilling the fields.

Q. What is the importance of loosening up of the soil?

1. Allows root to breathe easily.
2. Helps in soil erosion.
3. Stops air from getting inside the soil.
4. Stops water retention.

Q. Plants such as paddy and cabbage are grown in nurseries because they require special care before being planted in larger fields.

1. True
2. False

Q.

What are the advantages of preparing the soil?

1. Makes the top soil nutrient rich.
2. Makes decomposition by microbes easier.
3. All of these.

4. Allows roots to penetrate the soil easily.

Q.

Why do farmers carry out levelling of the ploughed fields ?

Q. Preparation of soil

Q. Cutting and gathering of ripened crops is called harvesting.

1. True
2. False

Q.

State two beneficial effects of ploughing the fields (or loosening and turning the soil).

Q.

Which is the first step in the cultivation of a crop ?

Q.

What is use of a plank

Q. What do we mean by bio-fertilisers?

Q. Differentiate between seed drill and funnel sowing methods. [3 marks]

Q. In a plough, the strong, triangular iron strip is called ___________ and the log of wood attached to it is called the __________.

1. Ploughshare, ploughshaft
2. ploughshaft, ploughshare
3. ploughshare, handle
4. bent plate, ploughshaft

Q.

Raise a kitchen garden at your home. You are provided with a khurpi,
water can, spade and shovel. List the other materials you would require to
raise the garden. How will you plan the garden? Write the steps.

Q. Which of the given tools is used for preparing the soil before sowing of seeds?

1. I only
2. III only
3. Both II and IV
4. Both I and III

Q. What do we mean by bio-fertilisers?

Q.

Explain preparation of soil?

Q. They return nutrients to the soil for plants to use as the cycle begin again so they are also called ___ .

1. Recyclers
2. recyclers

Q. The first step before growing crops is of the soil.

1. manuring
2. preparation
3. harvesting

Q. Which of the following tools would a farmer use to remove weeds from the field?

1. Hoe
2. Axe
3. Plough
4. Cultivator

Q.

Is mulching helpful in increasing soil fertility?

Q. The first step before growing crops is of the soil.

1. harvesting
2. preparation
3. irrigation

Q. The cutting of crops once they ripened is known as harvesting.

1. True
2. False

Q. The given figure represents an agricultural tool. Which of the folowing activities is performed by the tool in the given figure?

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

Q. During mushroom cultivation, a step where a thin layer of soil is spread over the compost is known as ________.

1. Casing
2. Cropping
3. Composting
4. Spawning

Q. Arrange the following steps of preparation of soil in correct order.
a) Sowing b) Levelling c) Ploughing

Q. During ploughing a plank is used to break the soil crumbs into:

1. Stones
2. Fine soil
3. Mud
4. Gritty soil

Q. What is tilling? Name the machine used for tilling.