Question

In agriculture, .......... is used for weeding and plowing, .......... is used for weeding and sowing and ........... is used for harvesting of crops. Here the implements are respectively

• A. Combine, seed drill and sickle
• B. Hoe, sickle and seed drill
• C. Cultivator, seed drill and sickle
• D. Hoe, seed drill and sickle

Answer 1

The correct option is A Combine, seed drill and sickle

1) In agriculture ploughing is process of turning up of the soil before sowing to increase the soil fertility.

• This helps to turn organic matter in the soil to increase decomposition and add nutrients from the organic matter to the soil.
• It is done using a plough.

2) Sowing is the process of planting, or sowing the seeds into the field.

• It is done using seed drill.

3) Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.

• Traditional tool used in harvesting was sickle, modern machine used in havesting is combine harvester.