Question

Question 27
Unscramble the words related to crop production and its management and write in the boxes given beneath them.

Now, using the circled letters, form one word which is an activity carried out in fields, after maturation of crops.

Answer 1

(i) SILOS

• The silos are the huge containers that are used to store grains.
• These helps in protecting the grains from natural or man-made damages.​

(ii) THRESHING

• Threshing is used for separating seeds from the harvested stalks.
• The method of separation is based on the fact that stalks of the crop plant and the chaff are soft materials whereas grains themselves are hard.

(iii) IRRIGATION

• Irrigation is the process by which water is supplied to crops at different intervals.
• The time and frequency of irrigation varies according to different seasons, crop, and soil types.

(iv) RIVER

• A river is a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity.
• A river can be wide and deep, or shallow enough for a person to wade across.​
  

I S H R N G A T V E R = HARVESTING

• Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.
• It starts with the cutting of the crop and ends with the cleaning of crop and preparing it to be dried.​
• The activity carried out in fields after maturation of crop is harvesting.