Question

Which of the following should be used by a farmer with a large farm to harvest his crops quickly and efficiently?

• A. Winnowing machine
• B. Combine
• C. Sickle
• D. Seed drill

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Combine

Cutting of the crop close to the ground after it matures is called harvesting. Farmers with small farms harvest their crops manually using tools like a sickle. However, after harvesting, they need to manually undertake threshing and winnowing. Whereas, farmers with huge farms cannot deploy manual labour for harvesting and threshing as it is more time consuming. Instead, it is more efficient for them to use machines such as a combine. A combine performs the function of both harvester as well as thresher. This saves a lot of time and manual labour.