Crop Production And Management

Question 1

Define agriculture

Answer 1

Agriculture is the science of growing plants and raising animals useful to humans!

Question 2

Define irrigation

Answer 2

The supply of water to crops at different intervals

Question 3

What are the two main seasons for cultivation crops in India

Answer 3

The main two are Rabi and the Kharif season!

Question 4

What is Rabi & Kharif?

Answer 4

Rabi are sown in the beginning of winter(October to November) and are called winter seasons crops, Kharif are the summer seasons crops sowing is done by the beginning of the rainy season in June and July!

Question 5

Define Agriculture practices

Answer 5

The activities or task which a farmer performs to cultivate a crop is referred to as agriculture practices

Question 6

Define ploughing or tilling

Answer 6

The process of turning and losening the soil is called ploughing or tilling

Question 7

How is ploughing done?

Answer 7

This is done by using such devices such as ploug , hoe, cultivator etc

Question 8

What is plough?

Answer 8

Plough is a wooden or metal device for tilling the soil , adding fertilizer to the crops and removing the weeds!

Question 9

What is hoe?

Answer 9

Hoe is used for loosening the soil as well as for removing weeds. It is consists of a long rod of wood or iron. At one of the end, a strong broad, bent plates of iron is fixed. This acts as a knife. It is also driven by animals!

Question 10

Define levelling

Answer 10

Levelling is done to make the surface of the soil uniform after the process of ploughing. It is done with the help of a wooden or iron leveller!

Question 11

Define sowing

Answer 11

Sowing is a process of putting the seeeds in the soil. For sowing, good seeds are selected

Question 12

What are the two methods of sowing seeds

Answer 12

Broadcasting & seed drills!

Question 13

Broadcasting

Answer 13

Broadcasting is the method of sowing seeds by hand in a random manner

Question 14

Seeds drill

Answer 14

A simple seed drill has a long pipe with a funnel at the top. It is tied to the plough.

Question 15

Harvesting

Answer 15

Harvesting is the removal or cutting of a crop after maturity

Question 16

Hand sickle

Answer 16

Hand sickle is used in traditional harvesting it was used as far as 5000 years ago

Question 17

Threshing

Answer 17

The process of beating out the grains from the harvested crop plants is called threshing. Threshing is the process of loosening the edible part of the grain (or other crop) from the straw to which it is attached. It is the step in grain preparation after reaping.

Question 18

Winnowing

Answer 18

Winnowing is used to separate heavier and lighter components of a mixture by wind or by blowing air. This process is used by farmers to separate lighter husk particles from heavier seeds of grain

Question 19

Green revolution

Answer 19

The green revolution to the dramatic increase in agricultural productivity due to the use of improved variety of seeds

Question 20

Domestication

Answer 20

The practice of keeping or rearing animals for specific purposes is called domestication