Improvement in food resources short 1

Question 1

What crops provide us with carbohydrates

Answer 1

Wheat, rice, maize, millets

Question 2

What crops provide us with protein

Answer 2

gram, pea, black gram, green gram, lentil

Question 3

What crops provide us with fats

Answer 3

Soyabean, ground nut, sesame, castor, mustard, linseed and sunflower

Question 4

What crops provide us with food for livestock

Answer 4

Berseem, oats or sudan grass

Question 5

What is the Kharif season ?

Answer 5

The rainy season in which crops are grown are called the kharif season from the month of June to October = Paddy, soyabean, pigeon pea, maize, cotton, green gram

Question 6

What is the Rabi season

Answer 6

The winter season in which crops are grown are called the rabi season from November to April = wheat, gram, peas, mustard, linseed

Question 7

What are the major groups of activities for improving crop yields

Answer 7

• Crop variety improvement
• Crop production improvement
• Crop protection management.

Question 8

What is Hybridisation

Answer 8

It refers to cross-breeding between different plants.

Question 9

what are the different types of crop production

Answer 9

/ Nutrient management
/ Manure
/ Fertilizers
/ irrigation

Question 10

What are macro-nutrients

Answer 10

Some nutrients are required in large quantities and are therefore called macro-nutrients

Question 11

What are micro-nutrients

Answer 11

Some nutrients are used by plants in small quantities and are called micro-nutrients