1. Define pisciculture.
2. What are (a) weeds (b) threshing (c) crop
(d) sowing (e) preparation of soil ?
3. What are kharif crops? Name two kharip crops.
4. What are summer crops? Name two summer crops.
5. What are Rabi crops? Name two Rabi crops.
6. Why paddy cannot be grown in the summer season?
7. What is meant by agricultural practices?
8. How soil is prepared? What name is given to the loosening and turning of soil?
9. Name the tool used for tilling of soil, used for removing weeds and used for ploughing?
10. What are crumbs and how are crumbs broken?
11. What is a plough? Why it is necessary? Give two advantages of ploughing the field before sowing.
12. What is meant by sowing? What are the two ways of sowing the seeds?
13. What is meant by good quality of seeds? What is the advantage of sowing seeds with a seed drill?
14. What are manure and fertilizer? Name two important fertilizer. What is organic manure? Give two advantages of using fertilizers excessively.
16. Why should be remove the weeds?
Name the process of removal of weeds?
17. What are pesticides and weedicides?
How can we control weeds?
19. What is meant by winnowing?
21. What is meant by animal husbandry? Name some animals from whom milk can be obtained and which are reared for their meat.
22. What is broadcasting in agricultural practices? Enumerate two methods by which harvesting of crops can be done?
23. How are poultry shed maintain?
24. How do the soil and the crops benefit by proper tilling of the soil?
25. Give one word for the following statements
(a)One crop which is dependent on western monsoon.
(b) Type of crop that requires more water for irrigation?
26. Define transplantation.
How is transplantation useful to the farmer?
Explain how soil gets affected by the continuous plantation of crops In a field?
27 .Explain why most crops have a particular season in which they grow? If wheat is sown in the kharip season, what would happen?
28. Give two reasons why seeds should be sown at correct distance?
29. Give two methods by which threshing can be done.
30. Differentiate between logging and lodging. Why does loosening of soil allow roots to breath easily?
31. How do earthworms and microbes present in the soil help the growth of crops?
32. What is meant by field fallow? A farmer never leaves field fallow ,will get a good crop?
33. Why heavy soil is considered the best soil for the growing plants? How is soil a resources for all living organisms?Give any two points.
34. Why crop rotation is useful for farmers? Name three types of crops in our country and give two examples of each.
35. What are organic food ? How is organic manure obtained?
36. The rabi crops are known as wintercrops. Give reasons.
37. Paddy can not be grown in winter season. If yes, why?
38. Some grass is grown in a wheat field .What will it be known as?
39. During which months do farmer grow mustard in India?
40. Fishes are considered good for health. Give reason.
41. What are milch animals ?
42. Which activity of the farmer can promote growth of earthworms and microbes in the field?
43. Name two weeds that are commonly found in rice and wheat fields.
44. Terms related to agriculture practices are given below. Rearrange them in the correct sequence.
Harvesting , sowing , maturing, rolling and ploughing , irrigation , weeding.
45. Leguminous plants do not require intravenous fertiliser. Why is it so ?
46. Name the practice followed for large scale rearing of farm animals. What facilities are provided to farm animals ?
47. Classify the following crops into kharif and Rabi crops and write in the tabular column given below: Maize, paddy, mustered, pea, gram, wheat, groundout, cotton.
48. Despite favourable climate conditions , a farmer's CROP failed to give good yield. Give the possible reasons for this.
49. Paddy is a major cereal CROP in our country.
(a) In which season is paddy cultivated?
(b) Discuss the method of sowing.
(c) What measures must be taken to prevent spoilage and insect attack of harvested grains?
50. What do you mean by drip system?
Multiple choice questions
1.Sunflower seeds provide us mainly with :-
a. fats
b. carbohydrates
c. proteins
d. vitamins
2.Most commonly grown cereal crop is:-
a. rice
b. maize
c. wheat
d. all the above
3. Crops sown during winters are :-
a. rabi crops
b. kharif crops
c. mixed crops
d. cereal crops
4. The method of scattering seeds in the field by hand is :-
a. hand picking
b. transplantation
c. broadcasting
d. leveling
6.The disadvantage of broadcasting is :-
a. seeds are evenly distributed
b. seeds get damaged
c. seeds are unevenly distributed
d. seeds get infected
7. The disadvantage of broadcasting is :-
a. seeds are evenly distributed
b. seeds get damaged
c. seeds are unevenly distributed
d. seeds get infected
8. Seeds being used for sowing must be :-
a. inferior quality
b. disease free
c. hollow and light
d. all the above
9. Seed drill sows the seeds at :-
a. equal distances
b. proper depth
c. both a & b are correct
d. unequal distances
10. Two or more crops grown together in the same field is called :-
a. crop rotation
b. mixed farming
c. field fallow
d. mixed cropping
11. A bacterial disease of plants is:-
a. rust
b. wilt
c. blight
d. smut
12. Which of the following is used as a biofuel:-
a. Ethanol
b. Gammaxene
c. Manure
d. Amaranthus
13. Rearing of honeybees for products like honey and wax is called:-
a. Sericulture
b. Aquaculture
c. Pisciculture
d. Apiculture
14. Which of the following is a milch animal:-
a. Camel
b. Sheep
c. Honeybee
d. Silkworm
15.Cod liver oil from fish is found to be rich in :-
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin C
d. Vitamin B
16. Conversion of ammonia into nitrates is called:-
a. nitrification
b. denitrification
c. ammonification
d. deammonification
17. Which of the following are harmful for crop plants:-
a. too little water
b. too much of water
c. both a & b
d. too much light
18. The irrigation method in which water enters the field through channels made between
two rows of crop plants is:-
a. Sprinkler irrigation method
b. Basin irrigation method
c. Furrow irrigation method
d. Drip irrigation method
6. Fill in the blanks :-
a. ______ is large scale cultivation of vegetable, fruits & flower plants.
b. ______ is the process of loosening and turning up of the soil.
c. ______ is the process of supplying water to crops at different intervals.
d. ______ is result of too much water given to the soil.
e. ______ is the science dealing with growth of plants and animals for human use
f. ______ were the first crop known to be cultivated.
g. ______ provide the staple food for people in every part of world.
h. ______ is the most important cereal in the world.
i. Better varieties of crops can be developed by plant ______.
j. ______ means producing offsprings under controlled conditions.
k. ______ is a technique used for developing new crop varieties by cross breeding.
d. In the breeding experiments anthers of plants are removed by process called ______ l. ______ farming technique of crop cultivation employs biological methods.
m. Grains are rich in ______.
n. If there is a shortfall in production, grains are made available from ______ stock
1. Match the column :-
a. Compost i) fertilizer
b. Rodents ii) insecticide
c. BHC iii) pest
d. NPK iv) weedicide
e. Metachlor v) manure
2. Match the column :-
a. horticultural crop i) potato
b. kharif crop ii) crotons
c. rabi crop iii) agricultural waste
d. compost manure iv) groundnut
e. green manure v) dry leaves
3. Match the column :-
a. sowing i) sprinklers
b. irrigation ii) trowel
c. weeding iii) sickle
d. harvesting iv) seed drills
e. manuring v) manually
4.Match the column :-
a. legume crop i) jute
b. root crop ii) coffee
c. cereal crop iii) sweet potato
d. plantation crop iv) groundnut
e. fibre crop v) wheat
5. Match the column :-
a. Compost i) fertilizer
b. Rodents ii) insecticide
c. BHC iii) pest
d. NPK iv) weedicide
e. Metachlor v) manure
6.Cod liver oil from fish is found to be rich in :-
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin C
d. Vitamin B
7. Conversion of ammonia into nitrates is called:-
a. nitrification
b. denitrification
c. ammonification
d. deammonification
8. Which of the following are harmful for crop plants:-
a. too little water
b. too much of water
c. both a & b
d. too much light
9. The irrigation method in which water enters the field through channels made between two rows of crop plants is:-
a. Sprinkler irrigation method
b. Basin irrigation method
c. Furrow irrigation method
d. Drip irrigation method
