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1.
If a person is a pisciculturist, what does he do?
2.
Give example of Rabi crop
3.
Give an appropriate term for each of the following.
(a) Chemical substance rich in particular nutrient.
(b) Plants of same kind grown in a field on large scale.
(c) Process of loosening and turning the soil.
(d) Rearing of fishes for its various products
4.
List a precaution to be taken so that plants do not dry and die in summer season.
5.
The levelling of ploughed field is beneficial. Give reasons to support your answer.
6.
Leguminous plants do not require nitrogenous fertilisers. Why is it so?
7.
Write a paragraph in your own words on each of the following - Weeding
8.
Write a paragraph in your own words on each of the following - Preparation of soil
9.
As a part of eco-club activity, students were asked to raise a kitchen garden in the school premises. They were provided with some materials given in the box. List the other materials you would require. How will you plan the garden? Write the steps. Khurpi, water-can, spade, shovel
10.
You must have heard farmers talking about soil fertility. What is it? Mention some methods by which soil fertility can be replenished.
11.
The monsoon season in our country is during the months
April-December
June-September
November-March
January-May
12.
Which of the following tools would a farmer use to remove weeds from the field?
Hoe
Plough
Axe
Cultivator
13.
Which of the following statements is not true for organic manure?
It enhances water holding capacity of soil
It has a balance of all plant nutrients
It provides humus to soil
It improves texture of soil
14.
.................is removal of weeds.
15.
The crops grown in rainy season are called.......
16.
Freshly harvested grains must be dried before storing.
17.
Kharif season crop
18.
Weeding
19.
Irrigation
1.
If the person is a pisciculturist does the breeding, hatching and rearing of fishes.
2.
Pea and mustard are two examples of rabi crops.
3.
(a) Fertiliser
(b) Crop
(c) Ploughing or Tilling
(d) Pisciculture
4.
Water is necessary for all physiological functions and growth of all living organisms including plants. In summer, due to high temperatures, water evaporates from the soil as well as from plant surfaces thus making it deficient. This water deficiency is overcome by adequately supplying water to plants and taking care of them during summer season.
5.
The levelling of ploughed field is beneficial because of following reasons:
(i) It prevents the top fertile soil from being carried away by strong winds or water.
(ii) It helps in uniform distribution of water in the fields during irrigation.
(iii) It also prevents loss of moisture from the ploughed soil.
6.
The planting of a leguminous crop in a field has the same effect as adding nitrogenous fertiliser in the field. They can fix atmospheric nitrogen themselves by using nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their root nodules. Therefore, nitrogenous fertilisers are not required for growing leguminous plants.
7.
Weeding - It is the removal of weeds from the field. It is essential as weeds are harmful for the growth of crops because they compete with the crop plants for water, nutrients, space and light.
8.
Preparation of soil - It is the first step before sowing the crop. In this, the soil is ploughed to loosen it and make it aerated which allows the roots to breathe easily. This also helps earthworms and microbes in the soil that bring the nutrient rich soil to the top. The process of loosening and turning of soil is called tilling or ploughing, which is followed by levelling and manuring.
9.
Besides the given tools, the other items required for raising a garden are seeds and seedling of vegetables, plants from nursery, kitchen waste, manure, water, soil.
Steps for raising the garden:
(i) Kitchen waste will be collected and composted in a pit.
(ii) A patch of land will be identified for the garden.
(iii) Soil will be dug up and levelled with the help of a spade.
(iv) Sowing of seeds/ transplanting of seedlings will be done.
(v) Select seeds/seedlings as per the season. Water the plants regularly with a water-can
(vi) Compost will be applied.
(vii) Weeds will be removed periodically with the help of khurpi.
10.
The ability of soil to supply all the essential plant nutrients to a crop in adequate quantity is called soil fertility. Repeated growing of crops in the same soil removes various nutrient elements from the soil due to which the soil loses its fertility.
The soil fertility can be replenished or regained by the following methods:
(i) By keeping the field fallow (uncultivated) for one or two seasons.
(ii) By putting manures and fertilisers in the soil.
(iii) By practising crop rotation .
(iv) By practising multiple cropping (mixed cropping).
11.
(b)
June-September
12.
(a)
Hoe
13.
(b)
It has a balance of all plant nutrients
14.
( )
Weeding
15.
( )
kharif crops
16.
(a)
17.
( )
Cotton
18.
( )
2, 4-D
19.
( )
Sprinklers
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