Chapter 1
CROP PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
1. Select the Correct word from the following list and fill in the blanks.
float, water, crop, nutrients, preparation
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(a) The same kind of plants grown and cultivated on a large scale at a place is called _______.
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(b) The first step before growing crops is _______ of the soil.
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(c) Damaged seeds would ______ on top of water.
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(d) For growing a crop. sufficient sunlight and _____ and _______ from the soil are essential.
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2. Match items in column A with those in column B
A B
(i) Kharif crops (a) Urea and super phosphate
(ii) Rabi crops (b) Animal excreta, cow dung urine and plant waste
(iii) Chemical fertilisers (c) Wheat, gram, pea
(iv) Organic manure (d) paddy and maize
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3. Give two examples of each.
(a) Kharif crop
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(b) Rabi crop
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4. Write a paragraph in your own words on each of the following.
(a) Preparation of soil (b) Sowing
(c) Weeding (d) Threshing
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5. Explain how fertilisers are different from manure.
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6. What is irrigation? Describe two methods of irrigation which conserve water.
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7. If wheat is sown in the kharif Season. what would happen? Discus.
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8. Explain how soil gets affected by the continuous plantation of crops in a field.
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9. What are weed? How can control them?
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