Chapter 12


Improvement in Food Resources

āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āωāύ্āύāϤি

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļā§Ē

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āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ-

1. What do we get from cereals pulses. fruits and vegetables?

( āĻļāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻĻাāϞিā§° āĻĒā§°া āφāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ। āĻĢāϞ-āĻŽূāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻļাāĻ•-āĻĒাāϚāϞি?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļā§Ģ

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1. How do biotic and abiotic factors affect crop production?

( āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°āĻ•ে āĻļāϏ্āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύāϤ āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāϝ়?)

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2. What are the desirable agronomic characteristics for crop improvement?

( āĻļāϏ্āϝ⧰ āωāύ্āύāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻž্āĻ›āύীāϝ় āĻ•ৃāώি āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļā§Ŧ

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1. What are macro-nutrients and why are they called macro-nutrients?

( āĻŽেāĻ•্ā§°’-āύিāωāϟ্ā§°িāϝ়েāύ্āϟāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āĻŽেāĻ•্ā§°’-āύিāωāϟ্ā§°িāϝ়েāĻŖ্āϟ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšāϝ়?)

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2. How do plants get nutrients?

( āωāĻĻ্āĻ­িāĻĻে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒুāώ্āϟি āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļā§­

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1. Compare the use of manure and fertilizers in maintaining soil fertility.

(āĻŽাāϟিā§° āω⧰্āĻŦā§°āϤা āĻŦāϜাāχ ā§°āĻ–াāϤ āĻ—োāĻŦā§° āφ⧰ু āϏাā§°ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া।)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļā§Ž

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1. Which of the following conditions will give the most benefits? Why?

(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āϚ⧰্āϤāχ āϏ⧰্āĻŦাāϧিāĻ• āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻĻিāĻŦ? āĻ•ি⧟?)

(a) Farmers use high-quality seeds, do not adopt irrigation or use fertilizers.

( āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞে āωāϚ্āϚāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻŦীāϜ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে, āϜāϞāϏিāĻž্āϚāύ āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āύāϕ⧰ে āĻŦা āϏাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āύāϕ⧰ে।)

(b) Farmers use ordinary seeds, adopt irrigation and use fertilizer.

( āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞে āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻŦীāϜ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে, āϜāϞāϏিāĻž্āϚāύ āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āϏাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে।)

(c) Farmers use quality seeds, adopt irrigation, use fertilizer and use crop protection measures.

 ( āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻ—ুāĻŖāĻ—āϤ āĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻŦীāϜ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে, āϜāϞāϏিāĻž্āϚāύ āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে, āϏাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻļāϏ্āϝ āϏুā§°āĻ•্āώা āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ে।)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍ā§Ļ⧝

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1. Why should preventive measures and biological control methods be preferred for protecting crops?

( āĻļāϏ্āϝ⧰ āϏুā§°āĻ•্āώাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিā§°োāϧāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āφ⧰ু āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰া āωāϚিāϤ?)

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2|What factors may be responsible for losses of grains during storage?

( āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻļāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻ•্āώāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻ•াā§°āĻ• āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍⧧ā§Ļ

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āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ-

1. Which method is commonly used for improving cattle breeds and why?

( āĻ—ā§°ু-āĻŽ’āĻšā§° āϜাāϤ⧰ āωāύ্āύāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ় āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-⧍⧧⧧

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1. Discuss the implications of the following statement:

( āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦāĻ•্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া।)

"It is interesting to note that poultry is India's most efficient converter of low fibre food stuff (which is unfit for human consumption) into highly nutritious animal protein food."

("āĻāϝ়া āĻŽāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āϝে āĻšাঁāĻš-āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•্āώāĻŽāĻ­াā§ąে āĻ•āĻŽ āφঁāĻšāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী (āϝিāϟো āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ–োā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āύুāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী)āĻ• āĻ…āϤি āĻĒুāώ্āϟিāϕ⧰ āĻĒāĻļু āĻĒ্ā§°āϟিāύ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝāϞৈ ā§°ূāĻĒাāύ্āϤ⧰িāϤāĻ•াā§°ী।")

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1. What management practices are common in dairy and poultry farming?

( āĻĻুāĻ—্āϧ āφ⧰ু āĻšাঁāĻš-āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻĒাāϞāύāϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϚāϞিāϤ?)

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1| What are the differences between broilers and layers and in their management?

( āĻŦ্ā§°āχāϞাā§° āφ⧰ু āϞেāϝ়াā§°ā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°িāϚাāϞāύাā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āφāĻ›ে?)

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āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ া-ā§¨ā§§ā§Š

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1. How are fish obtained?

( āĻŽাāĻ› āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাāϝ়?)

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2. What are the advantages of composite fish culture?

( āĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒোāϜিāϟ āĻŽাāĻ› āĻ•াāϞāϚাā§°ā§° āϏুāĻŦিāϧাāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?)

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1. What are the desirable characters of bee varieties suitable for honey production?

( āĻŽৌ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āωāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻ–িā§° āϜাāϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻž্āĻ›āύীāϝ় āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?)

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2. What is pasturage and how is it related to honey production?

( āϚ⧰āĻŖীāϝ়া āĻĒāĻĨাā§° āĻ•ি āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽৌ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা?)

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Exercises-


Exercises

1. Explain any one method of crop production which ensures high yield.

2. Why are manure and fertilizers used in fields?

3. What are the advantages of inter-cropping and crop rotation?

4. What is genetic manipulation? How is it useful in agricultural practices?

5. How do storage grain losses occur?

6. How do good animal husbandry practices benefit farmers?

7. What are the benefits of cattle farming?

8. For increasing production, what is common in poultry, fisheries and bee-keeping?

9. How do you differentiate between capture fishing, mariculture and aquaculture?



Question Type By- Punya Hazarika & Himashree Bora.


Post ID: DABP001892