Multiple choice

Winnowing means

  1. cutting a crop

  2. to separate straw etc. from the threshed lank

  3. to thresh

  4. cutting the fodder
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Winnowing is the agricultural process of separating grain from chaff (straw and other light material) after threshing. The correct answer B describes this process, though 'lank' appears to be a typo for 'grain' or 'stalk'. Winnowing uses wind or air currents to blow away the lighter straw while the heavier grain falls back down.

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