Crop Production and Management (Class - VIII)
Comprehensive quiz covering agricultural practices including soil preparation, sowing, irrigation, crop protection, harvesting, and storage for Class VIII students.
Questions
Which of the following is a rabi crop?
- Paddy
- Maize
- Mustard
- Soyabean
- Cotton
Leguminous plants help in the replenishment of the soil with
- oxygen
- nitrogen
- hydrogen
- carbon dioxide
- helium
Before sowing, seeds should be treated with
- insecticides
- pesticides
- fertilisers
- manures
- fungicides
Which of the following types of soil needs least frequent irrigation?
- Sandy
- Rocky
- Loamy
- Clayey
- Silty
Chemicals that kill weeds are called
- fertilisers
- pesticides
- weedicides
- manures
- insecticides
Which of the following is not a traditional method of irrigation?
- Drip
- Moat
- Dhekli
- Rahat
- Chain pump
______________ involves the removal of stamens from bisexual flowers of the female parents in order to avoid self-pollination in these flowers. It is done before the anthers are mature.
- Animal husbandry
- Pisciculture
- Poultry farming
- Hybridisation
- Emasculation
Which of the following is not a phosphatic fertiliser?
- Basic slag
- Urea
- Superphosphate
- Dicalcium phosphate
- Ammonium phosphate
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- Loose soil particles have more air spaces
- Loose soil particles hold less water for longer duration
- Loose soil helps roots to penetrate deep through the layers of soil
- Loose soil promotes the growth of useful soil microbes
- While turning the soil during ploughing, nutrient-rich soil is brought up from lower level of soil
Which of the following is used for removing weeds and for loosening the soil?
- Broadcasting
- Traditional tool
- Seed drill
- Hoe
- Transplantation
Silo is used for
- large scale storage of food
- improvement of crops
- sowing of seeds
- enhancing water holding capacity
- green plants
Agricultural practices are undertaken by farmers over a period of time in a particular sequence to cultivate a good crop. Fill in the blank.
- Preparation of soil
- Selection and sowing of seeds
- Irrigation
- Crop protection
- Harvesting
- Storage
- Manuring
- Ploughing
- Transplantation
Leaving the agricultural land uncultivated for one or more seasons is known as
- crop rotation
- field fallow
- manuring
- threshing
- tilling
Which of the following is used to level the ploughed land?
- Leveller
- Hoe
- Plough
- Cultivator
- Seed drill
Loosening and turning of soil is called
- broadcasting
- tilling
- transplantation
- manuring
- winnowing
Which of the following is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields?
- Fallowing
- Threshing
- Broadcasting
- Tilling
- Harvesting
Chemical substances that are rich in specific nutrients are called
- manures
- fertilisers
- pesticides
- weedicides
- fungicides
Which of the following is a technique through which scientists control the reproduction in plants to get desired offspring?
- Hybridisation
- Animal husbandry
- Pisciculture
- Plant breeding
- Emasculation