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Traditional Farming Practices and Agriculture

This quiz covers traditional Indian farming practices including seed storage, crop varieties, soil fertility, irrigation, agricultural tools, and farmer economics. It tests knowledge of both old and modern farming methods.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where in India is the village Vangaam situated?

  1. Punjab
  2. Gujarat
  3. Maharashtra
  4. U.P
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the native place of millet crop?

  1. Vangaam
  2. Manipur
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Uttranchal
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Millet is also known as

  1. bajra
  2. wheat
  3. corn
  4. rice
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where were the good quality seeds stored in olden days?

  1. In godowns
  2. In houses
  3. In dried gourds
  4. In tin boxes
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The dried gourd used for the storage of seeds is coated with

  1. mud
  2. sand
  3. clay
  4. paint
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basic function of neem leaves in storage?

  1. To protect the seeds form insects.
  2. To decorate the storage box.
  3. To protect the seeds from moisture.
  4. To protect the seeds from sunlight.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct statement.

  1. Farmers can grow different of crops.
  2. Farmers can grow only one kind of crop.
  3. Farmers can grow only bajra in a particular field.
  4. Farmers can grow bajra only once in a year in any season.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How did old people make cloth from cotton?

  1. By machines
  2. By spinning wheel
  3. By hand
  4. Both by hand and machine
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the odd one out.

  1. Wheat
  2. Bajra
  3. Corn
  4. Peas
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Farmers used ________ as manure in olden days.

  1. chemicals
  2. cow dung
  3. plant waste
  4. animal waste
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nowadays farmer use ______ to increase the fertility of the soil.

  1. fertilizers
  2. cow dung
  3. plant waste
  4. animal waste
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What do you mean by irrigation?

  1. An artificial supply of water and fertilizer.
  2. An artificial supply of water to fields.
  3. A natural supply of water through rain.
  4. A collection of excess water from fields.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_________ have to be sprayed on the crop to protect it from insects.

  1. Fertilizers
  2. Seeds
  3. Medicines
  4. Chemicals
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What would happen if one grows the same crop repeatedly in the same field?

  1. Fertility of the soil will increase
  2. Fertility of the soil will decrease
  3. Water level of the soil will increase
  4. Minerals in the soil will increase
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following crops would a farmer prefer to grow in his field?

  1. Crop, which give less yield and good quality seeds.
  2. Crop with high yield and poor quality seeds.
  3. Crop with high yield and good quality seeds.
  4. Crop with poor yield and poor quality seeds.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why were the farmers in Andhra Pradesh sent to jail?

  1. For cheating the money lenders.
  2. For not being able to pay back their loans.
  3. For using the fertilizers in their fields.
  4. For growing the same crop again and again.
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following problems was faced by farmers?

  1. They could not use high quality seeds in their fields.
  2. They had to grow same crop again and again.
  3. They did not have the right to take the loans.
  4. They had to take loans to fulfil their needs.
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct order for making chapati.

  1. Wheat grain $\to$ grinding $\to$ dough making $\to$chapati
  2. Dough making $\to$ grinding $\to$ wheat grain $\to$ chapati
  3. Wheat grain $\to$dough making $\to$ grinding $\to$ chapati
  4. Grinding $\to$ wheat grain $\to$ dough making $\to$ chapati
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the use of mortar and pestle?

  1. To separate the seeds from husk
  2. To crush the cob
  3. To mix different kinds of seeds
  4. To chop the vegetables
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct match.
(a) Mortar (i) Chhalni
(b) Pestle (ii) Okhli
(c) Spinning wheel (iv) Moosli
(d) Sieve (v) Charkha

  1. (a) (iii), (b) (ii), (c) (i), (d) (iv)
  2. (a) (ii), (b) (iii), (c) (iv), (d) (i)
  3. (a) (i), (b) (iv), (c) (ii), (d) (iii)
  4. (a) (iv), (b) (i), (c) (iii), (d) (ii)
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why did farmers neglect the growing of bajra and jowar?

  1. Because it didn't get better price in the market.
  2. Its seeds were very costly.
  3. Its crop got infested by insects.
  4. It was difficult to grow this crop.
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Earthworms are known as the best friends of the soil because

  1. they increase the fertility of the soil
  2. they eat insects in the soil
  3. they eat insects on the plants
  4. they produce chemicals in the soil
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the incorrect statement.

  1. Earthworm softens the soil.
  2. Earthworm also eats the dead leaves and plants.
  3. The droppings of earthworms fertilise the soil.
  4. Earthworm damages the crops by eating them.
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is used to plough a field?

  1. Tractor
  2. Bullock Cart
  3. Truck
  4. Harvester Machine
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From where does a farmer get seeds if he has forgotten to store seeds of the previous crop?

  1. General stores
  2. Seed stores
  3. Someone else
  4. They do not get seeds to grow
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