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Iron plough came into use around

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  1. 1000 B.C

  2. 1500 B.C

  3. 500 B.C

  4. First century B.C

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following tools would a farmer use to remove weeds from the field?

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  1. Hoe

  2. Plough

  3. Axe

  4. Cultivator

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Weeds are unwanted, unattractive and troublesome plants. 
The plough is used to loosen and aerate the soil leaving crop residue at the top of the soil. Therefore, option B is incorrect. 
Axe is used to cut perennial, woody plants to harvest wood for various purposes. Therefore, option C is incorrect. 
Cultivators are used to break large clods of soil. Therefore, option D is incorrect. 
Hoe is used to slice weeds by skimming it just under the soil surface using a sweeping motion. Therefore, option A is correct.

The process of loosening and turning of soil is called as

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  1. Irrigation and manuring

  2. Digging and winnowing

  3. Tilling or ploughing

  4. Harvesting and storage

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The process of loosening and turning of soil is called as tilling or ploughing. This is done by using a plough. It improves the soil quality by increasing aeration. It control the weeds. Therefore, option C is correct. 

Short Answer Questions :
Briefly mention the uses of the following implements :

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  1. Plough

  2. Plank

  3. Persian wheel

  4. Thresher

  5. Sprikler

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Correct Option: A

In our country, for the manufacturing of agricultural tools, wood is the most commonly used material because

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  1. Widely available.

  2. Cost effective.

  3. A simpler approach to prepare wooden tools than metal tools.

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Wood is easily available and cost-effective for farmers as it can be obtained in their villages itself from broken or cut down trees. It is also easier for the farmers to make tools out of wood than metals it does not require a special furnace, moulds or training to make wooden tools.
The correct answer is 'all of the above'.

Which of the following is not a secondary tillage implement? 

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  1. Cultivators

  2. Harrow

  3. Rollers

  4. Meston plough

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Secondary tillage is used to improve the seedbed by increased soil pulverization, to conserve moisture through the destruction of weeds, and to cut up crop residues. It is accomplished by use of various types of harrows, rollers, or pulverizers, and tools for mulching and fallowing. 

Plough is a tool used for the initial cultivation of the soil for the preparation of the sowing. It is not a secondary tillage implement.

Patela is used for

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  1. Sowing

  2. Leveling

  3. Earthing

  4. Weeding

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Patela is the long rectangular, heavy, plank which is made up of locally available wood, sometimes extra weight is added to the planks by placing stones on it during used in field. It is used to smoothening, levelling and shaping the field surface. Thus, the correct option is B.

Which one of the following work is not done by scrappers? 

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  1. Levelling of soil

  2. Making irrigation channels

  3. Covering the sown-seeds by earth

  4. Making ridges

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Scrapper is a hand tool generally used to scrap metals from the surface. It is generally used for leveling of soil, making irrigation channels, making ridges, to turn the surface. 

So, the correct option is 'Covering the sown-seeds by the earth'.

Soil turning plough makes the furrow of which type (shape)? 

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  1. 'V' shape

  2. 'L' shape

  3. 'O' shape 

  4. No definite shape

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The soil turning plough has a typical shape of the curved metallic structure that first goes straight and then horizontal making an L shaped furrow. It is attached at the back of a tractor and used to plough fields or for sowing seeds at fixed distances.
The correct answer is 'L shaped'.

The purpose of tillage is/are

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  1. Soil clods breaking and suppressing in soil

  2. Eradication of weeds

  3. Leveling of soil

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. The purpose of tillage is multi-fold. Tillage serves to

(i) Reduce soil compaction from roads and/or heavy construction equipment, 
(ii) Remove unwanted vegetation (weeds),
(iii) Prepare a seedbed,
(iv) Dilute surface contamination below an appropriate action level, 
(v) Incorporate fertilizer, and 
(v) Stabilize the soil by removing erosion features such as rills.