Tag: soil quality
Questions Related to soil quality
Which of the following is not a secondary tillage implement?
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Cultivators
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Harrow
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Rollers
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Meston plough
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.
Patela is used for
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Sowing
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Leveling
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Earthing
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Weeding
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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Levelling of soil
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Making irrigation channels
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Covering the sown-seeds by earth
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Making ridges
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.
Soil turning plough makes the furrow of which type (shape)?
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'V' shape
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'L' shape
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'O' shape
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No definite shape
The purpose of tillage is/are
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Soil clods breaking and suppressing in soil
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Eradication of weeds
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Leveling of soil
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All of the above
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
Which of the following 'hoe' is bullock drawn?
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Akola hoe
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Sharma hoe
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Wheel hoe
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Naini type hoe
- Akola hoe is drawn by bullocks or hands. It was used to remove the weeds from the field and also used for maintaining the moisture in the field.
- Thus, the correct option is A.
Which of the following tool is used for measuring the draft of agricultural implements?
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Dynamometer
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Hydrometer
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Galvanometer
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Barometer
(A) Dynamometer- It is an instrument/device used for measuring mechanical force or power transmitted by a rotating shaft. For example, it is used to calculate the power produced by a motor or an engine in agricultural fields
Tillage includes
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Ploughing of land
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Keep the land free from weeds
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Make the soil levelled
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All of the above
Tillage is a method of preparing land for growing the crops. It includes ploughing of land, keeps the land free from weeds, makes the soil leveled, and in preparation of the soil.
The mould-board of a tractor drawn soil turning plough is the type of
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General purpose
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Stubble
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Sod (breaker)
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High speed
Plough is a tool which is used by the farmers for cultivation of the soil, planting for the sowing of seeds and turning over the soil and cut furrows. Soil turning plows are generally made of iron and is drawn by tractors.
So, the correct option is 'High speed'.
Agricultural tractors generally have a horsepower (HP) of
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20-50
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50-70
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10-15
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20-25