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The disadvantage of hoe to humans as presented by some individuals is____________

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  1. Hoe does not help in removal of weed.

  2. Hoe leads to spoilage of soil.

  3. Use of short handled hoes leads to back pain.

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Hoe is a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding. The human damage caused by long-term use of short-handled hoes, 
  • which required the user to bend over from the waist to reach the ground, and caused permanent, crippling lower back pain to farmworkers. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The main function of cultivator is

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  1. To turn the soil

  2. To make furrow in soil

  3. To pulverize the soil

  4. All of the above functions

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Cultivators are used to stir and pulverize the soil, either before planting (to aerate the soil and prepare a smooth, loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun growing to kill weeds—controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills the surrounding weeds by uprooting them, burying their leaves to disrupt their photosynthesis or a combination of both. Cultivators are designed to disturb the soil in careful patterns, sparing the crop plants but disrupting the weeds.

Which of the following is one (single) handed soil turning plough?

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  1. Punjab plough

  2. Praja plough

  3. Victory plough

  4. U. P. No.1 plough

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Plough is a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over the soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.
Soil turning plough is of two types:- 
  • Single-handed ploughs; Praja, Meston, WahWah, Care ploughs. 
  • Double handed ploughs; Punjab, Victory, UP no 1, UP no 2 ploughs. 
So the correct option is 'Praja plough'.

Harrow is drawn by

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  1. Bullocks

  2. Tractor

  3. Diesel

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A harrow is an implement for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. Harrows were originally drawn by draft animals, such as horses, mules, or oxen. In modern practice, they are almost always drawn by tractor-mounted implements. 

What is the percentage of carbon in wrought iron?

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  1. 0.05-1%

  2. 1-2%

  3. 2-3%

  4. 3-4%

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Wrought iron is a tough malleable form of iron with a very low carbon content (0.05-1%). It is very soft, ductile, magnetic and has very high tensile strength. It can easily be converted into different shapes. 
So the correct option is '0.05-1%'.

Which of the following does not affect the draft of ploughs? 

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  1. Width of furrow

  2. Depth of furrow

  3. Length of furrow

  4. Soil moisture

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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. The tool is pulled through the ground in order to prepare furrows on the land. Draft of the plow does not affect the length of furrows. 

So, the correct option is 'Length of furrow'.

The working efficiency per day of deshi plough is

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  1. 0.3 ha

  2. 0.4 ha

  3. 0.6 ha

  4. 0.8 ha

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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. The tool is pulled by oxen or tractors through the ground in order to prepare furrows on the land. 

So the correct option is '0.4 ha'.

Which of the methods of ploughing is mostly practised?

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  1. Outside to inside ploughing

  2. Inside to outside ploughing

  3. Ploughing by putting furrow from one side of field

  4. Ploughing by halai making

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ploughing is the method of sowing seeds, cutting furrows and turning the soil. It is done by the tool called plough. Ploughing by halai making is the method which is most practiced. It is the easiest method of ploughing.

So, the correct option is 'Ploughing by halai making'.

Conservation tillage is :

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  1. Terrace tillage

  2. Reduced tillage

  3. No tillage

  4. Both B and C

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Conservation tillage is a tillage system that creates a suitable soil environment for growing a crop and that conserves soil, water and energy resources mainly through the reduction in the intensity of tillage, and retention of plant residues. The most important advantage of conservation tillage systems is significantly less soil erosion due to wind and water.  No tillage farming is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage. No tillage is an agricultural technique which increases the amount of water that infiltrates into the soil, the soil's retention of organic matter and its cycling of nutrients. Reduced tillage  is a practice of minimising soil disturbance and allowing crop residue or stubble to remain on the ground instead of being thrown away or incorporated into the soil. In terracing, wide steps are cut around the slopes of hills to prevent soil erosion. Since, both reduced and no tillage indulge in soil and water conservation, same as the conservation tillage
So, the correct answer is 'Both B and C'