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Chapter 1 Crop production
Chapter 1 Crop production
Chapter 1 Crop production
Checkpoint
1 A.
a. Rice
b. Pea
B. a. False; Cash crops are grown for commercial purposes.
b. True
c. False; In the word ‘agriculture’, ager means ‘field’.
d. False; Soyabean is a kharif crop.
e. True
Checkpoint 2
A. a. Butachlor b. Malathion c. Harvester
d. Thresher e. Amaranthus f. Wilt
B. a. True b. True c. True d. False e. False
Checkpoint 3
a. False. Nitrobacter helps in denitrification.
b. True
c. False. Dhekli is a traditional method of irrigation.
d. True e. False. Rearing of honeybees is called apiculture.
What I Have Learnt
A. Tick the correct answer
1. a. Drip 2. c. Wheat 3. a. Pea 4. b. Broadcasting 5. b. Nitrification 6. d.
Butachlor 7. d. Pea 8. a. Silos 9. d. All of these
B. State True or False. Correct the false statements.
1. True
2. False. Fertilisers are added to improve crop yield.
3. True
4. False. Compost is a kind of manure.
5. True
6. False. Rabi crops are grown in winter season and harvested in summer season.
8. The practice of rearing and breeding of animals on a large scale is called animal
husbandry.(pg-13)
III. Long Answer Questions.
1.
Crop Rotation Multiple cropping
In this process in variety of crops 1 In this process more than one crop is
are grown alternatively. grown on the same field during the
same season
Eg- Wheat is grown in one season Wheat and musturd
and leguminous crop is grown in
other