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Name of the following:(a) Three most common pulses (b) Two kharif food crops(c) Two rabi food crops |
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Answer» (a) Gram, tuver and moong (b) Rice and Millets (c) Wheat and Pulses |
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Explain broadcasting, dibbling and drilling. |
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Answer» Broadcasting: It is simply scattering or throwing seeds over the soil by hand. This method is practiced in areas where labour is scare and soil is not much fertile. Dibbling: In this method, seeds are dropped at regular intervals in ploughed furrows. This method of rice sowing is used in Northern Plains of India. Drilling: In this method, seeds are dropped through shafts of bamboo which is attached to the plough. In this way, seeds fall in straight line. Now-a-days, drilling machines are used in place of bamboo. |
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What do you mean by ‘transplantation’? State its advantages. |
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Answer» Transplanting involves growing of rice in nurseries and transferring the seedlings into the fields after about a month when they are 15 to 20 cm high. The advantage of transplantation is that the yield per hectare in increased since only seedlings which grow well in nurseries are transplanted to the field. |
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Up to what altitude can rice be grown? |
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Answer» So long as its temperature requirements are satisfied, rice can be grown on different altitudes. For example, it is grown in Jammu and Kashmir at a height of 2000 m and in Kuttanad regions in Kerala which is below sea level. |
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Why is wheat not grown in the extreme southern parts of India? |
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Answer» Wheat requires that at the time of sowing, the temperature should not rise beyond 15 °C. This is not possible in southern parts of India where the temperatures in winter are higher than 15 °C. Hence, wheat is not grown in south India. |
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Why are pulses considered a good rotation crop for rice? |
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Answer» Rice is a kharif crop while pulses are rabi crops. Pulses help restoring the nitrogen content of the soil which is exhausted by rice and hence they are considered good rotation crops for rice. |
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State the importance of pulses in India. |
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Answer» Pulses are important in India because of the following reasons. a. They are the chief source of protein to the largely vegetarian population of India. b. They are leguminous plants which restore the nitrogen content of the soil. |
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What are the main uses of millets in India? |
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Answer» Millets are widely used as animal fodder and bird seed; millets flour is used to make the Indian pancake known as ‘roti’. |
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Why are millets called ‘dry’ crops? |
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Answer» Millets are called dry crops because they do not require much rainfall and can survive drought. |
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Method of sowing rice in nurseries and then transferring the seedlings to the field. Name it. |
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Answer» Transplanting |
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