BIOLOGY -VIII

Module: Crop production and Management

I.CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: (4M)
1. Why Kharif crops cannot grow in the Rabi season?
2. Define the term transplantation?
3. What are the substances which are added to the soil in the form of nutrients called?
4. Write a short note on the term:
a) Threshing
b) Winnowing
II.MAKING HYPOTHESIS: (4M)
5. Arrange the following boxes in the proper order:

Sending crop to
Irrigation Harvesting Sowing
sugar Factory

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Preparation of Ploughing the Manure

Soil field

(5) (6) (7)

6. Complete the following word puzzle with the help of the clues
given below.

DOWN

1. Providing water to the crops.

2. Keeping crop grains for a long time under proper conditions.
5. Certain plants of the same kind grow on a large scale.

ACROSS

3. A machine used for cutting the matured crop.

4. A Rabi crop is also one of the pulses.
5. A process of separating the grain from the chaff.

III. COMMUNICATION THROUGH DIAGRAM: (3M)

7. Identify the instrument given below and write a short note on it.
VI. INFORMATION SKILLS: (4M)

8. What are weedicides? Give some examples.

9. Define the term Agricultural practices and also state the important steps taken during crop
production.

IV. VALUE-BASED QUESTIONS: (4M)

10. Define the term Agricultural practices and also state the important steps taken during crop
production.