EXAM 8th class: Food Production and Management.

I. Choose the correct option.

Question 1. Question 7.
The branch of science that deals with The method of loosening the soil is called
growing plants and raising livestock for (a) harvesting
human use is (b) ploughing
(a) agriculture (c) levelling
(b) horticulture (d) threshing
(c) pisciculture Answer
(d) animal husbandry
Answer Question 8.
Levelling of soil helps to prevent
Question 2. (a) soil erosion
Products obtained from the crops are called (b) cultivation
(a) yield (c) sowing
(b) produce (d) drought
(c) crop Answer
(d) fertiisers
Answer Question 9.
Which of the following is not a kharif crop?
Question 3. (a) Paddy
The practice of growing two or more (b) Maize
dissimilar crops in the same field one after (c) Groundnut
another is (d) Peas
(a) crop rotation Answer
(b) tilling
(c) plantation Question 10.
(d) weeding Which of the following are agricultural
Answer implements?
(a) Seed drills
Question 4. (b) Silos
The unwanted plants that grow along with the (c) Harrow
crops are called (d) All of these
(a) fertilisers Answer
(b) manure
(c) weeds Question 11.
(d) kharîf crops The process of beating out grains from the
Answer harvested wheat crop is called
(a) beating
Question 5. (b) crushing
The ideal months for harvesting kharif crop (c) threshing
are (d) harvesting
(a) June/July Answer
(b) AugustfSeptember
(c) September/October Question 12.
(d) November/December Watering the crops is called
Answer (a) sowing
(b) manuring
Question 6. (c) tilling
Which of the following is an example of rabi (d) irrigation
crop? Answer
(a) Potato
(b) Onion Question 13.
(c) Jute Which of the following is not provided to
(d) Pulses the soil by a chemical fertiliser?
Answer (a) Nitrogen
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(b) Humus (c) pesticides

(c) Potassium (d) herbicides
(d) Phosphorus Answer
Answer
Question 15.
Question 14. Compost is basically a
The chemical substances rich in nutrients (a) manure
are called (b) fertiliser
(a) fertilisers (c) pesticide
(b) weedicides (d) weedicide
Answer

II. Fill in the Blanks Question 8.

Question 1. ……………… crops are sown in winter season.
Plants of one kind grown at a one place on a Answer
large scale is called ………………
Answer Question 9.
Kharif crops are sown in ……………… season.
Question 2. Answer
……………… is a simple tool used for
removing weeds and for loosening the soil. Question 10.
Answer Products obtained from the crops are called
………………
Question 3. Answer
Propagation of ginger is usually done using
……………… Question 11.
Answer ’The process of removing weeds is called
………………
Question 4. Answer
……………… improves the texture of the soil.
Answer Question 12.
……………… is the practice of growing two or
Question 5. more dissimilar crops in the same piece of
Condition necessary to grow maize is land.
……………… Answer
Answer
Question 13.
Question 6. Separation of grain from chaff with the aid of
A common weed that grow among the crops is wind is called ………………
……………… Answer
Answer
Question 14.
Question 7. Leguminous plants fix ……………… in the soil.
……………… is the process of cutting and Answer
gathering the ripened crop.
Answer Question 15.
Cod liver oil is rich in ………………
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Answer Question 8.
The irrigation process destroys the soil.
III. True or False Answer
Question 1.
Rice is a kharif crop. Question 9.
Answer Kharif crops are grown during rainy season.
Answer
Question 2.
Jute is a rabi crop. Question 10.
Answer Peas are not rabi crops.
Answer
Question 3.
Storage of grains is not an agricultural practice. Question 11.
Answer The first agricultural task is the preparation of
soil.
Question 4. Answer
Process of levelling involves breaking down the
larger lumps of soil. Question 12.
Answer Combines are used for harvesting only.
Answer
Question 5.
Levelling prevents soil erosion. Question 13.
Answer Loosening of soil allows the roots to breathe
easily.
Question 6. Answer
The method of loosening the soil is called
weeding. Question 14.
Answer Chemicals used to control rat and insects are
known as pesticides.
Question 7. Answer
Putting some dried neem leaves in the drum
containing grain prevents the attack by insect Question 15.
pests. Drip irrigation system is the economical
Answer method of irrigation.
Answer

IV. Match the following

Column I Column II

1. Sickle (a) Goat

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2. Metachlor (b) Storage

3. Pea (c) Fertiliser

4. Moat (d) Pest

5. Cod liver oil (e) Fish

6. Milk (f) Harvest festival

7. Rat (g) Harvesting

8. Silo (h) Rabi crop

9. Nabanya (i) Weedicide

10. Urea (j) Irrigation

Q1.Define the following:

Agriculture ,
apicuiture,pisiculture,broadcaster,horticulture,weedicides,transplating,FYM,NPK,CAN,DDT,harvesting,threshing,winn
owing,hybridization,emasculation,mixed cropping,dairying,heeding,broody hen,
Q2. Give an example of: pulses,plantation crop,irrigation sources,weedicides,harvesting festivals,pesticides,milk
products,breeds of buffalo,a bred of chicken,a breed of fish,one kharif and one rabi crop.