Slide 1

Prepared by :

ISHA. CHANDRA

VIII . C

CROP PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

WHEN THE SAME KIND OF PLANTS ARE GROWN IN THE FIELDS ON A LARGE SCALE TO OBTAIN FOODS LIKE CEREALS .

Like : wheat , rice , maize , fruit ..

TYPES OF CROPS

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CROPS

THESE TYPES OF CROPS ARE SOWN IN RAINY SEASON .

KHARIF CROPS

RABI CROPS

THESE ARE THE CROPS WHICH ARE GROWN IN WINTER SEASON

Some basic practices of crop

production

Prepration of soil

2. Sowing

3. Adding manures and fertilizers

4. Irrigation

5. Removal of weeds

6. Harvesting

7. Storage of food grains

The process of supplying

Water to crop plants

In the fields is called

irrigation

Drip irrigation

2. Canal

3. Rahat

4. Dhekli

5. Moat

6. Chain pump

7. Sprinkler

8. Tube - well

Lets think ?????

Which of the following crops would enrich the soil with nitrogen ?

a) Apple

b) pea

c) paddy

d) potato

Which of the following

is not a kharif crop

a) Paddy

b) mustard

c) maize

d) groundnut

In agriculture , broadcasting

is done for :

a) Ploughing the field

b) Rotating the crops

c) Removing the weeds

d) Sowing the seeds

Fish liver oil is rich in :

a) Vitamin A and vitamin D

b) Vitamin B and vitamin C

c) Vitamin A and vitamin B

d) Only vitamin D

Which of the following is not

grown by transplantation

b) tomatoes

a) chillies

c) peas

d) paddy

One of the following crop is

not cultivated by sowing its

seeds directly into soil .

a) wheat

b) Gram

c) paddy

d) maize

Tomatoes are cultivated

by the practice called :

a) transpiration

b) translocation

c)transportation

d) transplantation

Which of the following cannot

be provided to the soil by

a chemical fertilizer ?

a) Nitrogen

b) humus

c) potassium

d) phosphorus

The process of beating out

grains from the harvested

wheat crop is called :

a) beating

b) crushing

c) threshing

d) weeding

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The Government Agency

responsible for purchasing

grains from the farmers, safe

storage and distribution is :

a) CBI

b) FBI

d) FCI

c)FDI