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Crop yield improvement - class-VIII

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A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with the fern Azolla in rice fields is:

  1. Frankia

  2. Rhizobium

  3. Spirulina

  4. Anabaena


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Anabaena azollae, a cyanobacterium that lives in symbiotic association with the free-floating water fern Azolla. Anabaena azollae can grow Photo-autotrophically and fixes atmospheric nitrogen. The inoculation of cyanobacteria in rice crops significantly influences the growth of rice crop by secretion of ammonia in floodwater.

Which of the following is formed as a result of the use of quality breeds?

  1. Producing higher yields in a shorter period of time

  2. Not requiring irrigation

  3. Increasing the lifespan of crops by 10 years

  4. Carrying out photosynthesis at night


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Quality breeds are the organism with improved quality or desired quality. It can be done by the breeding process like hybridization. The introduction of desired gene produce higher yields in a shorter time.

So, the correct answer is option A.

In India, the state famous for peanut cultivation is

  1. Gujarat

  2. Goa

  3. Punjab

  4. Tamil nadu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Peanut is grown mostly in five states namely Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, and together they account for about 90 percent of the crop's total area. Two of these states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) account for more than half of the cultivated area.

So, the correct option is 'Gujrat'.

A system of rotating crops with legume or grass pasture to improve soil structure and fertility is called

  1. Shifting agriculture

  2. Ley farming

  3. Contour farming

  4. Strip farming


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The process of growing of grass or legumes in rotation with grain or tilled crops as a soil conservation method is called Ley farming

So, the correct answer is 'Ley farming' 

Which of the following methods of cultivation makes soil fertile?

  1. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers

  2. Extensive cultivation

  3. Crop rotation

  4. Monocropping


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the practice of growing of different types of crops in alternate season. The cash crops grown in one season is replaced by leguminous plants in the other season. The nutrients which are used up by the previous crops are regained by the second crops. So, crop rotation maintains soil fertility and prevents soil erosion.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Monoculture is 

  1. Growing the same crop on the same soil after every two year

  2. Growing different crop on the same soil

  3. Growing the same crop on the same soil after every three year

  4. Growing the same crop on the same soil year after year


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system for a time.

So the correct option is ' Growing the same crop on the same soil year after year'.

Rotation of crops is carried out to

  1. Increase convenience for the farmers

  2. Increase variation in the mineral content of soil

  3. Increase in nitrogen content of the soil

  4. Increase diversity of plant habitats


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons is called crop rotation.
The advantages of crop rotation are:-
1) It helps in reducing soil erosion.

2) It increases soil fertility and crop yield.
3) The soil of farms do not get deficient of one type of nutrients.
So, the correct answer is 'Increase variation in the mineral content of soil'.

What are the adverse effects of using high yielding varieties of seeds?

  1. They are expensive

  2. They are require lots of water for irrigation

  3. They have a low productivity.

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Although the high yielding variety of seeds gave a huge amount of production, it has some disadvantages also. They require a lot of water in the field which leads to the decreasing water table. Also, the HYV seeds required higher production cost in terms of irrigation equipment. It also has an adverse effect on the environment, as HVY seeds require more fertilizer to be added to the soil for better production, which decreases the fertility of the soil.

All trees of a particular species were cut in a forest for making furniture. Which of the following acts wu be in favour of re-establishment of that forest?

  1. Planting trees of those species which were not found in that forest

  2. Planting trees of those species which are still present in that forest

  3. Planting trees of different species which were not present in that forest and show a high growth rate

  4. Planting trees of same species as many as that were cut in that forest


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • If the deforested forest area is replaced with only one species of trees and all other vegetation is prevented from growing back then, a monoculture forest similar to agricultural crops will be the result.
  • However, the reforestation involves planting of different lots of seed of seedlings taken from the area, often of multiple species.
  • In those areas natural regeneration of a wide variety of plant and animal species that can occur.

Which of the following conditions are developed due to monoculture?

  1. Multiplication of parasites

  2. More food production

  3. Less use of toxic chemicals

  4. Ecosystem balance in undisturbed


Correct Option: A

After red gram, maize and corn are cultivated because _________________.

  1. They increase fertility of soil

  2. They fix $N _2$ in soil

  3. They enhance growth of plant

  4. They prevent disease caused by spotted bollworm


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Total dry matter and yield of maize, corn and red gram planted in soil have shown an increase in the soil fertility. Maize and corn not known to fix atmospheric nitrogen. Spotted bollworm affect the cotton plants and the gram, maize and cotton do not affect the pathogenesis. 


So, the correct answer is, 'They increase the fertility of soil'.

A farmer sows peas in his field after harvesting a crop of rice. Which agricultural practice is he following ?

  1. Crop rotation

  2. Multiple cropping

  3. Field fallow

  4. Mixed cropping


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced reasons. It is done so that the soil of farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases siol fertility and crop yeild.

A farmer desiring to get maximum sugar content in his sugar-cane crop will be well advised

  1. To harvest his crop before the initiation of flowering

  2. To allow his crop grow for as long as possible even after flowering

  3. Not to irrigate his crop profusely so that sugar content of the crop may not be dissolved and leached into the soil

  4. Not to worry about flowering of the crop


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since a certain amount of food materials (including the sugar) is diverted for flowering, it is profitable to harvest the sugarcane crop before the initiation of flowering to obtain the maximum sugar content.

Rotation of crops helps in

  1. Insect control

  2. Altering chemical nature of soil

  3. Improving soil fertility and yield

  4. Proliferating weeds


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Crop rotation refers to the practice of growing different types of crops in the same area over a sequence of seasons. Different types of plants require different types of nutrients from the soil. Changing crops routinely allows the land to remain fertile, since not all of the same nutrients are being used each season. For example, planting a legume, such as soybeans, helps to replenish necessary nitrogen in the soil. Crop rotation has helped to increase productivity by replacing cultivated lands that has not been used for one or more seasons with growing different crops that replenish soil nutrients.

The growing of ____ crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is known as crop rotation

  1. Similar

  2. Different

  3. No change occur

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following can be an advantage of crop rotation?

  1. Crop rotation makes the soil fertile.

  2. Helps in the production of crop yield.

  3. Leguminous plants grown during crop rotation fix atmospheric nitrogen and enrich the soil with nitrogen compounds.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the process of successive growing of crop in the same field. This helps in increasing the fertility of the soil. Helps in a good production of the crop. It decreases the population of pests. It also reduces soil erosion.

So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

What benefits are obtained due to crop rotation?

  1. Increase in production

  2. Soil fertility

  3. Weed control

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rotation of crops improves the fertility of the soil and hence, brings about an increase in the production of food grains. It helps in saving on nitrogenous fertilizers, because leguminous plants grown during the rotation of crops can fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil with the help of nitrogen fixing bacteria. Rotation of crops help in weed control and pest control. Crop rotation adds diversity to an operation. 

__________ is the method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on same piece of land.

  1. Mixed cropping

  2. Intercropping

  3. Crop rotation

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on same piece of land is called mixed cropping or inter-cropping. This method helps in improving the fertility of soil.

What lead to the increasing yield of production?

  1. Crop rotation

  2. High yielding variety of seed

  3. Synthetic fertilizers

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the process of planting different crops one after another in the same field. Crop rotation increases the fertility of soil and increases the production of crop. High yielding of variety of crops also increases the production of crops.

So, the correct option is 'Both A and B'.

Alley cropping' means _____________________.

  1. Growing of pastures in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees

  2. Growing of field crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees

  3. Growing of only short duration crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing

    trees

  4. Growing of only fooder crops in between two widely spaced rows of first growing trees


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation: Alley Cropping is planting rows of trees at wide spacings with a companion crop grown in the alleyways between the rows. Alley cropping can diversify farm income, improve crop production and provide protection and conservation benefits to crops.

Which of the following methods of cultivation will result in the loss of soil fertility?
I.Crop rotation
II. Shifting cultivation

III. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers

  1. I and II only

  2. III only

  3. I and III only

  4. I, II and Ill


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When there is excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the chemical salts accumulate in the soil and affect the quality and fertility of the soil. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

Which of the following statements is not true?

  1. The rotation of crops improves the fertility of soil.

  2. The rotation of crops saves a lot of nitrogenous fertilisers.

  3. The rotation of crops helps in weed and pest control.

  4. The rotation of crops helps in the maintenance of nutrients in the soil.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Crop rotation is a pattern of growing different types of crops in the same area. This method helps in the replenishment of nutrients by the regular succession of crops over the same field and enhances the health of crops. It minimizes the use of nitrogenous fertilizers. The nutrient quality of the soil can be maintained. There is no effect on the weeds and pests. 

Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

Rotation of crops is essential for

  1. Increasing the quantity of proteins

  2. Increasing the quantity of minerals

  3. Increasing fertility of the soil

  4. Getting different kinds of crops


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(c) If the same crop is grown year after year, fertility of soil is lost due to utilization of same minerals again and again. Soil fertility is usually maintained in the field by rotation of crops i.e., a crop is alternated by a leguminous crop.


Crop rotation is used by farmers to increase

  1. Nitrogenous content of soil

  2. Organic content of soil

  3. Community area

  4. Soil fertility.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the practice of growing of different crops in succession on a piece of land to avoid depletion of  a particular type of nutrient from the soil and to control the weeds , pests  & diseases . Other main reason of crop rotation is to give the soil the time to regain it's fertility 

So, the correct answer is 'Soil fertility'

Genetically improved crop varieties can be developed by

  1. Somatic hybridisation

  2. Transgenic technology

  3. Somaclonal variations

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D

Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are high yielding varieties of

  1. Maize

  2. Rice

  3. Wheat

  4. Sugarcane.


Correct Option: B

Crop rotation helps in

  1. Increase in soil fertility

  2. Decrease in soil erosion

  3. Decreased water loss

  4. Decrease in soil fertility


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Crop rotation helps in increase in soil fertility. It is the process of growing a series of different crops in the same area in sequenced seasons. It also helps in reducing soil erosion and increasing in crop yield.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Increase in soil fertility.'

Crop rotation is employed for

  1. Increasing nitrogen content of soil

  2. Checking soil erosion

  3. Community development

  4. Enhancing soil fertility


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in during different seasons. It is done so that the soil is not depleted of a particular type of  nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield. 

So, the correct answer is 'Enhancing soil fertility'

Which one of the following is an important sugar yielding crop that can be profitable cultivated in soils having a high amount of sodium?

  1. Sugar-beet

  2. Palymyra palm

  3. Sugarcane

  4. Sweet potato


Correct Option: A

Wheat crop field infected with hill burnt often stinks. The foul odour is due to the presence of _______________.

  1. Methane in infected part

  2. Hydrogen Sulphide in spore mass

  3. Trim ethylamine in spore mass

  4. Alcohol in feted plants


Correct Option: A

Growing different crops in different seasons in the same field will deplete the soil of nutrients.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The particular type of plants requires certain set of nutrients. For example, sugarcane requires a large amount of nitrogen. Also, some plants render the soil with some nutrients. For example, leguminous plants make soil nitrogen rich. 
If crop rotation is carried out then the soil will not deplete with certain nutrients. Hence, growing different crops in different seasons in the same field will be beneficial for economy as well as for soil quality too.

"Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile of ___________ Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, illegal logging by tribals and poaching only compound the problem. Fresh water packets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves." The place referred to in this quotation is

  1. Orissa coast

  2. Kerala coast

  3. Sunderbans

  4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Sundarbans is a mangrove zone in the delta shaped by the juncture of Ganges, In spite of safeguarding duties from the two Governments, the Sunderbans are under danger from both normal and human-made causes.

So, the correct option is 'Sunderbans'.

Cereals and legumes are cultivated alternatively in crop rotation process by a farmer. Which of the following are advantages of cultivating cereals and legumes alternatively?

  1. When cereals are cultivated more nutrients are utilized

  2. If legumes are grown in the soil, less nutrients are utilized

  3. Legumes synthesize some nutrients as they have root nodules

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Cultivation of cereals followed legumes in a cultivated soil is called crop rotation. In this, Legumes have bacteria on nodules which are on the roots of the plant. The bacteria on the nodules takes nitrogen from the air and fixes it into the soil, so that other plants that require nitrogen can use it as well.  Farmers use soybeans and other legumes in rotations with grass crops such as corn or wheat. Grass crops are unable to take their own nitrogen from the air so they either need the nitrogen in the soil that the legumes provide for them in a crop rotation or they need a chemical fertilizer containing nitrogen. 
So the correct option is ' All of the above ' .

Which of the following is not a characteristic of mixed cropping?

  1. Minimize risk of crop failure

  2. Set pattern of rows

  3. Harvesting and threshing crops separately is not possible

  4. Individual marketing and consumption of crop is not possible


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mixed cropping is a type of cultivation in which two types of crops are grown at a time and in the same piece of land. It is a form of polyculture. The characteristic of mixed cropping is balancing the nutrient level on soil, suppression of weed and insect pests, minimize the risk of crop failure etc.

So, the correct option is 'Individual marketing and consumption of crop is not possible'.

Gundhi bug is a pest of 

  1. rice

  2. mustard

  3. wheat

  4. groundnut.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gundhi bug is a pest of rice. Its a small insect which attacks the ripening rice grains and make wither away. It sucks the milk from developing grains and stem in early stage of grain formation which causes foul smell in the field.

The method of growing different crops alternatively on same piece of land is called _______________.

  1. Mixed cropping

  2. Multiple cropping

  3. Rotation cropping

  4. Inter cropping


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The method of growing different crops alternatively on same piece of land is called rotation cropping. This helps in maintaining or improving the fertility of soil.

Improper use of land converts fertile land into unusable land.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Nither

  4. Either


Correct Option: A
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