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Which of the following hoe is used for shaping of soil?

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  1. Scuffle hoe

  2. Collinear hoe

  3. Swoe hoe

  4. Draw hoe

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Hoe is a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding. Draw hoe is used for shaping the soil. 
  • There are many types of draw hoe, like ridging hoe, hoe dads, etc. Swoe hoe and collinear hoes are types of scuffle hoe. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following plough does not make use of animals or machines?

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  1. Chisel plough

  2. Ridging plough

  3. Mole plough

  4. Scottish hand plough

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Scottish hand plow is used solely by human effort rather than with animal or machine assistance and is pulled backward by the operator, requiring great physical effort. It is particularly used for the second breaking of ground. The tool is typically found on smallholdings too small or poor to merit the use of animals. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

The ................. plough will not invert or turn the soil.

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  1. Chisel plough

  2. Ridging plough

  3. Mole plough

  4. Scottish hand plough

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • A chisel plough is a common tool which is used to get deep tillage (prepared land) with limited soil disruption. 
  • The main function of this plough is to loosen and aerate the soils while leaving crop residue at the top of the soil. 
  • This plough can be used to reduce the effects of compaction and to help break up the hardpan. 
  • Unlike many other ploughs, the chisel will not invert or turn the soil. This characteristic has made it a useful addition to no-till and low-till farming practices that attempt to maximise the erosion-prevention. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Different types of agricultural hoe are __________

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  1. Ridging hoe and hoedads

  2. Draw hoe and scuffle hoe

  3. Dutch hoe and hoop hoe

  4. All of  the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Agriculture Hoe is a long handle with thin, flat blade tool, which is used to dig the surface of the ground, pick out the weeds etc. Draw hoes are used to remove weeds without moving the mound soil and Scuffle hoes are used to cut the root of weeds easily and cultivate the soil. Thus, the correct option is B.

Which of the following is a type of plough?

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  1. Chisel plough

  2. Scottish hand plough

  3. Mole plough

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • A plough or plow is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil. 
  • The various types of ploughs used in agriculture are chisel, ridging, Scottish hand plough, mole plough etc. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

The disadvantage of hoe to humans as presented by some individuals is____________

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  1. Hoe does not help in removal of weed.

  2. Hoe leads to spoilage of soil.

  3. Use of short handled hoes leads to back pain.

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Hoe is a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding. The human damage caused by long-term use of short-handled hoes, 
  • which required the user to bend over from the waist to reach the ground, and caused permanent, crippling lower back pain to farmworkers. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The main function of cultivator is

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  1. To turn the soil

  2. To make furrow in soil

  3. To pulverize the soil

  4. All of the above functions

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Cultivators are used to stir and pulverize the soil, either before planting (to aerate the soil and prepare a smooth, loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun growing to kill weeds—controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills the surrounding weeds by uprooting them, burying their leaves to disrupt their photosynthesis or a combination of both. Cultivators are designed to disturb the soil in careful patterns, sparing the crop plants but disrupting the weeds.

Which of the following is one (single) handed soil turning plough?

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  1. Punjab plough

  2. Praja plough

  3. Victory plough

  4. U. P. No.1 plough

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Plough is a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over the soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.
Soil turning plough is of two types:- 
  • Single-handed ploughs; Praja, Meston, WahWah, Care ploughs. 
  • Double handed ploughs; Punjab, Victory, UP no 1, UP no 2 ploughs. 
So the correct option is 'Praja plough'.

Harrow is drawn by

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  1. Bullocks

  2. Tractor

  3. Diesel

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A harrow is an implement for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. Harrows were originally drawn by draft animals, such as horses, mules, or oxen. In modern practice, they are almost always drawn by tractor-mounted implements. 

What is the percentage of carbon in wrought iron?

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  1. 0.05-1%

  2. 1-2%

  3. 2-3%

  4. 3-4%

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Wrought iron is a tough malleable form of iron with a very low carbon content (0.05-1%). It is very soft, ductile, magnetic and has very high tensile strength. It can easily be converted into different shapes. 
So the correct option is '0.05-1%'.