Question 1 Name two domestic animals which are used to obtain milk? Question 2 Name one meat yielding animals? Question 3 Define the term animal husbandry? Question 4 Name the major food nutrient provided by fish? Question 5 Name the various practices necessary for raising animals for food and other purposes? Food from animals The food provided by animals … [Read more...] about Food from animals
Crop Production and Management
Storage of food grains
Question 1 Name one government agency which is involved in procuring food grains from farmers and storing them properly? Question 2 Why is it necessary to dry the harvested food grains before storage? Question 3 What are the two ways in which farmers store food grains? Question 4 What are the ways in which food grains are stored on a large scale? Question 5 What is … [Read more...] about Storage of food grains
Weeding
Question 1 What are weeds? Question 2 Give few examples of weeds? Question 3What is weeding? Question 4 Why weeding is necessary? Question 5 What are the methods to remove weed? Question 6 what are weedicides? Question 7 Give few examples of weedicides? NCERT Solutions Class 8 Science Weeding The unwanted plants which grow along with a cultivated crop … [Read more...] about Weeding
Methods of irrigation
Question 1 What are the various sources of irrigation? Question 2 Describe the sprinkler system of irrigation? Question 3 What are the advantages of sprinkler system of irrigation? Question 4 Describe the drip system method of irrigation? Question 5 What are the advantages of drip system method of irrigation? Question 6 Name few traditional methods of … [Read more...] about Methods of irrigation
Harvesting
Question 1 which agricultural practice is carried out with the help of a sickle? Question 2 Define the term harvesting? Question 3 What is manual harvesting? Question 4 Name the process of beating out the grains from harvested crop? Question 5 What is threshing? Question 6 Name the process in which grains are separated from chaff and hay with the help of … [Read more...] about Harvesting
Irrigation
Question 1 What is irrigation? Question 2 Explain how irrigation requirement depend on the nature of the crop? Question 3 Explain how irrigation requirement depend on nature of the soil? Question 4 Explain how irrigation requirement depend on the season? Question 5 How do the irrigation requirement of a wheat crop differ from that of a paddy crop? Question 6 Why … [Read more...] about Irrigation
Crop Rotation
Question 1 Define crop rotation? Question 2 What are leguminous crops? Question 3 Give example of leguminous crops? Question 4 Name nitrogen fixing bacteria? Question 5 What are the advantages of crop rotation? Question 6 Which crop is generally grown between two cereal crop in crop rotation to restore the fertility of soil? NCERT Solutions Class 8 … [Read more...] about Crop Rotation
Fertilisers
Question 1 What are fertilisers? Question 2 Give few examples of fertilisers? Question 3 What are the advantages of fertilisers? Question 4 State the harmful effects caused by the excessive use of fertilisers? Question 5 Give differences between manures and fertilisers? NCERT Solutions Class 8 Science Fertilisers A chemical fertiliser is a salt or an … [Read more...] about Fertilisers
Manures
Question 1 What are manures? Question 2 What are the advantages of manures? Question 3 What are the disadvantage of manures? NCERT Solutions Class 8 Science Manures Repeated growing of crops in the same field removes a lot of precious minerals, elements,organic matter and other material from the soil. Due to this soil become infertile after some time,and the … [Read more...] about Manures
Sowing
Question 1 What is sowing? Question 2 How sowing of crops is done by hands? Question 3 How sowing of crops is done by seed drill? Question 4 What are the disadvantages of sowing of crops by hands? Question 5 What are the advantages of sowing of crops by seed drill? Question 6 What precaution should be taken while sowing seeds? Definition of … [Read more...] about Sowing