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Class 5 EVS Agriculture Text, Book Questions and Answers, , Question 1., , What is agriculture?, , Answer:, , The practise of growing plants ona, large scale for food or other purpose, is called agriculture.

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Question 2., , How many stages are there in, agriculture? Write them in an order., Answer:, , 1. Ploughing of field., , 2. Use of the fertilizers, 3. Sowing of seeds, , 4. Irrigation of field, , 5. Protection of crops, 6. Harvesting of crops., , Question 3., , How is crop rotation useful to, farmers?, , Answer:, , crop-rotation is important to keep, the soil fertile.

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Question 4., , What is a seed drill?, , Answer:, , Sowing of seeds is usually done, either manually or with the help of, an instrument called seed drill., , Question 5., , Who introduced high yielding, varieties of wheat in India?, Answer:, , M.S. Swaminathan.

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Question 6., , What are crops?, , Answer:, , The plants that are grown in large, quantities in a particular area of, region at a particular season., , Question 7., , What is ploughing?, , Answer:, , The process of turning and, loosening of the soil is called, ploughing., , Question 8., , What are broadcasting of seeds?, Answer:, , Sowing of seeds by scattering over a, large area is called broadcasting of, , seeds.

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Question 10., , Define irrigation, , Answer:, , It is process by which sufficient, quantity of water is supplied to the, crop and plants through canals,, wells, tube wells and reservoirs., , Question 11., , What is pesticides?, , Answer:, , A substance used for destroying, insects or other organisms harmful, to cultivated plants.