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GOA Weekly Practice: Week 4 - Class 8 - Science - 07/07/2023

The document contains 12 multiple choice questions about traditional farming methods, types of crops, seasons for growing different crops, fertilizers and manures. The questions cover topics like traditional irrigation techniques, tools used for sowing seeds, types of crop seasons (kharif, rabi, zaid), crops grown in different seasons, correct and incorrect statements about kharif crops, matching crop seasons with months, identification of fertilizers vs other options, how manure provides humus and leaching of chemical fertilizers, ease of storage and transportation of manures vs fertilizers.

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GOA Weekly Practice: Week 4 - Class 8 - Science - 07/07/2023

The document contains 12 multiple choice questions about traditional farming methods, types of crops, seasons for growing different crops, fertilizers and manures. The questions cover topics like traditional irrigation techniques, tools used for sowing seeds, types of crop seasons (kharif, rabi, zaid), crops grown in different seasons, correct and incorrect statements about kharif crops, matching crop seasons with months, identification of fertilizers vs other options, how manure provides humus and leaching of chemical fertilizers, ease of storage and transportation of manures vs fertilizers.

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GOA Weekly Practice

Week 4 - Class 8 - Science - () - 07/07/2023

Question 1: Which of these is NOT a traditional method of irrigation?

Options: Motor or Ghirani


Chain pump
Drip system
Rahat

Answer: Drip system

Question 2: The tool used traditionally for sowing seeds is shaped like a _____.

Options: square
funnel
cylinder
rectangle

Answer: funnel

Question 3: If moat is a pulley-system, rahat is a _____ system.

Options: chain
lever
chain pump
motor

Answer: lever

Question 4: The method of irrigation in which water reaches the root zone of the plants drop by drop is:

Options: drip irrigation


sprinkler irrigation
centre pivot irrigation
furrow irrigation

Answer: drip irrigation

Question 5: What is common among these crops - Millet, maize, sugarcane and cotton?
Options: They are all rabi crops
They are all zaid crops
They are all kharif crops
They are neither kharif nor rabi crops

Answer: They are all kharif crops

Question 6: Choose the odd one out with respect to cropping season.

Options: Rice
Maize
Pulses
Mustard

Answer: Mustard

Question 7: Which of these is FALSE about kharif crops?

Options: The Kharif crops are sown in the months of June and July.
Kharif crops are harvested during March and April.
Paddy is an example of kharif crop.
Kharif crops need a lot of water for their growth and development

Answer: Kharif crops are harvested during March and April.

Question 8: Find the correct match for both the columns: Crops Months when grown (i) Kharif (a) March
to June (ii) Zaid (b) October to March (iii) Rabi (c) June to September

Options: (i) - (c), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (b)


(i) -(c), (ii) - (b), (iii) -(a)
(i) - (a), (ii) - (c), (iii) - (b)
(i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (c)

Answer: (i) - (c), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (b)

Question 9: Which is NOT an example of fertilizer?

Options: Urea
2,4-D
NPK
Ammonium sulphate

Answer: 2,4-D
Question 10: Which of these is incorrect about manure?

Options: It is natural.
It is made from cow dung.
It is formed from decomposed leaves of plants.
It does not provide humus to soil.

Answer: It does not provide humus to soil.

Question 11: Chemical fertilizers may get washed into water bodies through a process called:

Options: manuring
leaching
sowing
broadcasting

Answer: leaching

Question 12: How will you compare manures and fertilizers, with respect to their ease of storage and
transportation?

Options: Both are easy to store and transport.


Both are difficult to store and transport.
It is easy to store and transport fertilizer but difficult to store and transport manure.
It is easy to store and transport manure but difficult to store and transport fertilizer.

Answer: It is easy to store and transport fertilizer but difficult to store and transport manure.

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