PSEB Class 5 EVS Solution Chapter 23 From Field to Plate
Class 5 PSEB EVS (Environmental Studies) Chapter 23 From Field to Plate Exercise Question Answer Solution by teachers. Students of Punjab Government Board will benefit by this EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB From Field to Plate Textbook Questions and Answers.
Q.1.) How were the fields ploughed in earlier times?
Ans. In earlier time farmers used to plough the fields with bullock driven ploughs. Earlier bullocks ware reared by farmers as their own sons. They took good care of them so that strong bulls could help him in fields.
Q.2.) How are the fields prepared for sowing now-a-days?
Ans. Now a days the plough is attached with tractor and the field is ploughed, with the help of roller the soil lumps are broken, with the leveller the soil is levelled, if required. Then the filed is divided in to compartment and manure is added in the soil. This is how the filed prepared for showing now a days.
Q.3.) Name the other crops which are sown by transplantation?
Ans. Name of the other crops which are sown by transplantation are jowar, bajra, maize etc.
Q.4.) Write down the names of five crops which are sown directly with seeds.
Ans- Name of the five crops which are directly sown with seeds are wheat, peas, sunflower, corn and beans.
Q.5.) Write down the name of a crop which requires excessive water to grow?
Ans- Paddy requires excessive water to grow.
Q.6.) Why are crops irrigated ?
Ans- Crops are irrigated because the plants need water to grow.
Q.7.) There are other means of irrigation also. Find them out with the help of Your teacher and write.
Ans- There are two types of irrigations.
- Ancient Sources- rain, well, rivers and canals.
- Modern Sources- tube wells, ponds, canals.
Q.8.) Pictures of some agricultural tools are given below with their names. Each tool is used for some agriculture work? Write about it.
Ans- Tractor- Now a days tractor is essential for agriculture . It is a machine . The plough is attached with tractor and the field is ploughed.
Plough- Plough is one of the agricultural tools which is used for soil cultivation in preparing the seed sowing or planting to loosen the soil.
Seed drill- Seed drill is a new machine which is used in agricultural sector to sows seed for crops by positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth.
Leveller- It is also a modern technological machine which is applied in agriculture. It is used to break the hardness of the soil, loosening the soil and helps the water to flow into the soil for improving drainage.
Q.9. Fill in the blanks.
harmful, fertilizers, weeds, insecticides, weedicides
(i) To save the crops from insects, ……insecticides……. aresprayed.
(ii) To save the crops from weeds, ……weedicides….. aresprayed.
(iii) To replenish the minerals in the soil ……….fertilizers……….. are added.
(iv) Along with the crops certain…….weeds…………….. also grow.
(v) Insecticides are…….harmful………….. for human health.
Q.10.) Write down the process of harvesting and threshing ?
Ans- Harvesting is called the process of gathering ripe crops from the fields and in the process of threshing the harvested crop is gathered and tide in stakes then grains and straw are removed .
Q.11.) How were grains separated from husk in earlier times ?
Ans- The harvested crop is gathered and tide in stacks, then with the help of thrasher, grains are separated. In the earlier times combine harvesters cut the crop and at the same time grains are also separated.
Q.12.) How has combine harvesters made the work easier ?
Ans- Now a combine harvester has made harvesting easier. Combine harvesters cut the crop and at the same time grains are also separated.
Q.13.) Which dishes are made from wheat flour in your house?
Ans- Paratha, chapati, roti made from wheat flour in our house.
Q.14.) Apart from wheat flour which other flours are used to make chapatti and in which season?
Ans- Apart from wheat flour maize flours are used to make chapatti in the winter season.
Q.15.) List a few special dishes which are cooked on special occasions in your house?
Ans- Polao, halwa, Suji ka halwa, sweet rice, paratha, poori these dishes are cooked on special occasions in our house.
Q.16.) Which festival is related with crop harvesting in Punjab ? Write a short note.
Ans- Baisakhi festival is related with crop harvesting in Punjab.
Baisakhi is the agricultural festival which is celebrated in Punjab . This is the festival of happiness. Every year on 13 or 14th April this is celebrated. It is the festival for the Sikh community. Baisakhi is the beginning of the Sikh new year.
Q.17.) Which dishes are made from rice?
Ans- Polao and sweet rice are made from rice.