Question

Match Cultural practices with crops

Cultural Practice	Crop
(A) Beushaning	(I) Sunflower
(B) Blind hoeing	(II) Maize
(C) Earthing up	(III) Rice
(D) Intercultivation with bullocks	(IV) Sugarcane

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
• (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
• (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
• (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Hint:

Beushaning is unique to standing-water rice fields, and blind hoeing is done before slow sprouting sugarcane setts come up.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question checks whether we know why each named cultural operation is used and which crop that reason applies to.

1. Beushaning: A puddling and cross ploughing operation done in standing water, unique to deepwater and lowland rice cultivation in eastern India, so it pairs with Rice.
2. Blind hoeing: Early harrowing done before the crop comes up, used in sugarcane because the setts are slow to sprout and weeds would otherwise get a big head start, so it pairs with Sugarcane.
3. Earthing up: Piling soil around the stem base, classically done in maize at the knee high stage to prevent lodging and cover nearby weeds, so it pairs with Maize.
4. Intercultivation with bullocks: Bullock drawn implements working between crop rows, suited to a widely row spaced crop such as sunflower, so it pairs with Sunflower.

Putting these four pairs together gives (A)-Rice, (B)-Sugarcane, (C)-Maize, (D)-Sunflower, which is exactly option 2.

Let's summarize:

• Beushaning belongs to rice, blind hoeing to sugarcane.
• Earthing up belongs to maize, bullock intercultivation to sunflower.

So the correct option is 2.