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Important Questions for Class 7 SST Chapter 1 The Story of Indian Farming

Important Questions for Class 7 SST Chapter 1 The Story of Indian Farming
भारत में कृषि की यात्रा 

Question 1:
Define the following terms:
(1) 
Threshing
(2) Intercropping
(3) Grafting
(4) Humus
(5) Weathering
(6) Silt
(7) Bedrock
(8) Soil conservation
(9) Greenhouse
(10) Landholding
(11) Hectare

Answer

(1) Threshing: Removing the edible grain from the straw or husk, manually or using a machine.
मड़ाई (थ्रेसिग): डंठल या भूसे से खाने योग्य अनाज को हाथ या मशीन से पथृ क करना।

(2) Intercropping: the practice of growing two or more different crops simultaneously.
अतरफसल/ ं सह-फसल एक ही अवधि मेें दो या दो से अधिक भिन्‍न-भिन्‍न फसलेें उगाने की प्रक्रिया।

(3) Grafting: A technique that joins one plant with another to grow as a single plant enabling the combining of desirable traits like resistance to pests or sweetness of the fruit.
कलम बधं न (ग्राफ््टग) टं यह एक ऐसी तकनीक है जिसमेें एक पौधे को दसरे पौ ू धे से इस प्रकार जोड़़ा जाता है कि दोनोों मिलकर एक ही पौधे के रूप मेें विकसित होों। इसमेें कीट-प्रतिरोधक क्षमता या फलोों की मधरता ु जैसे वाछनीय ग ं णोुों का सयोजन सभव हो ं जाता है।

(4) Humus: Humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. It is rich in nutrients and retains moisture in the soil. Humus is the Latin word for ‘earth’ or ‘soil’.
ह्मस: यू ह्मस यू मिट् टी मेें विद्यमान काला जैविक पदार््थ है जो पौधोों और पशओु के ं सड़ने से निर््ममित होता है। इसमेें पोषक तत्तत्व प्रचर मात् ु रा मेें होते हैैं और यह मिट् टी मेें नमी बनाए रखता है। ह्मस यू लटिै न भाषा का शब््द है जिसका अर््थ ‘धरती’ या ‘मिट् टी’ होता है।

(5) Weathering: Refers to the process by which rocks and minerals are broken down into soil particles through physical, chemical, or biological means.
आधार शैल: आधार शैल उस मल ू चट् टान को कहा जाता है जिससे अपक्षय, अपरदन तथा अन्‍य प्राकृतिक प्रक्रियाओं के माध्‍यम से नई शैलेें और मदृाएँ विकसित होती हैैं।

(6) Silt: A finegrained, dust-like sediment composed of rock and mineral particles that are larger than clay but smaller than sand. As a result, they are easily transported by rivers from the mountains to the plains.
अपक्षय अपक्षय उस प्रक्रिया को कहते हैैं जिससे चट् टानेें और खनिज कुछ भौतिक, रासायनिक अथवा जैविक कारणोों से टूटकर मदृा के कणोों मेें परिवर््ततित हो जाते र््तति हैैं।

(7) Bedrock: Bedrock refers to the original rock from which new rocks and soils are derived through weathering, erosion, and other processes.
गाद यह एक महीन, धल ू जैसी तलछट होती है, जो चट् टानोों और खनिजोों के कणोों से निर््ममित होती है। इसके कण चिकनी मदृा से बड़ होते ़े हैैं तथा रेत के कणोों से छोटे होते हैैं। इसी कारण नदियाँ इन््हेें पर््वतो ों से मदैानोों तक सरलता से ले जाती हैैं।

(8) Soil conservation: It refers to the practice of managing soil to prevent its degradation and preserve its productivity.

(9) Greenhouse: A transparent covered structure made of glass or plastic that captures sunlight and heat for the growth of plants in a controlled environment.
ग्रीनहाउस काँच या प््ललास््टक से बनी एक पारदर्शी ढकी हई सु रचना जो ं नियत्रिं त वातावरण मेें पौधोों के विकास के लिए सर््य ू के प्रकाश और गर्मी को सचिं त करती है।

(10) Landholding: An area of land that a person owns.

(11) Hectare: 1 hectare = 10,000 square metres. (The old unit of an acre, about 4047 square metres, is still widely in use in India.)


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