FMP-302
Lecture 19- Sowing, seeding and planting methods
1. In which process of seeding, the seeds are placed in the holes made in seed bed
and covering them?
a) Broadcasting
b) Transplanting
c) Dibbling
d) Drilling
2. Which of the following is not a type of Drilling?
a) Sowing behind the plough
b) Bullock drawn seed drills
c) Tractor drawn seed drills
d) Check row planting
3. In which seed metering mechanism, the feed wheel is provided with fine and
coarse ribbed flanges?
a) Internal double run type
b) Fluted feed type
c) Cell feed mechanism
d) Brush feed mechanism
4. Which seed metering mechanism consists of cups of spoon on the periphery of
a vertical rotating disc?
a) Cup feed mechanism
b) Cell feed mechanism
c) Brush feed mechanism
d) Picker wheel mechanism
5. Which seeding method uses Malobansa?
a) Transplanting
b) Seed dropping behind the plough
c) Check row planting
d) Hill dropping
6. At what height should the transplanting be done in paddy?
a) 5-10 cm
b) 15-20 cm
c) 45-50 cm
d) 30-35 cm
7. Calculate the cost of seeding one hectare of land with bullock-drawn seed drill
of 5*22 cm size. The speed of bullocks is 3km/hr. Hire charges of bullocks ₨
100/- per pair, hire charges of seed drill is ₨ 50/- per day and wage of operator
₨ 100/- per day of 8 hours.
a) ₨ 84.88
b) ₨ 94.68
c) ₨ 110.90
d) ₨ 34.29
8. Calculate the time required for sowing 1.6 hectares of land by five furrows seed
drill going 12.5 cm deep. The speed of seed drill is 3.2 km/hr and pressure
exerted by the soil on the seed drill is 0.42 kg/cm2. The space between furrow
openers is 10 cm and loss in turning is 10%.
a) 21.07 hrs
b) 9.87 hrs
c) 2.34 hrs
d) 11.11 hrs
9. How many seedlings per hill is recommended to transplant?
a) 6-7
b) 7-8
c) 2-3
d) 5-6
10. In which country the rice trans planters were developed?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) Japan
11. What should be the transplanting depth of paddy?
a) 2-3 cm
b) 4-5 cm
c) 8-9 cm
d) 6-7 cm
12. What is the field capacity of a potato planter (semi-automatic)?
a) 0.15-0.25 ha/hr
b) 0.10-0.14 ha/hr
c) 0.40-0.55 ha/hr
d) 0.09-0.14 ha/hr
13. In which of the following sowing methods plant to plant spacing is constant?
a) Hill dropping
b) Dibbling
c) Drilling
d) Check row
14. In which of the sowing methods plant to plant spacing is uniform?
a) Hill dropping
b) Check row
c) Drilling
d) Dribbling
15. Seed dropping behind the plough is common in
a) Sugarcane
b) Garlic
c) Maize
d) Onion
16. Equipment used for dibbling is called
a) Driller
b) Dibbler
c) Plough
d) Broadcaster
17. Least economical method of sowing is
a) Broadcasting
b) Dibbling
c) Drilling
d) Check row
18. Vegetables are commonly sown by
a) Drilling
b) Dibbling
c) Check row
d) Hill drop
19. Equipment for placing plants in soil is called
a) Dibbler
b) Transplanter
c) Plough
d) Driller
20. In hill dropping method seeds are sown in a continuous stream.
a) True
b) False
