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UPSC Prelims 1981 · Agriculture · Farming Green
Why the Indian farmers plough their fields during the time interval between two crops?
- (a) In order to keep the soil loose for further cultivation
- (b) To increase the porosity of the soil
- (c) To escape drought
- (d) To prevent Clodding
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (d) To prevent Clodding
Ploughing between crops breaks hard clods formed after harvest and prepares a fine seedbed.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Loose soil is a result, but the key names clod prevention.
(c) Ploughing doesn’t prevent drought.
The trap
Loosening and preventing clods are close; the key picks clods.
🔒 Summer ploughing: breaks clods, kills weeds and pests, stores rain.
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