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

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
We need to match four named cultural (intercultural) operations with the crop in which each one is traditionally carried out.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Each intercultural operation has a specific purpose tied to how a particular crop grows, so matching depends on recalling why that operation is used and in which crop that purpose applies.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Beushaning is a cross ploughing and puddling type operation carried out in standing water in deepwater or lowland rice fields of eastern India to control weeds and aerate the soil around the rice plants, so (A) matches Rice (III).
Blind hoeing means running a harrow or hoe over the field before the crop seedlings emerge, and it is used in sugarcane because sugarcane setts take three to four weeks to sprout, giving weeds a long head start that needs early, blind removal, so (B) matches Sugarcane (IV).
Earthing up is heaping loose soil around the base of the plant, and in maize this is done at the knee high stage to support the stem against lodging and to bury weeds close to the row, so (C) matches Maize (II).
Intercultivation with bullocks, meaning using a bullock drawn blade harrow or cultivator between rows, fits a widely spaced row crop like sunflower, so (D) matches Sunflower (I).

Step 4: Final Answer:
The correct matching is (A) - (III) Rice, (B) - (IV) Sugarcane, (C) - (II) Maize, (D) - (I) Sunflower, which corresponds to option 2.