A Visit - Question Answers - English 10th

A Visit - Question Answers - English 10th

Question Answers from Chapter No 05 A Visit for class 10th,X, Matric Class

Q.1:        Why were Mr. Ahmed’s students excited?

Ans:       They were excited about the visit to a farm. They were to go to a Model Agricultural Farm

by bus. Mr. Ahmad had arranged the visit with. Mr. Hassan, the manager of the farm.

Q.2:        What surprised the boys when they reached the Model Farm?

Ans:       The boys had never been to a farm before. They had no Idea that an agricultural farm

could be so large and interesting. Naturally the boys were surprised at seeing such a big

farm.

Q.3:        What is the name of the machine working in the wheat field? What does it do?

Ans:       The huge machine is called Combine. It cuts the crop and ties it Into sheaves. With one

sweep, it seemed to eat up a large area of the golden crop which came out tied into a

bundle at the other end.

Q.4:        What does a Thresher do?

Ans:       From the combine, the wheat goes into Thresher. The Thresher separates the grain from

the chaff. From one end of the machine falls a golden rain of sweet smelling wheat, while

chaff flows out at the other.

Q.5:        How much work can one man do on the machine?

Ans:       One man working with this machine can do as much work as one hundred men working,

Without it, This is the modern method of agriculture forgetting bigger crops.

Q,6:        What is the average produce from an ordinary farm? What is the produce per hectare on

the model farm?

Ans:       An average farm produces 15 to 20 quintals of wheat for every hectare. The model farm

produces as much as 60 to 70 quintals. The model farm produces three to four times as

much wheat per hectare as an ordinary farm does.

Q.7:        Why Is there a difference in the output of the two?

Ans:       Tue difference in the output of two is due to usage of modern machine and farming

methods. The tractor ploughs deeper, sowing machine sows the seed and chemical

fertilizers enrich the soil. Best seeds are selected and no seed goes waste. Plentiful water

is used to irrigate the fields.

Q.8:        What do they do to kill germs and insects?

Ans:       Insecticides are sprayed on the crops to kill harmful insects and germs. The trunks of trees

are washed with lime. The ground is kept clear from weeds or wild grasses.

Q.9:        What do they grow on the model farm?

Ans:       They grow wheat, maize, cotton, sugar cane and gram. They also grow vegetables They

also grow fruits like mangoes and oranges.

Q.1O:    Why were the boys surprised on the vegetable farm?

Ans:       The boys were surprised to see growing there such vegetables as were out of season. Mr.

Hassan explained that it was possible to grow all types of vegetables in all seasons. It only

needed plentiful water, chemical fertilizers and the use of machinery.

A Visit - Question Answers - English 10th

Question Answers from Chapter No 05 A Visit for class 10th,X, Matric Class

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