• In order to provide food to our growing population, we need to adopt certain agricultural practices.
• Same kind of plants grow and cultivated at a place constitute a crop.
• In India, crops can be broadly categorized into two types based on seasons - rabi and kharif crops.
• It is necessary to prepare soil by tilling and levelling, ploughs and levellers are used for this purpose.
• Sowing of seeds at appropriate depths and distances gives good yield. Good variety of seeds are sown after selection of healthy seeds. Sowing is done by seed drills.
• Soil needs replenishment and enrichment through the use of organic manure and fertilizers. Use of chemical fertilizers has increased with the introduction of new crop varieties.
• Supply of water to crops at appropriate intervals is called irrigation.
• Weeding involves removal of unwanted and uncultivated plants called weeds.
• Harvesting is the cutting of the manure crop manually or by machines.
• Separation of the grains from the chaff is called threshing.
• Proper storage of grains from the chaff is called threshing.
• Proper storage of grains is necessary to protect them from pets and microorganisms.
• Food is also obtained from animals for which animals are reared. This is called animal husbandry.

1)When Velu stood on the platform but he felt 'as if he was still on a moving train'. Why?
-> Velu was used to the train's shaking and thus, his legs felt wobbly and he felt as if he was still on a moving train.

2)What made him feel miserable?
->

• Velu had run away from home.
• He was extremely tired.
• He had no money.
• He knew no one.

1)What tasks, do you think were assigned to the dog and the ox?
->  The dog carried the sticks and the ox ploughed the fields.

2)Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
-> The camel lived in the middle of the desert as no one would interfere him and he could live without having to do any hard-work.

3)What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?
-> The camel wasn't working and was freed, due to which those three would have to work twice to make up for the loss, which made them very angry.

4)How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?
-> The horse referred to the camel as with 'long neck and long legs' and these characteristics are of a camel and they indeed live between the deserts.

5)The camel said "Humph" repeatedly. How did it affect him?
-> It was bad for him as it imparted a bad impression on others.

6)What according to the Djinn was the purpose of the 'humph'?
-> The hump according to the Djinn was for storing food and water for long journeys and hard work.

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