Question

Which of the following tools would a farmer use to remove weeds from the field?
(A) Hoe
(B) Plough
(C) Axe
(D) Cultivator

Answer 1

Hint: The tools play an important role in the cultivation of the crops in agriculture. Nowadays, from the planting the seedlings to the harvesting of the production, every work is handled by the machineries. It saves the time and the labor cost to the farmers.

Complete Answer:
- The weeds are the unnecessary plants that may grow between the growing plants under consideration. These feeds act as the competitor of the water and also the minerals to the plants that are grown and it also takes up the place of the crops.
- Hence these must be removed in agriculture, for the good production of the yield. Traditionally, it was done by the hand.
- But this hand weeding involves more labor and more time. But now, lots of machinery has arrived for weeds.
- Among the given options, the hoe is a tool used to cut the weeds and skim the soil under the surface by the principle of sweeping motion.
- The plough is used to aerate and lose the soil by removing the weeds or previous crops that are left above the soil. The axe is the tool used to harvest or cut the woods of the perennial crops. The cultivator is also the tool used to cut the large clouds into small clouds.

Thus the options (A), (B) and (D) are correct.

Note: Out of the provided answer, the hoe is mainly used as a tool to remove weeds by the farmer. It is provided with the blade and the handle fixed to it. It functions by cutting the soil and throwing it to the other sides. But the other tools in the answers are indirectly useful in removing weeds.