Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_0836 MCQ • 1 Mark

Section 2: Farm Machinery

Farm Machinery

Subtopic: Soil tillage

Question Statement:

The primary operational distinction between a primary tillage implement and a secondary tillage implement is:

Options:

  • (A) Primary tillage breaks and inverts deep undisturbed soil to create initial roughness, while secondary tillage pulverizes, levels, and firms the soil to prepare the final seedbed
  • (B) Primary tillage is done after sowing
  • (C) Secondary tillage requires five times more horsepower
  • (D) Primary tillage uses only hand tools

Answer Key:

A

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

Primary tillage (moldboard/disc plows, subsoilers) performs initial aggressive soil disruption; secondary tillage (harrows, cultivators, rollers) refines surface tilth.
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