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1 / 2 The Harvest HymnQ.1. How doea pollution affect the harvest?Q.2. How was the harvest in Punjab in the year 2020?Q.3. Identify the poetic devices in this poem and write with examples.Q.4. Answer the following with reference to context. 1. ‘Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing, Thine is the bounty that nurtured our corn.’a. Whom does ‘thine’ refer to in these lines?b. Which bounty is the poetess referring to?c. Who are the singers? Whom are they worshipping in these lines?d. Which gift are they thankful for?2. ‘Thine is the plentiful bosom that feeds us, Thine is the womb where our riches where our riches have birth.’a. Who is singing these lines and for whom?b. Explain – plentiful bosom with reference to the poem.c. Which riches are the singers talking about? Where are they grown?d. How do the singers worship?​

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1. Crops can be injured when exposed to high concentrations of various air pollutants. Injury ranges from visible markings on crop leaves, to reduced growth and yield, to premature death. In case of animals, it may lead to infection as a result of eating polluted feed and water

Pollution from the environment (soil, sediments, water, and air) gets into the food web by polluting plants or animals that come in contact with environmental pollution. ... Fish may be consumed by birds and other animals and the pollution gets transferred through the food chains until it reaches humans.

2. This year Punjab and Haryana are expected to procure 135 LMT and 90 LMT of wheat respectively despite lockdown restrictions. "75 to 85 per cent harvesting has already been done in Punjab and Haryana. Expected procurement in Haryana is 90 lac tonnes

Punjab is ready for the harvest of bumper wheat crop of 182 lakh tonnes, a record of sorts, from April 15 and for this the government has made elaborate arrangements amid the coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Sunday. The government expects over 137 lakh tonnes of wheat would arrive in grain markets.

I am sorry i don't know anything about questions 3 and 4

But I hope I helped with 1 and 2