Answer: The method of hand picking is used to separate those mixtures where one of the component is in small quantity. The method of hand picking is used to separate undesirable substances such as small pieces of stones from wheat, rice and pulses.

When the process of handpicking is used?

To separate sand and salt, we dissolve the mixture in water and then filter it. In this way salt get dissolved in water while sand we get as residue. Thus, we can say handpicking is used for separating slightly larger sized impurities such as pieces of dirt, stones, husk from wheat, rice, pulses etc.

What is handpicking Where is it used Class 6?

Manually separating stones, dust, husk from grain, rice and wheat is referred to as handpicking. It is used to remove bigger particles of dust from smaller grains.