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Improvement in Food Resources - 1 (Class IX)

Improvement in Food Resources - 1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How can we control pests that attack the stored grains?

a. Spraying of insecticides over grains
b. Conversion of insecticide solution into fumes to kill the insects
c. Mixing neem kernel powder along with grains and adding legumes to grains

  1. Only a
  2. Only b
  3. Both a and b
  4. Both b and c
  5. All of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______ methods are used to control weeds.

  1. Mechanical
  2. Cultural
  3. Chemical
  4. All of the above
  5. Both (1) and (3)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The commercial farming of bees for honey and wax is called

  1. sericulture
  2. apiculture
  3. agriculture
  4. livestock rearing
  5. poultry farming
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following activities have an impact in improving crop yield?
(a) Crop protection management
(b) Crop variety improvement
(c) Crop transport management
(d) Crop production management

  1. a, b and c
  2. a, c and d
  3. a, b and d
  4. b, c and d
  5. a, b, c and d
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Farmers of Gujarat use sustainable agriculture techniques. What does this mean?

  1. They use more of chemical fertilisers to maximise agriculture yield.
  2. They use bio-fertilisers and bio-pesticides with minimum chemical fertilisers.
  3. They use latest machines to increase agricultural yield.
  4. The farmers are all well-educated.
  5. They use best quality seeds and offer good employment in agriculture.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All of the following are bio-pesticides, except

a. Azadirachtin
b. Pyrethrum
c. Thuriside
d. Convolvulus

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only a
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only d
  5. Only c
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a type of manure?

  1. Farmyard manure
  2. Greenhouse manure
  3. Compost
  4. Vermicomposting
  5. Green manure
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a draught breed cattle?

  1. Gir
  2. Sahiwal
  3. Malvi
  4. Red sindhi
  5. Deoni
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an indigenous breed of poultry available in India?

  1. Aseel
  2. Chittagong
  3. White leghorn
  4. Ghagus
  5. Busra
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are known as exotic breed(s)?

  1. Red Sindhi
  2. Brown Swiss
  3. Gir
  4. Sahiwal
  5. All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the precaution(s) to be observed for artificial insemination?

a. The semen should be obtained from a high quality male animal.
b. The selected female should be healthy and of sound breeding age.
c. Artificial insemination should be carried out only at the proper heat-period of the female animal.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. a, b and c
  5. Only b and c
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the common name for Apis florae?

  1. Little bee
  2. Italian bee
  3. Rock bee
  4. Honey bee
  5. Indian bee
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding manures?

  1. Manures enrich the soil with essential nutrients.
  2. Manures add organic matter called humus to the soil.
  3. It is very convenient to handle, store and transport.
  4. The organic matter in manures provides food for the soil organisms.
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A farmer wants to improve the productivity and variety of crops. What should the farmer do?

  1. He should grow food crops of less height (dwarf).
  2. He should grow crops of shorter duration.
  3. He should grow plants, which are sensitive to variations of light duration.
  1. Only 3
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 1 and 2
  4. Only 1
  5. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:
a. Mixed cropping 1. is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in the same piece of land
b. Crop rotation 2. is a multiple cropping practice involving growing two or more crops in definite row patterns in proximity
c. Intercropping 3. is the practice of growing of different crops on a piece of land in a preplanned succession
  1. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
  2. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  3. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
  4. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
  5. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
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