PRE-NURTURE COURSE SESSION 2020-21

CLASS-IX
PRE-NURTURE COURSE
CLASS-IX
RACE # 3 BIOLOGY
IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES
Multiple choice questions 10. Which one is the mode by which insects and pests
1. Which of the following statement is not true for attack the crops ?
organic manure? (1) Cutting of plant parts
(1) It enhances water holding capacity of soil. (2) Sucking of cell sap
(2) It has a balance of all plant nutrients. (3) Boring of stem and seeds
(3) It provides humus to soil. (4) All of the above
(4) It improves texture of soil. 11. Which of the following points are important for good
2. The process of loosening and turning of soil is called quality and high yields of honey?
(1) Irrigation and manuring (i) Knowledge of the nature and habits of bees

N
(2) Digging and winnowing (ii) Selection of suitable location for keeping the
beehives.
(3) Tilling and ploughing

E
(iii) The nature of flora from which the nectar is
(4) Irrigation and tilling
collected
3. The minerals required by a plant in very small
(iv) Frequent swarming of honey bees
quantities are called

L
(1) (i), (iii) and (iv) (2) (ii) and (iv) only
(1) macronutrients (2) micronutrients
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) (4) (i) and (iii) only
(3) manures (4) fertilizers

L
12. High milk yielding cross breed cow Frieswal is the
4. The science of improving crop varieties is called
product of cross between
(1) hybridization (2) selection
(1) Brown swiss ×Sahiwal
(3) plant breeding (4) introduction

A
(2) Holstein Friesian ×Sahiwal
5. Zaid crops are grown between
(3) Holstein × Tharparkar
(1) March to June (2) October to November
(4) Brown swiss × Red sindhi
(3) June to July (4) March to September
13. Rearing of geese, turkeys etc. is related to
6. Layers are
(1) Apiculture (2) Dairy farming
(1) Young chicken
(3) Pisciculture (4) Poultry
(2) Sick chicken
14. What will be the effect of large amount of moisture
(3) Hens reared for eggs
present in food grains during storage?
(4) Hens reared for meat
(1) The organism present in the food grains will not
7. An exotic breed of cattle is be able to grow
(1) Red Sindhi (2) Bos indicus (2) The enzymes present in food grains may dissolve
(3) Jersey (4) Sahiwal (3) The food grains can be stored for a long time
8. Pesticides sprayed on the stored food grain is (4) It will increase the rate of decay of food materials.
(1) Zinc phosphide (2) Celphos 15. Example of a living organism or its extract used to
(3) CH3Br (4) Malathion kill pest is/are
9. Example of fumigants are all except (1) Xanthium
(1) Aluminium phosphide (2) Cyprinus rotundus
(2) Ethylene dibromide (3) Azadirachta indica
(3) Zinc phosphide (4) Both (2) and (3)
(4) Malathion
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16. Rahul is helping her mother to remove small-sized (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
unwanted plants from the field. The method they (1) (iv) (vi) (i) (vii) (v) (iii) (ii)
used consumed a lot of time and labour.
(2) (vi) (iv) (i) (iii) (vii) (ii) (v)
(3) (vi) (iv) (i) (vii) (v) (iii) (ii)
(4) (vi) (iv) (i) (iii) (v) (vii) (ii)
19. Given below are statements about five types of fishes
P, Q, R, S and T.
(i) P is surface feeder.
(ii) Q feeds in the middle zone of the pond
(iii) R and S are bottom feeders.
Which type of method it is (iv) T feeds on aquatic weeds
(1) By growing Hydrilla Identify P, Q, R, S and T and select the correct option.
(2) Using MCPA chemical (1) P is Catla and Q is Mrigal.

N
(3) By spraying herbicides (2) R is Mrigal and P is Catla.
(4) Uprooting from soil with roots (3) Q is Catla and T is Mrigal.
(4) Q is Rohu and P is Mrigal.

E
17. Which of the following are incorrect statements for
control of diseases in crops ? 20. Match Column I with Column II and select the correct
(1) Seed borne diseases can be prevented by sowing option from the codes given below.

L
healthy seeds. Column-I Column-II
(2) Soil borne diseases can be prevented by crop (a) Rhizobium (i) Nitrogen fixation

L
rotation. (b) Organic (ii) Separation of
(3) Air-borne diseases can be prevented by spraying manure grains from chaff
specific chemicals. (c) Threshing (iii) Sowing of seeds

A
(4) Breeding of disease resistant crops. (d) Seed drill (iv) Animal excreta,
18. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct cow dung and plant
option from the codes given below. wastes

Column-I Column-II (e) Leguminous (v) Root nodules

(a) Increased egg (i) Viral disease plants
production (1) a-(i), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(iii), e-(v)
(b) White leghorn (ii) Indigenous fishes
(2) a-(v), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(ii), e-(i)
(c) Ranikhet (iii) Fish liver oil
(d) Vitamin A and D (iv) Layers
(3) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii), e-(v)

(e) Silver carp (v) (4) a-(i), b-(v), c-(ii), d-(iii), e-(iv)
Exotic fish
(f) Bombay duck (vi) Silver revolution
(g) Rohu and Catla (vii) Marine fish

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