Class: IX Question Bank Level-2 Sub: Biology

15. Improvement in Food Resources

Multiple Choice Questions / 1 mark questions
1. How much increase in cultivable land occurred in India from 1952 to 2010?
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 40%

2. The hybrid breed of buffalo yielding maximum milk is:

(a) Jamunapari
(b) Murrah
(c) Sahiwal
(d) Barbary

3. This breed of cow gives more milk:

(a) Bhadawari
(b) Jaffrabadi
(c) Murrah
(d) Sahiwal

4. Which one of the following nutrients is not available in common fertilizers?

(a) Nitrogen
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Potassium
5. Which one of the following species of honey bee is an Italian species?
(a) Apis dorsata
(b) Apis florae
(c) Apis cerana indica
(d) Apis mell(fera

6. Factor which does not increase productivity of crop

a) improved quality
b) biotic resistance
c) change in fertilizers
d) change in maturity duration
7. Manure is rich in ………………… and………….. hence it improves fertility of soil.
a) Nutrients, vitamins
b) Nutrients, inorganic matter
 c) Nutrients, organic matter
d) A and B
8. Excess of fertilizers causes…………..
a) Air pollution
b) Water pollution
c) Soil pollution
d) B and C
9. It is not the way to attack pest on crop
a) They cut root, stem, leaf
b) Suck the cell sap
c) They bore into stem and fruits
d) None of them
10. It is does not cause pathogenic effect on crop
a) Bacteria
b) Fungi
c) Earthworm
d) Viruses
11. Poultry farming depends on………….
a) Cock, hen
b) Cattle
c) Agriculture
d) A and b
12. Vitamin A and K is rich in…………..
a) Rice crop
b) Poultry feed
c) Parasites
d) Manure
13. Fish farming is called……………
a) Culture fishery
b) Fish house
c) Fish care
d) None of them
9. It is not use of bee farming
a) To extract honey
b) Wax production
c) Fertilizer production
d) Used in Ayurveda
10. It is not hybridized crop
a) BT cotton
b) BT bringel
c) Honey bee
d) Golden rice
11. Scientific name of Indian honey bee
a) Apiscerena
b) Apisindica
c) Apisflorea
d) a and b
12. Name of rock bee
a) Apis cerena
b) Apis indica
c) Api sflorea
d) Apis dorsata
13. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are examples of
I. Micro-nutrients
II. Macro-nutrients
III. Fertilizers
IV. Both I and II
14. Using fertilizers in farming is an example of
I. No cost production
II. Low cost production
III. High cost production
IV. None of these
 15. In composite fish culture, Catlas are used because they:
(a) are bottom feeders
(b) feed on the weeds
(c) reside in the middle zone
(d) are surface feeders
16. _______________ is an Indian variety of poultry?
(a) Leghorn
(b) Aseel
(c) Sindhi
(d) Brown swiss
17. Which one of the following options is an example of an exotic breed of cattle?
(a) Aseel
(b) Leghorn
(c) Jersey
(d) Sahiwal
18. Identify the nutrients derived by the crops from air.
(a) Carbon and oxygen
(b) Hydrogen and oxygen
(c) Calcium and magnesium
(d) Nitrogen and phosphorus

19. Blue revolution is concerned with the increase of ________ production.

20. Find out the wrong statement from the following

a. White revolution is meant for increase in milk production
b. Blue revolution is meant for increase in fish production
c. Increasing food production without compromising with environmental quality
is called as sustainable agriculture
d. None of the above

21. To solve the food problem of the country, which among the following is necessary?
(a) Increased production and storage of food grains
(b) Easy access of people to the food grain
(c) People should have money to purchase the grains
(d) All of the above

22. What is the scientific management of animal livestock called?

23. What is the famous breed of sheep that gives the finest wool?
24. By what name is the high growth in the production of milk known as?
25. What name is given to the method of growing two or more crops in definite row
patterns?
26. What is meant by poultry farming?
27. What is blue revolution?

Two Mark Questions:

 1. Which of the following conditions will give the most benefits? Why?
(a) Farmers use high-quality seeds, do not adopt irrigation or use fertilizers.
(b) Farmers use ordinary seeds, adopt irrigation and use fertilizer.
(c) Farmers use quality seeds, adopt irrigation, use fertilizer and use crop
protection measures.
2. Why should preventive measures and biological control methods be preferred for
protecting crops?
3. What factors may be responsible for losses of grains during storage?
4. Which method is commonly used for improving cattle breeds and why?
5. What management practices are common in dairy and poultry farming? 2. What
are the differences between broilers and layers and in their management?
6. List out some useful traits in improved crop?
7. Match the following A and B
(A) (B)
(a) Cattle used for tilling and carting (1) Milk producing female
(b) Indian breed of chicken (11) Broiler
(c) Sahlwal, Red Sindhi (111) Drought animals
(d) Milch (1V) Local breed of cattle
(e) Chicken (V) better fed for obtaining meat

Three Mark Questions:

1. Group the following and tabulate them as energy yielding, protein yielding, oil yielding
and fodder crop.
Wheat, rice, berseem, maize, gram, oat, pigeon gram, Sudan grass, lentil, soyabean,
groundnut, castor and mustard.

2. Differentiate between compost and vermicompost?

3. Arrange these statements in correct sequence of preparation of green manure.
(a) Green plants are decomposed in soil.
(b) Green plants are cultivated for preparing manure or crop plant parts are used.
(c) Plants are ploughed and mixed into the soil.
(d) After decomposition it becomes green manure.

4. Discuss the role of hybridisation in crop improvement.

5. Define (i) Vermicompost
(ii) Green manure
(iii) Bio fertilizer
6. Give the merits and demerits of fish culture?
7. Write the modes by which insects affect the crop yield.
8. Give one word for the following o
(a) Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is
known as o (b) Growing of wheat and groundnut on the same field is called as
(c) Planting soyabean and maize in alternate rows in the same field is
called as
(d) Growing different crops on a piece of land in pre-planned succession is known as

(e) Xanthium and Parthenium are commonly known as

(f) Causal organism of any disease is called as

9. What are the various types of irrigation systems adopted to supply water to the fields
in India?
10.How does crop rotation restore soil fertility?
11.What are the ways in which insect pests attack the plants?
12.How are weeds, insects and diseases controlled in plants?
13.What are the methods that are followed for preventing the growth of weeds?
14.What are the preventive and control measures that are used before grains are stored
for future use?
15.Explain about food requirements of diary animals:
16.What are the different breeds of poultry?
17.What are the different varieties of honey bee used in bee keeping?

Case based questions:

Cattle husbandry is done for two purposes— milk and draught labour for agricultural work
such as tilling, irrigation and carting. Indian cattle belong to two different
species, Bosindicus, cows, and Bosbubalis, buffaloes. Milk-producing females are called
milch animals (dairy animals), while the ones used for farm labour are called draught
animals.
Milk production dependson the duration of the lactation period, meaning the period of milk
production after the birth of a calf. So, milk production can be increased by increasing the
lactation period. Exotic or foreign breeds (for example, Jersey, Brown Swiss) are selected for
long lactation periods, while local breeds (for example, Red Sindhi, Sahiwal) show excellent
resistance to diseases. The two can be cross-bred to get animals with both the desired
qualities.Proper cleaning and shelter facilities for cows and buffaloes are required for
humane farming, for the health of the animals and for production of clean milk as well. The
food requirements of dairy animals are of two types: (a) maintenance requirement, which is
the food required to support the animal to live a healthy life, and (b) milk producing
requirement, which is the type of food required during the lactation period.
Cattle suffer from a number of diseases. The diseases, besides causing death, reduce milk
production. The external parasites live on the skin and mainly cause skin diseases. The
internal parasites like worms, affect stomach and intestine while flukes damage the liver.
(1) Identify the exotic breed of cow
(a) Red Sindhi
(b) Sahiwal
(c) Brown Swiss
(d) All of the above
(2) Identify the correct statements
Statement 1 – Milk production depends on the duration of the lactation period.
Statement 2 – Exotic or foreign breeds are selected for long lactation periods.
Statement 3 – Local breeds show excellent resistance to diseases.
Statement 4 – Animals used for farm labour are called draught animals.
(a) Both 1 & 2
(b) Only 3
(c) Both 3 & 4
(d) All of the above
(3) Milk-producing females are termed as
(a) Milch animals
(b) Dairy animals
(c) Draught animals
(d) Both a & b
(4) Enlist any two Indian cattle species.
(5) What are the food requirements of dairy animals?