Session 2023 – 2024

Class IX
Improvement in Food Resources
Worksheet – 2
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mullets, prawns, mussels are examples of
I. Marine fishes
II. Fresh-water fishes
III. Finned fishes
IV. Shell fish
2. What is the other name for Apis cerana indica?
I. Indian cow
II. Indian buffalo
III. Indian bee
IV. None of these
3. The management and production of fish is called
I. Pisciculture
II. Apiculture
III. Sericulture
IV. Aquaculture
4. Rohu and catla are types of
I. Freshwater fish
II. Marine water fish
III. Both I and II
IV. None of these
5. Pasturage is related to
I. Cattle
II. Fishery
III. Apiculture
IV. Sericulture
6. Vitamins that are included in the poultry feed are:
(a) Vitamins A and B
(b) Vitamins B and C
(c) Vitamins A and C
(d) Vitamins A and K

7. Which is not a marine fish

a) Mackerel
b) Carp
c) Sardine
d) Catfish

8. Which of these is a surface feeder?

a) Rohus
 b) Mrigals
c) Common carps
d) Catlas

9. Cattle husbandry is done for the following purposes.

a) Milk production
b) Agricultural work
c) Meat production
d) Egg production

10. Choose the exotic breed of cows.

a) Brawn
b) Jersey
c) Brown Swiss
d) Jersey Swiss

11. Which of the following is/are the bacterial disease of cattle?

a) Anthrax
b) Cholera
c) Diarrhoea
d) All of these

Q. Match the following.

1. Cattle used for tilling and carting. a. Milk producing female

2. Indian breed of chicken b. Broiler

3. Sehiwal , Red Sindhi. c. Drought animals

4. Milch. d. Local breed of cattle

5. Meat yielding chicken e. Aseel

Q. In a village of West Bengal, 4-5 varieties of fish are cultured in a single pond.

a. What is the benefit of this practice? Name the fish culture.

b. What is the problem in the farming of fish?

c. How do different fish utilise the food available in ponds?

Answer the Following

1) Give two preventive measures to protect poultry birds from diseases.

2) Define Animal Husbandry.

3) What are the advantages of using exotic and indigenous cattle for breeding?
4) Give any two examples for each

(a) Indigenous cattle (b) Exotic poultry

5) Distinguish between

(a) Layers and broiler (b) Milch and draught cattle (c) Fin fishes and shell fishes

(d) Indigenous and exotic breeds (e) Capture and Culture fisheries

6) What is pasturage?

7) Mention the types of honey bee you will prefer to rear if you are running an apiary.

8) What is composite fish culture system?

9) What do you understand from the term integrated farming?

10) Which method is commonly used for improving cattle breeds and why?