VISTO WORKSHEET - 2

BIOLOGY
Name: _________________ Class: IX
IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES

1. Viral diseases of animals include

a) Cephalitis, blue tongue, foot and mouth disease
b) Blue tongue, foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, rabbies
c) Blue tongue, rinderpest, cephalities, rabbies d) None of these
2. Domestication of silk work is called
a) Sericulture b) Pisciculture c) Apiculture d) Horticulture
3. Honey is
a) Nector of flower b) Nector stored in the honey sac
c) Nector mixed with saliva and stored in honey sac
d) Nectar and water sucked by the honey bee.
4. Number of queens in a hive is
a) 20 b) 15 c) 20 d) 1
5. The honey bees exhibit bees exhibit a type of dance to communicate the location of food. This is
known as
a) Waggle dance b) Tap dance
c) Round dance and waggle dance d) Break dance
6. Which one of the following insects produces honey?
a) Antherae paphia b) Apis indica c) Kerria lacca d) Bombyx mori
7. Nutritional diet of poultry birds includes
a) Cereals, oil cakes, milk cakes, green vegetables
b) Millets, proteins, oil cakes only
c) Cereals, millets, proteins, oil cakes, green vegetables
d) Proteins, oil cakes, cereals only
8. The pesticides are the chemicals that kill
a) Weeds b) Mites c) Insects d) All of these
9. Most common pesticides used in the crops are
a) BHC, aldrin, Malathion, pyrethrin
b) Aldria, malathion, lead arsinate, sodium fluoride
c) Aldrin, malathion, sodium arsenate, lead arsenate
d) Cryolite, aldrin, pyrethrin
10. The most common pesticide used in India is
a) Baygon b) BHC c) DDT d) Endrin
11. A green manure is
a) rice b) Sorghum c) Maize d) Sesbania
12. Biofertilizes include
a) Nitrogen fixing bacteria b) Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria
c) Both bacteria and cyanobacteria
d) Bacteria, cyanobacteria and mycorrhizal fungi
13. Crop rotation is carried out for
a) Increasing acidity of soil b) Decreasing fertility of soil
c) Increasing fertility of soil d) All the above
14. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) involves ………………
a) Biological control b) Pesticides
c) Confucsion technique d) Biofertilizer
15. Latest trend in plant disease control is
 a) Chemical control b) Biological control
c) Good manure and fertilizer d) Breeding for disease resistance
16. The use of fertilizers in farming is an example of
a) No – cost production b) Low cost – production
c) High – cost production d) None of the above
17. The use of fertilizers in farming is an example of
a) Cattle b) Fishery c) Apiculture d) Poultry
18. Mullets, bhetki, pearl spots, prawns, mussels are the example of
a) Marine fishes b) Fresh water fishesc) Finned fishes d) Shell fish
19. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium are examples of
a) Micro – nutrients b) Macronutrients
c) Fertilizer d) Both a and b
20. Which one of the following is not a milch breed of cattle?
a) Sahiwalb) Malvi c) Tharparkar d) Red Sindhi

21. Which of the following constituent of honey acts as preservative?

a) Formic acid b) Pantothenic acid c) Dextrin d) Pyridoxin
22. The drones in honey bee are
a) Sterile male b) Fertile male c) Sterite female d) Fertile female
23. Which one of the following is not a marine fish?
a) Tuna b) Salmon c) Sardine d) Mrigal
24. Silver Revolution is related to
a) Egg production b) Milk production
c) Grain production d) Meat production
25. Which one of the following is an exotic fish variety?
a)Silver carp b) Rohu c) Catla d) Mangur
26. Which of the following cattle food is included in ‘concentrates’?
a) Berseem b) Green fodder c) Hay d) Cotton seeds
27. Potato tuber wash and iodine solution placed together change their colour to
a) Blue black b) Blue c) Brick red d) Magenta
28. 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
29. Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?
a) Rice b) Millets c) Sorghum d) Gram
30. When both crops and livestock are raised on the same farm, it is known as
a) Mixed farming b) Mixed cropping
c) Inter cropping d) Crop rotation
SUB: BIOLOGY CLASS: IX
WORKSHEET
TOPIC: - IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES

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