Class 9 Science MCQ Improvement in Food Resources

Question : Which goat is known as the queen of milk?
(a) Barbary
(b) Jamunapari
(c) Sannen
(d) Bikaneri

Question : Which of the following is a fungus disease causing maximum deaths of poultry birds?
(a) Pullorium
(b) Coryza
(c) Rickets
(d) Aspergillosis

Question : Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilisers?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Potassium

Question : Which of the following nutrients are absorbed by plants in large quantities from soil?
(a) Manganese
(b) Iron
(c) Zinc
(d) Sulphur

Question : Double membrane is absent in –
(a) Mitochondrion
(b) Chloroplast
(c) Nucleus
(d) Lysosome

Question : Which of the following is not considered as primary nutrient for plants?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Phosphorus
(d) Potassium

Question : Striated muscles are found in
(a) gall bladder
(b) wall of bronchi
(c) leg muscles
(d) lungs

Question : Why are honeybees so important ?
(a) They are excellent pollinators
(b) They show a high degree of social life
(c) They have a stinger
(d) They produce bee wax

Question : Sometimes fish are cultured with:
(a) Maize crop
(b) Rice crop
(c) Wheat crop
(d) Pulses

Question : Catla and Rohu are the examples of :-
(a) Exotic fresh water fishes
(b) Indigrenous fresh water fishes
(c) Indigenous marine water fishes
(d) Exotic marine water fishes

Question : Chickens or turkeys raised specifically for meat are called:
(a) Bird Culture
(b) Pullets
(c) Broilers
(d) Hybrids

Question : The cell organelle associated with cell secretion is
(a) Plastids
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Golgi apparatus
(d) Nucleolus

Question : Which of the following is cultured for pearls?
(a) Bhetki
(b) Prawns
(c) Mullets
(d) Oysters

Question : Which one of the following is milch breed of cow ?
(a) Nageri
(b) Malvi
(c) Gir
(d) Hallikar

Question : Growing two or more crops simultaneously at the same time in a field is called
(a) crop rotation
(b) mixed cropping
(c) intercropping
(d) both (b) and (c)

Question : Which of the following is not a characteristic of mixed cropping?
(a) Minimised risk of crop failure
(b) Reduced infestation by pests
(c) Harvesting and threshing of crops separately is possible
(d) Increased fertility of soil

Question : Which of the following is used as a green manure?
(a) Sudan grass
(b) Sun hemp
(c) Berseem
(d) Parthenium

Question : Blue revolution is associated with
(a) increased milk production
(b) increased wheat production
(c) increased mustard seed production
(d) increased fish production.

Question : Which of the following is a fodder crop?
(a) Mustard
(b) Castor
(c) Lentil
(d) Berseem

Question : Which of the following is an indigenous breed of cattle?
(a) Brown Swiss
(b) Sahiwal
(c) Jersey
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question : Which one of the following is a surface feeder?
(a) Mrigals
(b) Catlas
(c) Common carps
(d) Rohus

Question : Scientific name of little bee is
(a) Apis dorsata
(b) Apis mellifera
(c) Apis florae
(d) Apis cerena indica.

Question : Two vitamins added to poultry feeds are
(a) vitamin B and C
(b) vitamin A and D
(c) vitamin A and K
(d) vitamin C and D.

Question : Which of the following is an oilseed?
(a) Sorghum
(b) Sesame
(c) Pigeon pea
(d) Maize

Question : Which of the following is a marine fish?
(a) Bombay duck
(b) Pomphret
(c) Bhetki
(d) All the above

Question : The quality of honey depends upon
(a) the duration of which honeybees stay in beehives
(b) pasturage
(c) the honey collection capacity of honey bee
(d) ll of these.

Question : Which of the following nutrient is not present in fertilizers?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Potassium

Question : Which of the following is related to duration of sunlight?
(a) Phototropism
(b) Photoperiod
(c) Photolysis
(d) one of these

Question : Cattles kept for agricultural work are termed as
(a) milch animals
(b) draught animals
(c) labour animals
(d) none of these.

Question : Which of the following is not an organic method to control weeds?
(a) Crop rotation
(b) Proper seed bed
(c) Weedicides
(d) Intercropping

Question : Select the Rabi crop out of the following.
(a) Paddy
(b) Maize
(c) Soybean
(d) Wheat

Question : Culturing fish in fresh water is known as
(a) mariculture
(b) inland fishery
(c) composite fish culture
(d) intensive fish culture

Question : Induced breeding in composite fish culture prevents
(a) mixing of seeds
(b) competition among different species of fish
(c) spread of disease
(d) all of these.

Question : Desirable agronomic trait of fodder crops is/are
(a) tallness
(b) profuse branching
(c) dwarfness
(d) both (a) and (b).

Question : Which of the following is an exotic breed of Poultry?
(a) Leghorn
(b) Aseel
(c) Red Sindhi
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question : Which one of the following is a micronutrient?
(a) Calcium
(b) Sulphur
(c) Zinc
(d) Magnesium

Question : Mullets, prawns, mussels are included in
(a) marine fish
(b) fresh water fishes
(c) finned fishes
(d) shell fish.

Question : Which of the following is grown in fresh water?
(a) Tuna
(b) Carp
(c) Sardine
(d) Pomphret

Question : When both crops and livestocks are raised on the same farm, it is known as
(a) intercropping
(b) mixed cropping
(c) integrated farming
(d) organic farming.

Question : Concentrate of cattle feeds contain high level of
(a) vitamin
(b) fibre
(c) fat
(d) protein.

Question : Which variety of honey bee is used for commercial honey production?
(a) Apis dorsata
(b) Apis mellifera
(c) Apis florae
(d) Apis cerena indica

Question : Plant breeding aims to produce
(a) disease free varieties
(b) high yielding varieties
(c) early maturing varieties
(d) all of these.

Question : The process of cross breeding genetically dissimilar plants is called
(a) hydridization
(b) artificial insemination
(c) emasculation
(d) none of these.

Question : Cyperinus and Parthenium are types of
(a) weeds
(b) pests
(c) diseases
(d) pesticides.