Science exemplar problems class 9 Solutions for Chapter 15 improvement in food resources

Animal husbandry is the scientific management of

(i) animal breeding

(ii) culture of animals

(iii) animal livestock

(iv) rearing of animals

Poultry fowl are susceptible to the following pathogens

Which of the following are Indian cattle?

(i) Bos indicus

(ii) Bos domestica

(iii) Bos bubalis

(iv) Bos vulgaris

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Pigeon pea is a good source of _____ .

Preventive and control measures adopted for the storage of grains include

Poultry farming is undertaken to raise following

(i) Egg production

(ii) Feather production

(iii) Chicken meat

(iv) Milk production

Cattle husbandry is done for the following purposes

(i) Milk Production

(ii) Agricultural work

(iii) Meat production

(iv) Egg production

Which of the following are exotic breeds?

(i) Brawn

(ii) Jersey

(iii) Brown Swiss

(iv) Jersey Swiss

Find out the correct sentence about manure

(i) Manure contains large quantities of organic matter and small quantities of nutrients.

(ii) It increases the water holding capacity of sandy soil.

(iii) It helps in draining out of excess of water from clayey soil.

(iv) Its excessive use pollutes environment because it is made of animal excretory waste.

Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilizers

Which one of the following fishes is a surface feeder?

Give one word for the following:

Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is known as ________ .

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____ crop grows in winter season.

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____ crop grows in the summer season.

(Rabi/Zaid)

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____ crop grows in the winter season.

(Rabi/Zaid)

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The crops which are grown in the monsoon season are called ______ crops.

(kharif/rabi)

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____ nutrients are needed in small quantity for plants and are called micronutrients.

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____ nutrients are required in large quantity and called as macronutrients.

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Soil supply ______ nutrients to plants.

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____ is supplied by water to plants.

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Carbon and ______ are supplied by air to plants.

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A total of ______ nutrients are essential to plants.

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Wheat, gram, pea, mustard are _______ crops.

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Paddy, maize, green gram and black gram are _______ crops.

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Rabi crops are cultivated from _______ to April.

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Kharif crops are cultivated from _______ to October.

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Photoperiod affect the _______ .

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Causal organism of any disease is called as ________ .

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Xanthium and Parthenium are commonly known as ________ .

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Growing different crops on a piece of land in pre-planned succession is known as ________ .

Give one word for the following:

Planting soyabean and maize in alternate rows in the same field is called as ______ .

Give one word for the following:

Growing of wheat and groundnut on the same field is called as _______ .

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____ are rich in vitamins.

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The crops which are grown in rainy season are called ______ crops.

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Berseem is an important _____ crop

Which one is an oil yielding plant among the following?

(a) Lentil

(b) Sunflower

(c) Cauliflower

(d) Hibiscus

Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

(a) Rice

(b) Millets

(c) Sorghum

(d) Gram

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

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

Find out the correct sentence

(i) Hybridisation means crossing between genetically dissimilar plants

(ii) Cross between two varieties is called as inter specific hybridisation

(iii) Introducing genes of desired character into a plant gives genetically modified crop

(iv) Cross between plants of two species is called as inter varietal hybridisation

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (ii) and (iv)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (iii) and (iv)

Weeds affect the crop plants by

(a) killing of plants in field before they grow

(b) dominating the plants to grow

(c) competing for various resources of crops (plants) causing low availability of nutrients

(d) all of the above

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 mellifera

Find out the correct sentence about manure

(i) Manure contains large quantities of organic matter and small quantities of nutrients.

(ii) It increases the water holding capacity of sandy soil.

(iii) It helps in draining out of excess of water from clayey soil.

(iv) Its excessive use pollutes environment because it is made of animal excretory waste.

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (iii) and (iv)

Cattle husbandry is done for the following purposes

(i) Milk Production

(ii) Agricultural work

(iii) Meat production

(iv) Egg production

(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(c) (iii) and (iv)

(d) (i) and (iv)

Which of the following are Indian cattle?

(i) Bos indicus

(ii) Bos domestica

(iii) Bos bubalis

(iv) Bos vulgaris

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (iii) and (iv)

Which of the following are exotic breeds?

(i) Brawn

(ii) Jersey

(iii) Brown Swiss

(iv) Jersey Swiss

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i) and (iv)

(d) (ii) and (iv )

Poultry farming is undertaken to raise following

(i) Egg production

(ii) Feather production

(iii) Chicken meat

(iv) Milk production

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (iii) and (iv)

Poultry fowl are susceptible to the following pathogens

(a) Viruses

(b) Bacteria

(c) Fungi

(d) All of the above

Which one of the following fishes is a surface feeder?

(a) Rohus

(b) Mrigals

(c) Common carps

(d) Catlas

Animal husbandry is the scientific management of

(i) animal breeding

(ii) culture of animals

(iii) animal livestock

(iv) rearing of animals

(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(c) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(d) (i), (iii) and (iv)

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

(a) Nitrogen

(b) Phosphorus

(c) Iron

(d) Potassium

Preventive and control measures adopted for the storage of grains include

(a) strict cleaning

(b) proper disjoining

(c) fumigation

(d) all of the above

Match the column A with the column B

(A) (B)

(a) Catla (i) Bottom feeders

(b) Rohu (ii) Surface feeders

(c) Mrigal (iii) Middle-zone feeders

(d) Fish farming (iv) Culture fishery

Fill in the blanks

(a) Pigeon pea is a good source of ———.

(b) Berseem is an important———crop.

(c) The crops which are grown in rainy season are called———crops.

(d) ———are rich in vitamins.

(e) ——— crop grows in winter season

What is a GM crop? Name any one such crop which is grown in India.

List out some useful traits in improved crop?

Why is organic matter important for crop production?

Why is excess use of fertilizers detrimental for environment?

Give one word for the following

(a) Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides is known as ———.

(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 ———.

Match the following A and B

(A) (B)

(a) Cattle used for tilling and carting (i) Milk producing female

(b) Indian breed of chicken (ii) Broiler

(c) Sahiwal, Red Sindhi (iii) Drought animals

(d) Milch (iv) Local breed of cattle

(e) Chicken better fed for obtaining (v) Aseel

If there is low rainfall in a village throughout the year, what measures will you suggest to the farmers for better cropping?

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.

Define the term hybridization and photoperiod

Fill in the blanks

(a) Photoperiod affect the————.

(b) Kharif crops are cultivated from————to————.

(c) Rabi crops are cultivated from————to————.

(d) Paddy, maize, green gram and black gram are————crops.

(e) Wheat, gram, pea, mustard are————crops.

Cultivation practices and crop yield are related to environmental condition. Explain.

Fill in the blanks

(a) A total of——nutrients are essential to plants.

(b) ———and———are supplied by air to plants.

(c) ———is supplied by water to plants.

(d) Soil supply———nutrients to plants.

(e) ———nutrients are required in large quantity and called as———.

(f) ——— nutrients are needed in small quantity for plants and are called ———.

Differentiate between compost and vermicompost?

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.

An Italian bee variety A. mellifera has been introduced in India for honey production. Write about its merits over other varieties

In agricultural practices, higher input gives higher yield. Discuss how?

Discuss the role of hybridisation in crop improvement.

Define (i) Vermicompost (ii) Green manure (iii) Bio fertilizer

Discuss various methods for weed control.

Differentiate between the following

(i) Capture fishery and Culture fishery

(ii) Mixed cropping and Inter cropping

(iii) Bee keeping and Poultry farming

Give the merits and demerits of fish culture?

What do you understand by composite fish culture?

Why bee keeping should be done in good pasturage?

Write the modes by which insects affect the crop yield.

Discuss why pesticides are used in very accurate concentration and in very appropriate manner?

Name two types of animal feed and write their functions.

What would happen if poultry birds are larger in size and have no summer adaptation capacity? In order to get small sized poultry birds, having summer adaptability, what method will be employed?

Suggest some preventive measures for the diseases of poultry birds.

Figure15.1 shows the two crop fields [Plots A and B] have been treated by manures and chemical fertilizers respectively, keeping other environmental factors same. Observe the graph and answer the following questions.

(i) Why does plot B show sudden increase and then gradual decrease in yield?

(ii) Why is the highest peak in plot A graph slightly delayed?

(iii) What is the reason for the different pattern of the two graphs?

Complete the crossword puzzle (Fig.15.2)

Across

1. Oil yielding plant (9)

3. Crop grown in winter season (4)

5. Fixed by Rhizobium (8)

9. Common honey bee (4)

Downward

2. Animal feed (6)

4. A micronutrient (5)

5. Unwanted plant in crop fields (4)

7. An exotic breed of chicken(7)

8. Bottom feeders in fish pond(7)

10. A marine fish (4)