MCQ Improvement in Food Resources |NCERT Class 9| 9thscience

#1. Fill in the blanks ⇒ ….. nutrients are required in small quantity & called as ….. .

a) Six, micronutrients

b) Six, macronutrients

a) Seven, micronutrients

d) Seven, macronutrients

#2. Find out the correct sentence – i) Manure contains large quantities of organic matter & small quantities of nutrients, b) It increases the water-holding capacity of sandy soil, c) It helps in draining out of excess of water from clayey soil, d) Its excessive use pollutes environment because it is made of animal excretory waste.

a) & c)

a) & b)

b) & c)

c) & d)

#3. Fill in the blanks ⇒ A total of …….. nutrients are essential to plants.

a) 16

b) 18

c) 20

d) 22

#4. Poultry fowl are susceptible to the following pathogens?

a) Viruses

b) Bacteria

c) Fungi

d) All of the above

#5. Fill in the blanks ⇒ ….. is supplied by water to plants.

a) Nitrogen

b) Carbon

c) Hydrogen

d) Sulphur

#6. Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

a) Gram

b) Millets

c) Rice

d) Sorghum

#7. Fill in the blanks ⇒ …… & ….. are supplied by air to plants.

a) Nitrogen & Oxygen

b) Carbon & Oxygen

c) Nitrogen & Carbon

d) Hydrogen & Oxygen

#8. Which are exotic breeds – a) Brawn, b) Jersey, c) Brown Swiss, d) Jersey Swiss?

a, c

b, c

a, d

b, d

#9. Which one of the following is Indian cattle?

a) Bos vulgaris

b) Bos bubalis

c) Bos domestica

d) Bos indicus

#10. Animal husbandry is the scientific management of – a) animal breeding, b) culture of animals, c) animal livestock, d)rearing of animals.

a, b, c

b, c, d

a, b, d

a, c, d

#11. Cattle husbandry is done for – a) milk production, b) agricultural work, c) meat production, d) egg production.

a, b, c

b, c, d

c, d

a, d

#12. Preventive & control measures adopted for the storage of grains include –

a) strict cleaning

b) proper disjoining

c) fumigation

d) all of the above

#13. Fill in the blanks ⇒ Soil supply ….. nutrients to plants.

a) essential

b) nonessential

c) chemical

d) polluting

#14. Which fish is a surface feeder

a) Mrigal

b) Catla

c) Common Carp

d) Rohu

#15. 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

#16. Which is an oil yielding plant?

a) Cauliflower

b) Lentil

c) Hibiscus

d) Sunflower

#17. Fill in the blanks ⇒ ….. nutrients are required in large quantity & called as ….. .

a) Eight, micronutrients

b) Eight, macronutrients

a) Six, micronutrients

d) Six, macronutrients

#18. Which one of the following nutrient is not available in fertilizers?

a) Iron

b) Potassium

c) Nitrogen

d) Phosphorus

#19. Poultry farming is undertaken to raise – a) egg production, b) feather production, c) chicken meat, d) milk production.

a, c

a, b

b, c

c, d

#20. Find the wrong statement.

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 sustainable agriculture

d) None of the above

#21. Find out correct sentence – a) Hybridisation means crossing between genetically dissimilar plants, b) Cross between two varieties is called as interspecific hybridisation, c) Introducing genes of desired character into plant gives genetically modified plants, d) Cross between plants of two species is called as inter-varietal hybridisation.

a) & b)

b) & d)

b) & c)

c) & d)

#22. Which one of the following species of honey bee is an Italian species?

a) Apis florae

b) Apis dorsata

c) Apis mellifera

d) Apis cerana indica

#23. Which among the following is necessary to solve the food problem of the country?

a) Increased production & storage of food grains

b) People should have money to purchase the grains

c) easy access of people to the food grain