Mock Test - Improvement in Food Resources

Boost Your Class 9 Science Preparation – Improvement in Food Resources MCQ Mock Test!

How well do you understand the methods used to improve the quality and quantity of our food? Test your knowledge with this MCQ-based mock test on Improvement in Food Resources, designed as per the latest Class 9 Science syllabus. This test covers all major topics — crop production and management, animal husbandry, poultry farming, fish production, crop variety improvement, nutrient management, and sustainable agricultural practices.

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1. Continuous use of fertilisers can destroy soil fertility because

organic matter is not replenished.

microbes in the soil are harmed.

soil becomes hard.

both (a) and (b).

2. The scientific name of the honeybee employed in the commercial production of honey, is

Apis florae

Apis mellifera

Apis dorsata

Apis indica

3. Arrange the following animal food products which contain more fats, more proteins and least fat (among them) and choose the set that contains the right option in the above said order.

Fish, egg, meat

Meat, milk, egg

Milk, meat, fish

Egg, meat, fish

4. Developing crop varieties with wider adaptability will help in stabilising crop production, because

a single variety can be grown under different climatic conditions in different regions.

that variety will have resistance to a wide variety of pests.

that variety will be higher yielding than many other varieties.

that variety can be grown under same climatic conditions.

5. Green manure refers to

the organic manure prepared by green worms.

the manure used by small green plants.

the plants grown and mulched by ploughing before sowing the crop.

the organic manure added to soil before ploughing and sowing.

6. Which one is an oil yielding plant among the following?

Lentil

Sunflower

Cauliflower

Hibiscus

7. Catlas feed on the ______________ of the water body.

surface

grasses/weeds

bottom zone

middle zone

8. Kharif season extends from

January to March.

April to June

June to October.

October to January.

9. Determine the mineral nutrient/element whose loss is compensated by growing a pulse crop between two cereal crops.

Calcium

Sulphur

Nitrogen

Magnesium

10. The process of crossing genetically dissimilar plants of a species, is called

intervarietal cross

interspecific cross

intergeneric cross

all of these.

11. Which of the following are Indian cattle?

(i) Bos indicus
(ii) Bos domestica

(iii) Bos bubalis
(iv) Bos vulgaris

(i) and (iii)

(i) and (ii)

(ii) and (iii)

(iii) and (iv)

12. Obtaining fish from natural water resources is known as

culture fishery

fish farming

capture fishing

fresh water fishery

13. 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.

(i) and (iii)

(i) and (ii)

(ii) and (iii)

(iii) and (iv)

14. Application of nitrogenous fertilisers causes

vigorous vegetative growth.

early flowering.

retarded vegetative growth, but increased flowering.

retarded flowering and resistance to worms.

15. Inland fishery refers to

deep sea fisheries.

capturing fish from sea coast.

culturing fish in freshwater bodies.

extraction of oil from fish.

16. Intervarietal cross means the cross between two different

species of the same genus.

varieties of the same species.

species with similar traits.

varieties with similar traits.

17. Manures are used in sandy soils mainly to

provide all essential nutrients to crops

increase the water holding capacity.

avoid waterlogging.

reduce soil pollution.

18. The system of culturing five or six species of fish with different food habits, in a fishpond, is called

mariculture

composite fish culture

capture fishing

pisciculture

19. Identify the group containing only pulse crops

Pea, lentil, soya bean, green gram.

Pigeon pea, sunflower, mustard, black gram

Green gram, pigeon pea, wheat, sorghum.

Pea, lentil, sorghum, mustard.

20. Plants can be made disease-resistant by

hybridisation.

genetic modification.

both (a) and (b).

use of antibiotics.

21. Mixed cropping and intercropping involve growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field; but the latter differs from the former in that

it reduces risk and gives insurance against failure of crops.

the different crops are grown in different rows alternating with each other.

cropping is practiced along with rearing of animals.

crops are provided with only organic manures and biofertilisers.

22. Which one of the following species of honeybee is an Italian species?

Apis dorsata

Apis florae

Apis cerana indica

Apis mellifera

23. Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

Rice

Millets

Sorghum

Gram

24. Find out the wrong statement from the following

White revolution is meant for increase in milk production

Blue revolution is meant for increase in fish production

Increasing food production without compromising with environmental quality is called as sustainable agriculture

None of the above

25. Bee pasturage refers to

the trees where bees make the hives

the flowers available for nectar collection by the bees.

the hives where honeybees live and deposit honey.

the worker bees in a hive, who collect honey.

26. To solve the food problem of the country, which among the following is necessary?

Increased production and storage of food grains

Easy access of people to the food grain

People should have money to purchase the grains

All of the above

27. Weeds affect the crop plants by

killing of plants in field before they grow

dominating the plants to grow

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

all of the above

28. 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

(i) and (iii)

(ii) and (iv)

(ii) and (iii)

(iii) and (iv)

29. Induced breeding is used to increase the production of

cows

draught animals

fish

poultry birds

30. Cattle husbandry is done for the following purposes

(i) Milk Production

(ii) Agricultural work

(iii) Meat production

(iv) Egg production

(i), (ii) and (iii)

(ii), (iii) and (iv)

(iii) and (iv)

(i) and (iv)

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