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Q1.Which one is an oil yielding plant among the following?
(a) Lentil
(b) Sunflower
(c) Cauliflower
(d) Hibiscus
Answer: (b) Sunflower
Q2.Weeds are the unwanted plants that grow along with the cultivated plants. How do they affect the crop plants?
(a) By killing plants in the field before they grow
(b) By dominating the plants to grow
(c) Competing for various resources of plants causing low availability of nutrients
(d) All of above
Answer: (c) Competing for various resources of plants causing low availability of nutrients
Q3.Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?
(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Sorghum
(d) Gram
Answer: (d) Gram
Q4.Fish is an important aquatic food which is rich in proteins. The act of capturing, preservation and utilization of fishes is called fish culture.
Among the following statements choose the option which does not describe the benefit of fish culture?
(a) A large number of fishes are raised in the small area.
(b) Economically important desired fishes are made available
(c) There is more mortality in the younger stages of the fishes
(d) Through selective hybridization, yield and quality of fishes are improved
Answer: (c) There is more mortality in the younger stages of the fishes
Q5.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
Answer: (d) None of the above
Q6.The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) designed and implemented the world’s largest dairy development programme, called “Operation Flood”, which came out to be the reason behind White Revolution in India. Can you name the man who is known as the Father of White Revolution?
(a) Dr. G Nammalvar
(b) Abdul Rashid
(c) Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose
(d) Dr. V. Kurien
Answer: (d) Dr. V. Kurien
Q7.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
Answer: (d) All of the above
Q8.There are present numerous exotic breeds of poultry which have been successfully acclimatized in India. One of the most popular exotic breeds of fowl in India, which produces long white eggs, has a very small body size, so needs less feed for its maintenance. Choose the right name for the breed with all these characteristics.
(a) Rhode Island Red
(b) White Leghorn
(c) Light Sussex
(d) Black Minorcha
Answer: (b) White Leghorn
Q9.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.
Answer: (c) competing for various resources of crops (plants) causing low availability of nutrients
Q10.Growing different crops in the same field in a pre-planned succession, to improve the quality and quantity of the crop yield and maintain the fertility of soil is known as:
(a) Crop rotation
(b) Plant breeding
(c) Intercropping
(d) Crop management
Answer: (b) Plant breeding nutrients
Q11.“Drones” in the honeybee colony are stingless and are unable to gather food. Their main role is to mate with queen bee and help in breeding.
Drones are born out from:
(a) Fertilized eggs and well-nourished larvae
(b) Unfertilized eggs
(c) Fertilized eggs giving heat treatment
(d) Same way as the worker bee is born
Answer: (b) Unfertilized eggs
Q12.Which one of the following species of honeybee is an Italian species?
(a) Apis dorsata
(b) Apis florae
(c) Apis cerana indica
(d) Apis mellifera
Answer: (d) Apis mellifera
Q13.Find out the wrong statement among 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 environment quality is called as sustainable agriculture
(d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
Q14.Poultry fowl are susceptible to the following pathogens
(a) Viruses
(b) Bacteria
(c) Fungi
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
Q15. Which of the following is a fungus disease causing maximum deaths of poultry birds?
(a) Pullorium
(b) Coryza
(c) Rickets
(d) Aspergillosis
Answer: (d) Aspergillosis
Q16.How much increase in cultivable land occurred in India from 1952 to 2010?
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 40%
Answer: (b) 25%
Q17.Which one of the following fishes is a surface feeder?
(a) Rohus
(b) Mrigals
(c) Common carps
(d) Catlas
Answer: (d) Catlas
Q18.How many nutrients are essential for plants?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 26
(d) 36
Answer: (a) 16
Q19.How many micronutrients are required by plants?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 7
(d) 12
Answer: (c) 7
Q20.Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilisers?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Potassium
Answer: (c) Iron
Class 9 Science Chemistry MCQ
| Chapter 1 Matter in Our Surroundings |
| Chapter 2: Is Matter Around Us Pure |
| Chapter 3: Atoms and Molecules |
| Chapter 4: Structure of the Atom |
Class 9 Science Biology MCQ
| Chapter 5: The Fundamental Unit of Life |
| Chapter 6: Tissues |
| Chapter 7: Diversity in Living Organisms |
| Chapter 13: Why do we Fall Ill |
| Chapter 14: Natural Resources |
| Chapter 15: Improvement in Food Resources |
Class 9 Science Physics MCQ
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| Chapter 9: Force and Laws of Motion |
| Chapter 10: Gravitation |
| Chapter 11: Work and Energy |
| Chapter 12: Sound |
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