Improvement in food Resources MCQ Class 9

MCQ Questions for Class 9 Science Chapter 12 Improvement in Food Resources

Q1. Which of the following is not a natural source of food?
a) Plants
b) Animals
c) Fungi
d) Minerals

Answer: d) Minerals

Q2. What is the process of changing crops on a piece of land to maintain its fertility called?
a) Crop rotation
b) Irrigation
c) Organic farming
d) Genetic engineering

Answer: a) Crop rotation

Q3. Which of the following is an example of a Kharif crop?
a) Wheat
b) Mustard
c) Rice
d) Barley

Answer: c) Rice

Q4. Which of the following methods is used for removing undesirable substances from the grains?
a) Winnowing
b) Sieving
c) Threshing
d) Dehusking

Answer: a) Winnowing

Q5. Which type of farming uses high-yielding varieties of crops and modern agricultural techniques?
a) Subsistence farming
b) Commercial farming
c) Shifting agriculture
d) Plantation farming

Answer: b) Commercial farming

Q6. Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer?
a) Urea
b) Compost
c) Ammonium phosphate
d) Potassium nitrate

Answer: b) Compost

Q7. What is the process of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land called?
a) Multiple cropping
b) Crop rotation
c) Intercropping
d) Mixed farming

Answer: c) Intercropping

Q8. Which of the following is not a component of soil?
a) Minerals
b) Water
c) Air
d) Fertilizers

Answer: d) Fertilizers

Q9. Which of the following is an example of a Rabi crop?
a) Maize
b) Millet
c) Wheat
d) Cotton

Answer: c) Wheat

Q10. Which method is used for increasing the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter?
a) Irrigation
b) Crop rotation
c) Green manure
d) Planting high-yielding varieties

Answer: c) Green manure

Q11. Which of the following is a method of organic farming?
a) Use of chemical fertilizers
b) Use of genetically modified crops
c) Use of synthetic pesticides
d) Use of compost and manure

Answer: d) Use of compost and manure

Q12. What is the process of protecting crops from pests and diseases called?
a) Harvesting
b) Threshing
c) Storage
d) Crop protection

Answer: d) Crop protection

Q13. Which of the following is a byproduct of agriculture that can be used as a source of energy?
a) Fertilizers
b) Pesticides
c) Crop residues
d) Insecticides

Answer: c) Crop residues

Q14. What is the purpose of packaging food items?
a) To increase their shelf life
b) To enhance their taste
c) To reduce their nutritional value
d) To make them look attractive

Answer: a) To increase their shelf life

Q15. Which of the following is an example of a leguminous crop?
a) Wheat
b) Rice
c) Cotton
d) Chickpea

Answer: d) Chickpea

Q16. Which of the following is a method of preventing soil erosion?
a) Terracing
b) Overgrazing
c) Monoculture
d) Deforestation

Answer: a) Terracing

Q17. What is the process of transferring pollen grains from the anther to the stigma called?
a) Fertilization
b) Pollination
c) Germination
d) Photosynthesis

Answer: b) Pollination

Q18. Which of the following is a traditional method of irrigation in India?
a) Drip irrigation
b) Sprinkler irrigation
c) Canal irrigation
d) Rainwater harvesting

Answer: c) Canal irrigation

Q19. Which of the following is an example of a micronutrient required by plants?
a) Nitrogen
b) Phosphorus
c) Potassium
d) Iron

Answer: d) Iron

Q20. What is the process of removing weeds from the cultivated field called?
a) Sowing
b) Harvesting
c) Weeding
d) Irrigation

Answer: c) Weeding

Q21. Which of the following is a method of storing food grains to protect them from pests and microorganisms?
a) Curing
b) Canning
c) Threshing
d) Silos

Answer: d) Silos

Q22. Which of the following is a method of fish farming?
a) Pisciculture
b) Poultry farming
c) Sericulture
d) Apiculture

Answer: a) Pisciculture

Q23. What is the process of converting milk into various dairy products called?
a) Fermentation
b) Curdling
c) Pasteurization
d) Dairy processing

Answer: d) Dairy processing

Q24. Which of the following is an example of a biofortified crop?
a) Rice enriched with vitamin A
b) Wheat enriched with iron
c) Maize enriched with vitamin C
d) Barley enriched with calcium

Answer: a) Rice enriched with vitamin A

Q25. Which one of the following is a fodder crop

(a) Maize
(b) Berseem
(c) Linseed
(d) Gram

Ans: Berseem

Q26. The rabi season crop is:

(a) Maize
(b)Paddy
(c) Wheat
(d) Cotton

Ans: Wheat

Q27. The kharif season extends from:

(a) June to October
(b) July to November
(c) November to March
(d) September to January

Ans: June to October

Q28. Hybridisation refer to crossing between:

(a) Different varieties
(b) Different genera
(c) Different species of the same genus
(d) All of these

Ans: All of these

Q29. Which nutrients soil does not provide to plants:

(a) Chlorine
(b) Carbon
(c) Carbon and oxygen
(d) Chlorine and oxygen

Ans: Carbon and oxygen

Q30. Which one of the following is micronutrient

(a) Sulphur
(b) Zinc
(c) Magnesium
(d) Calcium

Ans: Zinc

Q31. For mixed cropping which combination of crop generally not used:

(a) Wheat + gram
(b) Wheat + mustard sunflower
(c) Groundnut
(d) Wheat + maize

Ans: Wheat + maize

Q32. For increasing lactation period
which cattle breeds you would select

(a) Brown swiss + sahiwal
(b) Jersey + brown swiss
(c) Red Sindhi + sahiwal
(d) Red Sindhi + jersey

Ans: Jersey + brown swiss

Q33. Which one of the following fishes is a bottom feeder:

(a) Rohu
(b) Mrigals
(c) Catla
(d) both a and b

Ans: Mrigals

Q34. The variety of bee that is commonly used for commercial honey production is:

(a) Apis serana indica
(b) A. mellifera
(c) A. florae
(d) A. dorsata

Ans: A. mellifera

Q35. Calta, Rohu and Mrigals constitute:

(a) Fresh water fish
(b) Marina fish
(c) Brackish water fish
(d) Both a and b

Ans: Fresh water fish

Q36. Which one of the following is not a cereal crop:

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Mustard
(d) Sorghum

Ans: Mustard

Q37. Pigeon pea is a pulse commonly known as:

(a) Chana
(b) Matar
(c) Arhar
(d) Moong

Ans: Arhar

Q38. Which of the following is not a oil seed crops:

(a) Castor
(b) Soyabean
(c) Lentil
(d) Mustard

Ans: Lentil

Q39. Which of the following crop is the not raised as food for the live stock:

(a) Oats
(b) Sudan grass
(c) Berseem
(d) Linseed

Ans: Linseed

Q40. Which one of the following is not a kharif crop:

(a) Wheat
(b) Paddy
(c) Soyabean
(d) Maize

Ans: Wheat

Q41. Which one is not major group of activities for improving crops yield can be classified as:

(a) Crop variety improvement
(b) Crop transport management
(c) Crop protection management
(d) crop production management

Ans: Crop transport management

Q42. Desirable agronomic character-stice like tallness and profuse branching are characteristic of which crop:

(a) Oil
(b) Fodder
(c) cereal
(d) Rulces

Ans: Fodder

Q43. Aseel is a Desi breed of:

(a) Cow
(b) Poultry
(c) Sheep
(d) Pig

Ans: Poultry

Q44. Which one of the following is known as Rock bee:

(a) Apis cerana
(b) Apis florea
(c) Apis dorsata
(d) Apis mellifera

Ans: Apis dorsata

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