Chapter 15
Improvement In Food Resources
MCQs
Q 1.: Cereal plants like wheat, rice, maize and barley are rich in
(A) Carbohydrates
(B) Proteins
(C) Minerals
(D) Fats
Option – A
Q 2.: The branch of agriculture dealing with rearing and management of crop plants is called
(A) Horticulture
(B) Agronomy
(C) Olericulture
(D) Apiculture
Option – B
Q 3.: This is not an oilseed crop.
(A) Sesame
(B) Linseed
(C) Pigeon pea
(D) Sunflower
Option – C
Q 4.: The objective of crop varietal improvement is
(A) To increase crop yield
(B) To improve crop quality
(C) To develop stress-resistant variety
(D) All of these
Option – D
Q 5.: Which one is not a cereal crop?
(A) Millet
(B) Maize
(C) Mango
(D) Wheat
Option – C
Q 6.: Pusa lerma is an improved variety of
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Maize
(D) Mustard
Option – B
Q 7.: Legume crop is sown before a cereal crop
(A) To improve the crop variety
(B) To maintain soil fertility
(C) To have two crops in a year
(D) All of these
Option – B
Q 8.: Increase in the yield of oillseed crop resulted in
(A) Golden revolution
(B) Yellow revolution
(C) White revolution
(D) Blue revolution
Option – B
Q 9.: Sustainable agriculture involves
(A) Crop rotation
(B) Mixed cropping
(C) Intercropping
(D) All of these
Option – D
Q 10.: High-yielding varieties need
(A) Higher dose of fertiliser
(B) More irrigation
(C) Higher temperature
(D) Low moisture level
Option – A
Q 11.: The common biofertilizers used in organic farming are
(A) Green manure
(B) Cyanobacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria
(C) Neem
(D) Pyrethrum
Option – B
Q 12.: The animal used for preparing vermicompost is a/an
(A) Insect
(B) Protozoan
(C) Earthworm
(D) Mollusks
Option – C
Q 13.: Hairy leaves of many plants are associated with;
(A) Resistance to Bacteria
(B) Resistance to Fungi
(C) Resistance to Virus
(D) Resistance to Insect Pest
Option – D
Q 14.: Methods used to obtain high-yielding variety with other desirable traits are
(A) Introduction
(B) Selection
(C) Hybridization
(D) Both (a) and (b)
Option – D
Q 15.: Crop rotation protects crops from
(A) Soil-borne pathogens
(B) Seed-borne pathogens
(C) Weeds and pests
(D) All of these
Option – D
Q 16.: Which of the following is not correct about intercropping?
(A) It increases soil fertility.
(B) It reduces chances of pest infestation
(C) It provides chances of mixing the produce of different crops growing simultaneously.
(D) It helps in better utilization of resources.
Option – C
Q 17.: The chicken reared especially to obtain meat are called
(A) Broiler
(B) Cock
(C) Layer
(D) Hen
Option – A
Q 18.: Weeds affect the crop plants by;
(A) Seeds of weeds germinate earlier
(B) Weed seedlings grow faster
(C) Weeds utilise the same resources as needed by crop plants.
(D) All of these
Option – D
Q 19.: This constituent of honey acts as preservative.
(A) Formic acid
(B) Dextrin
(C) Pantothenic acid
(D) Pyridoxin
Option – A
Q 20.: Which one of the following is not a milch breed of cattle?
(A) Sahiwal
(B) Malvi
(C) Tharparkar
(D) Red Sindhi
Option – B
Q 21.: Rinderpest disease in cattle is caused by
(A) Bacteria
(B) Virus
(C) A protozoan
(D) An insect
Option – B
Q 22.: Several embryos can be produced at a time in a single cow by the process of
(A) Hybridisation
(B) Artificial insemination
(C) Random Mating
(D) Embryo transfer technique
Option – D
Q 23.: Frieswal is a cross breed between
(A) Sahiwal and Brown Swiss
(B) Sahiwal and Holstein-Friesian
(C) Tharparkar and Holstein-Friesian
(D) Ongole and Jersey
Option – B
Q 24.: Exotic breed of poultry having highest egg laying capacity is
(A) White leghorn
(B) White cornish
(C) New Hampshire
(D) Plymouth
Option – A
Q 25.: Lactation period is maximum in
(A) Frieswal
(B) Sahiwal
(C) Holstein-Friesian
(D) Karan-Swiss
Option – C
Q 26.: Egg layer varieties of poultry lay eggs up to
(A) 500 days
(B) 365 days
(C) 260 days
(D) 700 days
Option – A
Q 27.: Father of White Revolution in India is
(A) Kurien
(B) Swaminathan
(C) Khush
(D) Rao
Option – A
Q 28.: Maximum milk yielding buffalo is
(A) Nagpuri
(B) Surti
(C) Mehsana
(D) Murrah
Option – D
Q 29.: An exotic breed of cattle is
(A) Ongole
(B) Halliker
(C) Jersey
(D) Sahiwal
Option – C
Q 30.: Which one is an oil yielding plant among the following?
(A) Lentil
(B) Sunflower
(C) Cauliflower
(D) Hibiscus
Option – B
Q 31.: Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?
(A) Rice
(B) Millets
(C) Sorghum
(D) Gram
Option – D
Q 32.: To solve 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
Option – D
Q 33.: Which one of the following species of honeybee is an Italian species?
(A) Apis mellifera
(B) Apis Florae
(C) Apis cerana Indica
(D) Apis dorsata
Option – A
Q 34.: Which one of the following fishes is a surface feeder?
(A) Rohus
(B) Catlas
(C) Common carps
(D) Mrigals
Option – B
Q 35.: which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilisers ?
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Phosphorus
(C) Iron
(D) Potassium
Option – C
Q 36.: Preventive and control measures adopted for the storage of grains include
(A) Strict cleaning
(B) Proper disjoining
(C) Fumigation
(D) All of the above
Option – D
Q 37.: Rohu and catla are types of
(A) Freshwater fish
(B) Marine water fish
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(D) None of these
Option – A
Q 38.: Pasturage is related to
(A) Cattle
(B) Fishery
(C) Apiculture
(D) Sericulture
Option – C
Q 39.: Leghorn is related to
(A) Apiculture
(B) Dairy farming
(C) Pisciculture
(D) Poultry
Option – D
Q 40.: What is the process of growing two or more crops in a definite pattern?
(A) Crop rotation
(B) Inter-cropping
(C) Mixed cropping
(D) Organic cropping
Option – B