Multiple choice questions: (d) Introduction of high-yielding varieties of
crops 1.Which of the following is a good source of Ans : (d) Introduction of high-yielding fodder? varieties of crops (a) Berseem 10. The practice of growing two or more (b) Lentil crops simultaneously in definite rows in the (c) Sudan grass same field is called as .......... (d) Both a and c (a) mixed cropping Ans : (d) Both a and c (b) mixed farming 2.Which of the following is a good source of (c) inter cropping fodder? (d) crop rotation (a) Berseem Ans : (c) inter cropping (b) Lentil 11.Choose the method that involves (c) Sudan grass improving crop varieties. (d) Both a and c (a) Hybridization Ans : (d) Both a and c (b) Selection 3.Identify the process of preparing manure (c) Plant breeding with the help of earthworms and kitchen (d) Introduction wastes. Ans : (c) Plant breeding (a) Green manuring 12.Plant breeding involves improving crop (b) Manuring varieties. (c) Vermicomposting Which of the following method includes (d) Farming cross-breeding Ans : (c) Vermicomposting of genetically dissimilar organisms? 4.The method by which insect pests are (a) Hybridization exposed to fumes of chemicals without (b) Selection contaminating the stored (c) Introduction food grain is called as (d) Breeding (a) spraying Ans : (a) Hybridization (b) dry storage 13.Why is a pulse crop grown in an time (c) cold storage interval between two cereal crops? (d) fumigation (a) To compensate for the loss of phosphate Ans : (d) fumigation (b) To compensate for the loss of water 5.Identify the factor which led to the Green (c) To compensate for the loss of sulphur Revolution in India. (d) To compensate for the loss of nitrogen (a) Judicious use of pesticides Ans : (d) To compensate for the loss of (b) Proper use of water nitrogen (c) Increase in land area under cultivation
IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET 14. Observe the given figure below and breeding? identify thecropping pattern. (a) Inbreeding (b) Random breeding (c) Controlled breeding (d) Artificial breeding Ans : (d) Artificial breeding Fill in the blanks 1.Chenopodium, convolvulus, amaranthus are common .......... Ans : Weeds 2.Manure and fertilizers are the main sources (a) Mixed of .......... supplied to crops. (b) Inter cropping Ans : Nutrients (c) Crop rotation 3.The growing of different crops on a piece of (d) Intra cropping land in preplanned succession is called .......... Ans : (b) Inter cropping Ans : Crop rotation 15.Which of the following correctly defines mariculture? Assertion and reasoning (a) Capturing fish from natural resources like 1. Assertion : Inter cropping prevents pests. river, sea etc. Reason : Plant pests can be controlled (b) Culturing of fish and aquatic food in biologically by reservoirs, estuaries, etc. their natural parasites and pathogens. (c) Culturing of finned fishes (mullet), Ans : (b) Both assertion and reason are true shellfish (prawn), mussels, oysters etc. as but reason is not the correct explanation of well as seaweed in marine water. assertion. (d) Culturing of fishes in marine water. 2.Assertion : Fungicides act against fungal Ans : (c) Culturing of finned fishes (mullet), pathogens. shellfish (prawn), mussels, oysters etc. as Reason : Fungicides are not harmful to well as seaweed in marine water. human beings. 16.Which type of crops are tea, coffee, Ans : (c) Assertion is true but reason is false rubber and coconut? 3. Usage of manure is advantageous for our (a) Sugar crops environment. (b) Root crops Reason : Manure contains chemical (c) Oil seed crops substances like nitrogen, phosphorus and (d) Plantation crops potassium. Ans : (d) Plantation crops Ans : (c) Assertion is true but reason is false. 17. What does ‘Livestock’ refers to? 4. Assertion : To replenish the lost nutrients (a) Pet animals in the soil, quick acting, handy nutrients are (b) Poultry and pet animals applied in the form of fertilizers. (c) Domestic animals which are kept for use Reason : Chemical fertilizer contains the or profit necessary plant nutrients. (d) None of the above Ans : (a) Both assertion and reason are true Ans : (c) Domestic animals which are kept for and reason is the correct explanation of use or Profit assertion. 18.Which one of following is more advantageous for cattle
IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET One Mark questions: Physiological processes can be affected by 1. What are genetically modified crops? deficiency of any nutrient in plants including Ans : reproduction, growth and susceptibility to A gene with required characters can diseases. introduce into a crop for its improvement is 8. Is breeding and rearing of Bombay duck called genetically modified crop. part of poultry farming or a part of 2.“Shorter the duration of the crop from pisciculture? sowing to harvesting, the more economical is Ans : the variety.” Give reason for this. It is a part of pisciculture as Bombay duck is Ans : fish not a duck. Farmers can grow more crops in a year due 9. Give technical term for milk producing to short duration of crop growth, and reduce females and farm labour animals. the cost of crop production. Ans : 3. State the difference between compost and Milk-producing females are called milch vermi- compost. animals (dairy animals), while the ones used Ans : for farm labour are called draught animals. The compost is obtained by decomposition of 10. In what way broilers, feed is different organic waste like animal excreta, plant from layers? waste, etc. naturally due to decomposition Ans : by bacteria. Broilers, feed is protein rich with adequate Vermi-compost : Red-worms are added to fat. The level of vitamins A and K is kept high organic matter in the process of in the poultry feeds. decomposition to obtain compost to fasten. This will fasten the process. Three Marks Questions: 4.State one importance of photoperiod in 1. What are the major group of agriculture. activities involved for improving of Ans : Photoperiod in agriculture provide adequate crop yields? light for flowering. 5.Name the two vitamins which are added in Ans : the poultry feed. (i) Crop variety improvement Ans : (ii) Crop production improvement Vitamins A and K. (iii) Crop protection improvement 6.Name two factors responsible for wastage 2.What are the different of grains during storage. Ans : ways/methods of hybridisation? Factors responsible for such losses are : Ans : Biotic : insects, rodents, fungi, mites and Hybridisation can be : bacteria, (i) Intervarietal – between different Abiotic : inappropriate moisture and varieties of crops temperatures in the place of storage. (ii) Interspecific – between two species 7. How does deficiency of nutrients affect the of same genus crop? (iii) Intergeneric – between two Ans : different genera
IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET 3.What are the main characters and for grain storage. required in a crop during its 6.Why Apis mellifera is adopted for improvement practices? domestication to produce honey? Ans : Ans : The useful characters that are required The Italian species of honey bee, i.e. in a crop during its improvement : Apis mellifera is adopted for its many (i) Disease resistance good qualities. They : (ii) Response to fertilizer (i) sting less (iii) Product quality (ii) have good honey collection (iv) High yield capacity 4.State the difference between macro- (iii) produce with less swarming nutrients and micro-nutrients. (iv) have ability to protect itself from Ans : enemy Macro-nutrients Micro-nutrients (v) stay in beehives for a long time 7.How do insect pests attack the plant 1. These are These are and affect it? required by required by Ans : crops in larger crops in very small Insect pests attack the plants and amount. quantity. reduces yield in three ways : 2. Six macro- Seven micro- (i) They cut the root, stem and leaf. nutrient : nutrients (ii) They suck the cell sap from various nitrogen, : iron, manganese, parts of the phosphorus, boron, zinc, plant. potassium, copper, (iii) They bore into stem and fruits. calcium, molybdenum and 8.What factors may be responsible for magnesium, chlorine. losses of grains during storage? Also sulphur mention any two preventive measures to control loss of grains during storage. Ans : Factors responsible for losses are : 5.What is organic farming? Biotic : Insects, rodents, fungi, mites Ans : and bacteria. Farming method in which no chemical Abiotic : Inappropriate moisture and fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides are temperatures in the place of storage. used. Instead of using chemical, Cleaning of the produce before farmer uses all organic matter for storage, proper drying of the produce growth of crops. first in sunlight and then in shade, and Example : Manure, neem leaves as fumigation are preventive measures to pesticides control loss of grains during storage.
IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET 9.List any six factors for which variety Ans : improvement in crops is done. Sending crop to sugar factory " Ans : Irrigation " Harvesting " Sowing " (i) Higher yield, Preparation of soil " Ploughing the (ii) Improved quality, field " Manuring Preparation of soil " (iii) Biotic and abiotic resistance, Ploughing the field " Manuring (iv) Change in maturity duration, " Sowing " Irrigation " Harvesting " (v) Wider adaptability, Sending crop to sugar factory. (vi) Desirable characteristics. 13.A group of Science Club students 10.What is the advantage of crop made a compost pit in the school, they rotation? collected all bio-degradable waste Ans : from the school canteen and used it to Rotation of crops helps in saving on prepare the compost. nitrogenous fertilizers, because (a) Name, two waste that can be used leguminous plants grown during for the compost and two wastes the rotation of crops can fix obtained from canteen which atmospheric nitrogen in cannot be used for the compost the soil with the help of nitrogen fixing making. bacteria. (b) What is the other important 11. A group of gardening club students component required for making the prepared a kitchen garden in the compost? school campus and did organic Ans : farming to grow the vegetables. Then (a) Two waste used for compost are the students presented their group vegetable peels and fruit peels. Two work in the assembly to spread waste materials that cannot be used as the awareness and make students compost are polythene bags and understand the importance of organic plastic items. products. (b) Bacteria and fungi present in soil (a) What is horticulture? are the other important component (b) What is green manure? for making compost. Ans : Five Marks Questions: (a) Hotriculture is the commercial 1.Explain different types of fisheries. production of vegetables and fruits. Ans : (b) The green plants like sun hemp are The different types of fisheries are turned intothe soil which enriches the marine fisheries; inland fisheries, soil with nitrogen and phosphorus and capture fishing, mariculture and is called green manure. aquaculture. 12.Arrange the following boxes in (i) Marine fisheries : Marine fishes are proper order to make a flow chart of caught using sugarcane crop production. IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET fishing nets. Sometimes, weedicides are also (ii) Mariculture : Marine .fishes are sprayed to kills weeds. cultured in seawater. Weeds can be controlled by different (iii) Inland fisheries : The fisheries done methods : in freshwater resources like canals, (a) Weedicides : These are the ponds, reservoirs and rivers. chemicals sprayed on the weeds to kill (iv) Capture fishing : It is done in sea- them. Excessive use is poisonous and water, estuaries and lagoons. causes environmental pollution. (v) Aquaculture : Culture of fish done (b) Mechanical removal : In this in different water bodies is called method weeds are uprooted by aquaculture. removing manually or by machines. 2.What are the practices used for dairy (c) Preventive methods : Proper seed industry? bed preparation, timely sowing of Ans : crops, intercropping and crop The practices used for dairy industry to rotation helps in weed control. get the optimum yield are : (i) Shelter : The shelter should be clean, spacious and airy. (ii) Feeding : Proper food at proper time is essential for dairy animals. (iii) Rearing of animals : Providing them proper health care and protection from pathogens, diseases and proper vaccination. (iv) Breeding : The crossing of different variety of milch animals to obtain a breed that can produce more yield of milk. 3.What are weeds? How can we control them? Give different methods of weed control. Ans : Unwanted plants which grow along with crops are called weeds. Weeds compete with crops for natural resources; like sunlight, water and nutrients. Thus, weeds hamper the growth of crops. Weeds are usually removed manually by hands and by sickles. This process is called weeding. IX-BIOLOGY-WORKSHEET
