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    This document contains a practice paper for Class IX students on the topic of improving food resources. It includes multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like aquaculture, milch animals, sustainable agriculture, the effects of weeds, honey bee species, soil nutrients, manure composition, fertilizer pollution, and more. It also includes short answer questions defining terms like organic farming and hybridization, comparing kharif and rabi crops, describing composite fish culture, and factors for variety improvement. Further questions address cattle farming purposes, lactation periods, genetically modified crops, and interpreting a graph comparing crop yield with manure or chemical fertilizer treatment.

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    This document contains a practice paper for Class IX students on the topic of improving food resources. It includes multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like aquaculture, milch animals, sustainable agriculture, the effects of weeds, honey bee species, soil nutrients, manure composition, fertilizer pollution, and more. It also includes short answer questions defining terms like organic farming and hybridization, comparing kharif and rabi crops, describing composite fish culture, and factors for variety improvement. Further questions address cattle farming purposes, lactation periods, genetically modified crops, and interpreting a graph comparing crop yield with manure or chemical fertilizer treatment.

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    This document contains a practice paper for Class IX students on the topic of improving food resources. It includes multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like aquaculture, milch animals, sustainable agriculture, the effects of weeds, honey bee species, soil nutrients, manure composition, fertilizer pollution, and more. It also includes short answer questions defining terms like organic farming and hybridization, comparing kharif and rabi crops, describing composite fish culture, and factors for variety improvement. Further questions address cattle farming purposes, lactation periods, genetically modified crops, and interpreting a graph comparing crop yield with manure or chemical fertilizer treatment.

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    This document contains a practice paper for Class IX students on the topic of improving food resources. It includes multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like aquaculture, milch animals, sustainable agriculture, the effects of weeds, honey bee species, soil nutrients, manure composition, fertilizer pollution, and more. It also includes short answer questions defining terms like organic farming and hybridization, comparing kharif and rabi crops, describing composite fish culture, and factors for variety improvement. Further questions address cattle farming purposes, lactation periods, genetically modified crops, and interpreting a graph comparing crop yield with manure or chemical fertilizer treatment.

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    PRACTICE PAPER FOR UT-II

    CLASS IX
    TOPIC : IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD RESOURCES

    SECTION A
    1. Fish farming is isolated water bodies is called
    (a) Pisciculture (b) Mariculture (c) Aquaculture (d) none of these
    2. Milch animals are
    (a) Cows (b) Buffaloes
    (c) horses (d) increase from pole to equator
    3. 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
    4. 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.
    5. Which one of the following species of honey bee is an Italian species?
    (a) Apis dorsata (b) Apis florae
    (c) Apis cerana indica (d) Apis mellifera
    6. Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilizers?
    (a) Nitrogen (b) Phosphorus (c) Iron (d) Potassium
    7. Preventive and control measures adopted for the storage of grains include
    (a) strict cleaning (b) proper disjoining
    (c) fumigation (d) all of the above
    8. Manure is rich in ………………… and………….. hence it improves fertility of soil
    (a) Nutrients, vitamins (b) Nutrients, inorganic matter
    (c) Nutrients, organic matter (d) A and B

    CLASS IX SCIENCE 1
    9. Excess of fertilizers causes…………..
    (a) Air pollution (b) Water pollution (c) Soil pollution (d) B and C
    In the following Questions, the Assertion and Reason have been put forward. Read the
    statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
    (a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the
    Assertion.
    (b) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the
    Assertion.
    (c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
    (d) Assertion is false but the Reason is true.
    10. Assertion:- Honey bees are friends of the farmer
    Reason:- Honey bees pollinate the flowers and increase crop yield.
    11. Assertion:- Earthworm are known as farmer friend and have recently been employed to
    obtain ecofriendly “Vermi-compost.”
    Reason:- Vermicompost is rich in nitrogen, potassium and Phosphorus.
    SECTION B
    12. Define the terms:-
    (a) Organic farming (b) Hybridisation
    13. Write two differences between kharif and rabi crops.
    14. Define composite fish culture. Give examples of marine fish and fresh water fish.
    SECTION C
    15. What are the three ways of attracting plants by insect pest?
    16. Compare green manure, composting and vermicomposting.
    17. Write the factors for which variety improvement is done.
    SECTION D
    18. (a) What are the purposes of cattle farming? Differences between them.
    (b) Name an exotic cattle bread with long lactation period.
    (c) What is meant by lactation period.
    19. Define genetically modified crops. Write three differences between them.
    SECTION E
    20. Read the following passage and answer the following questions.
    Figure shows the two crop fields [Plots A and B] have been treated by manures and chemical
    fertilizers respectively, keeping other environmental factors same. Observe the graph and answer
    the following questions.

    CLASS IX SCIENCE 2
    (i) Why does plot B show sudden increase and then gradual decrease in yield?
    (ii) Why is the highest peak in plot A graph slightly delayed?
    (ii) What is the reason for the different pattern of the two graphs?
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    CLASS IX SCIENCE 3

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