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Food Production and Management - 2

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Which of the following are called social insects?

  1. Butterflies

  2. Cockroaches

  3. Bees

  4. Houseflies


Correct Option: C

Which of following microorganisms are not useful forces?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Viruses

  3. Fungi

  4. Algal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Viruses have no useful characteristic for humans.

Which of the following organisms help in digestion of cellulose in cows and goats?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Fungi

  3. Worms

  4. Protozoans


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cow and goats digest grass because of the presence of cellulose digesting bacteria in their gut.

Which of the following microorganisms are a source of penicillin?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Fungi

  3. Algal

  4. Virus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Penicillin a soil fungus is used to produce the antibiotic penicillin.

Which of the following is a cash crop?

  1. Wheat

  2. Gram

  3. Cotton

  4. Mustard


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cotton is grown for commercial purpose and is called cash crop.

Which of the following is not a kharif/Crop?

  1. Jute

  2. Maize

  3. Wheat

  4. Cotton


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Wheat is a rabi crop. It is sown after monsoons

Which of the following is derived form brown algal?

  1. Antibiotics

  2. Iodine

  3. Beverages

  4. Glue


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Some brown algal are important sources of iodine.

Which of the following microorganism act as decomposers? (i) Algal
(ii) Fungus
(iii) Bacteria
(iv) Viruses

  1. (i) and (ii)

  2. (ii) and (iii)

  3. (i) and (iii)

  4. (iii) and (iv)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fungi and bacteria feed on dead and decaying matter and are called decoposers.

What is the time of sowing of rabi crops?

  1. Around January

  2. Around March

  3. Around July

  4. Around October


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rabi crops are sown after the monsoon, around October.

Which type of soil is most fertile?

  1. Red soil

  2. Black soil

  3. Laterite soil

  4. Alluvial soil


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Alluvial soil is most fertile soil as it is loamy is texture and has plenty of humus.

Which of the following types of soil is best suited for cultivation?

  1. Loamy

  2. Clayey

  3. Sandy

  4. Alkaline


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Loamy soil is best suited for cultivation as it contains the right mixture of sand, clay and qitt.

What is the process of separating grain from chaff called?

  1. Harvesting

  2. Winnowing

  3. Sowing

  4. Threshing


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Winnowing is the process of separating the gain from the chaff that gets mixed with it during threshing.

Which of the following machine is used for harvesting?

  1. Threshers

  2. Combine

  3. Tractor

  4. Compressor


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Harvesting in small fields is done manually using sickles and in large fields, it is done with combines.

Which of the following crop is by transplantation?

  1. Onion

  2. Maize

  3. Wheat

  4. Cotton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The seeds of some crops, like onion and rice are not sown directly in the field. They are sown in sebeds first and then transplanted to field.

How is Nostoc and Anabena useful to us?

  1. They provide potash.

  2. They enrich soil with nitrogen.

  3. They are used as animal feeds.

  4. They are source of antibiotics.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Anabena and Nostoc are very useful for agricultural as they enrich the soil with nitrogen.

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