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Food: Where Does It Come From? - II

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Which of the following options is a food for buffaloes?

  1. Oil cake

  2. Frog

  3. Grasshopper

  4. Lizard


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Buffalo is a milk yielding animal which feeds on plant products like grasses, oil cakes, hay, grains, etc. 

From the following options, select the one which is matched incorrectly.

  1. Carrot : Root

  2. Tomato : Fruit

  3. Pulses : Fruit

  4. Banana : Fruit


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Carrot is the plant root which is used as food. Tomato and banana are the fruits of the plants. Pulses are the seeds of the plants. 

What is the source from which honey is prepared?

  1. Nectar of flowers

  2. Stomach of bees

  3. Juice of sugarcane

  4. Petals of flowers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Honey is prepared by the honey bees. When a honey bee sits on a flower, it sucks the nectar of the flower and converts it to honey. 

Which of the following options is incorrect?

  1. Animals that eat flesh are called carnivores.

  2. Animals that eat plants are called herbivores.

  3. Cat, human and crow are called omnivores.

  4. Hen and sheep are egg yielding animals.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Animals, according to their dietary habits, are of three types: flesh eating called carnivores, plant eating called herbivores, and both plant and flesh eating called omnivores. So, statements given in options (1) - (3) are correct. Hen is though a source of eggs but sheep is a wool yielding animal and thus, option (4) is incorrect. 

Squirrel, parrot and deer are called herbivores because they are

  1. plant eaters

  2. insect eaters

  3. flesh eaters

  4. fish eaters


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Animals according to their dietary habits are of three types; flesh eating are called carnivores, plant eating are called herbivores and both plant and flesh eating are called omnivores. 

Where do honey bees store the prepared honey?

  1. In their hives

  2. In their stomach

  3. In their mouth

  4. In the tree bark


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Honeybees live in the hives. They collect and store the honey in their hives only. 

Which among the following is an underground stem with stored food?

  1. Potato

  2. Tomato

  3. Cucumber

  4. Ground nut


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tomato and cucumber are fruits, whereas groundnut is the root of the plant. Potato is the stem of the plant growing underground and has food stored in it. 

What is honey for honey bee?

  1. Nectar

  2. Food

  3. Excretory material

  4. Waste product


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Honey is the complex substance prepared from the nectar of flowers, which act as the food source for the bees. 

What is the raising of honey bees called?

  1. Sericulture

  2. Horticulture

  3. Apiculture

  4. Floriculture


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Apiculture is the raising and care of bees.

What is the ultimate source of all food products on the earth?

  1. Animals

  2. Fruits

  3. Vegetables

  4. Plants


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the animals on the earth feed upon plants for their dietary requirements. Fruits, vegetables, leaves are all parts of the plants. So, plants is the correct option. 

Which of the following is not related to bees?

  1. Honey

  2. Nectar

  3. Hive

  4. Pollen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Honey bees prepare the honey from the nectar sucked by them. This honey is stored in their beehives. Thus, it is only pollen which is not a term related to bees. 

Which of the following options is a source of sugar?

  1. Roots of sweet potato

  2. Stem of sugarcane

  3. Nectar of sunflower

  4. Leaves of mint


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The major source of sugar is sugarcane. The stem is processed to obtain sugar. 

Which of the following food items is/are consumed by omnivores?

  1. Meat

  2. Milk

  3. Grass

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Omnivores are the animals who eat both plant and animal products, like grass, fruits, milk, meat etc. 

Which sound is produced by bees?

  1. Buzzing

  2. Hissing

  3. Chattering

  4. Humming


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bees produce a particular sound known as buzzing sound. 

What are the animals that consume flesh called?

  1. Decomposers

  2. Herbivores

  3. Carnivores

  4. Scavangers


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Animals according to their dietary habits are of three types; flesh eating are called carnivores, plant eating are called herbivores and eating both plant and flesh are called omnivores. 

Which of the following groups of animals is not consumed traditionally as meat in our country?

  1. Fish, cock and rabbit

  2. Crab, prawn and pigeon

  3. Lizard, dog and cat

  4. Sheep, goat and pig


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sheep, goat, pig, crab, prawn, fish, cock etc. are the meat yielding animals. The meat obtained from them is widely used in our country. Lizard, dog and cat are not the traditional meat yielding animals in India. 

Elephant and rabbit feed on _______ products.

  1. plant

  2. animal

  3. honey

  4. pulses


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Elephant and rabbit are herbivores animals and feed on grassy plants. 

______ is not a food for buffalo.

  1. Milk

  2. Hay

  3. Grass

  4. Oil cake


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Buffalo is a milk yielding animal which feeds on plant products like grass, oil cakes, hay and grains etc. Thus, milk is not a part of its diet. 

Select the omnivores animal from the given options.

  1. Wolves

  2. Elephant

  3. Bear

  4. Deer


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Omnivore animals feed on both plant and animal products. Wolf is a carnivore and elephant and deer are herbivores. Bear feeds on both plant and animal products. Thus, bear is an omnivore. 

Which of the following options is/are not eaten by house lizard?

  1. Cricket

  2. Grain

  3. Flies

  4. Small insects


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

House lizard is carnivorous (insectivorous) i.e. feeds upon small insects, cricket, flies etc. Grains are plant products and are not a part of house lizard's diet. 

A parrot prefers to eat ____.

  1. grains

  2. insects

  3. flies

  4. flowers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Parrot is a herbivore which feeds on plant products like grains, chillies etc. Insect and flies are the small animals and do not make a component of a parrot's diet. 

Animals that eat plants as well as animals are called ______.

  1. scavengers

  2. omnivores

  3. herbivores

  4. carnivores


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Animals according to their dietary habits are of three types; flesh eating are called carnivores, plant eating are called herbivores and eating both plant and flesh are called omnivores. 

To which group do humans, bears and crows belong?

  1. Decomposers

  2. Omnivores

  3. Herbivores

  4. Carnivores


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Humans, bears and crows feed on both plant and animal products and are thus, known as omnivores. 

Cow eats plant products as it is a ________ animal.

  1. dairy

  2. herbivores

  3. carnivores

  4. omnivores


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The animals which eat only plant products are known as herbivores. 

Lion eats ______ because it is a _______.

  1. meat, omnivore

  2. flesh, carnivore

  3. plants, carnivore

  4. dead bodies, omnivore


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lion is a flesh eating animal, so is known as carnivore. 

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