Olympiad – Class VIII – Science - Bio - Food Production and Mangement

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Question - 1

Identify the term that is used to describe the science or practice of growing crops and covers all the activities of animals and cultivation.

  • A Animal husbandry
  • B Horticulture
  • C  Agriculture
  • D Nurseries

Question - 2

Which of the following words would complete the given sequence?

  • A Broadcasting
  • B Transplanting
  • C Manuring
  • D Drilling

Question - 3

Which of the following are the uses of machinery in agriculture?

  • A Increase the quantity of crop yield.
  • B Get the job done faster.
  • C  Reduce the dependency on human and animal labour.
  • D Both (B) and (C)

Question - 4

Which of the following processes involves transferring and combination of desirable characteristic features into plants and multiply them?

  • A Eugenics
  • B Plant breeding
  • C Genetic engineering
  • D Crop improvement

Question - 5

Which of these is the correct sequence of steps to develop a new plant variety?
P - Evaluation
Q - Multiplication of improved seeds
R - Selection
S - Distribution of improved seeds
T - Development of gene variation

  • A T, R, P,Q, S
  • B R,T,P,Q,S
  • C S, Q, P, R, T
  • D P, Q, R, T, S

Question - 6

Which of the following helps in improving the quantity of food production?

  • A Pesticides.
  • B Synthetic hormones.
  • C Education and guidance to consumers.
  • D Optimum use of land for agriculture

Question - 7

Which of these parts has nitrogen fixing bacteria in legumes?

  • A Leaves
  • B Flowers
  • C Root nodules
  • D Stems

Question - 8

Which of the following are examples of an integrated cultivation system?

  • A Breeding livestock on oil palm plantations
  • B Breeding small fishes in paddy fields
  • C Planting many types of crops on a small area
  • D Both (A) and (B)

Question - 9

Which of the following factors are utilised to increase food production and to meet the demand of an increasing population?

  • A Practicing efficient land management and development.
  • B Continuous research to ensure sustainable development.
  • C Using more pesticides to control pests.
  • D Both (A) and (B)

Question - 10

Which of the following are considered as modern technology in agriculture?

  • A Genetic engineering is used to produce high quality traits in livestock and poultry
  • B Application of synthetic chemicals to improve soil fertility
  • C Using agromachinery for planting, harvesting and collecting agriculture produce
  • D All the above