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SAT Biology - Improvement in Food Resources

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

1 )

'Operation flood' is related to:

(a)
Flood and disaster management
(b)
White revolution (Milk production)
(c)
Green revolution
(d)
Brown revolution

2 )

The disease that is caused by a virus is

(a)
Amoebiasis
(b)
Anthrax
(c)
Rabies
(d)
Ringworm

3 )

The disease that is not caused by fungus is:

(a)
Aspergillosis
(b)
Cow pox
(c)
Ringworm
(d)
Actinomycosis

4 )

An exotic breed of poultry bird having high egg laying capacity is

(a)
White Leghorn
(b)
Broilers
(c)
White Cornish
(d)
New Hampshire

5 )

Which of these is a macro nutrient?

(a)
Copper
(b)
Iron
(c)
Chlorine
(d)
Magnesium

6 )

Pick the odd one out.

(a)
Shoot borer
(b)
Gujhia
(c)
Pyrilla
(d)
Chickpea

7 )

Which is the most important source of food and fodder

(a)
Algae
(b)
Fungi
(c)
Lichen
(d)
Cereal

8 )

Which amongest the following is a fungicide:

(a)
2-4 D
(b)
DDT
(c)
Bordeaux mixture
(d)
BHC

9 )

Heat of damp grain in storage occurs due to :

(a)
Infestation
(b)
Decrease in atmoshperic
(c)
Decrease in humidity
(d)
High moisture content and growth of moulds

10 )

Growing two or more crops at the same time in a field is called:

(a)
mixed farming
(b)
mixed cropping
(c)
farming
(d)
intercropping

11 )

The practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in definite rows in the same field is called

(a)
mixed cropping
(b)
mixed farming
(c)
intercropping
(d)
farming

12 )

The science of improving crop varieties is called:

(a)
hybridization
(b)
selection
(c)
plant breeding
(d)
introduction

13 )

Plant breeding aims to produce

(a)
disease-free varieties
(b)
high-yielding varieties
(c)
early-maturing varieties
(d)
all the above

14 )

Tick the viral disease of cattle:

(a)
Foot and mouth disease
(b)
Anthrax
(c)
Aspergillosis
(d)
T.B

15 )

Males of honey bee colony are called:

(a)
Drone
(b)
Workers
(c)
Soldiers
(d)
All of the above

16 )

Cattle feed should contain

(a)
Concentrate
(b)
Roughage
(c)
Both
(d)
None of these

17 )

Plants providing nectar and pollens to the honey bee collectively called:

(a)
Swarm
(b)
Bee fauna
(c)
Apiary
(d)
Pasturage

18 )

Exotic breed of honey bee is :

(a)
Apis dorsata
(b)
Apis indica
(c)
Apis florae
(d)
Apis mellifera

19 )

Dr. V. Kurien is famous for:

(a)
Green revolution
(b)
White revolution
(c)
Yellow revolution
(d)
Blue revolution

20 )

Blue revolution is concerned with:

(a)
Poultry farming
(b)
Cattle farming
(c)
Fish farming
(d)
Bee keeping

21 )

Catla and Rohu are the examples of:

(a)
Exotic freshwater fishes
(b)
Indigenous freshwater fishes
(c)
Indigenous marine water fishes
(d)
Exotic marine water fishes

22 )

Pulses are rich in :

(a)
Proteins
(b)
Carbohydrates
(c)
Oils
(d)
Vitamins and minerals

23 )

Cultivation of two or more crops together in the same field is

(a)
Mixed cropping
(b)
Intercropping
(c)
Crop rotation
(d)
All the above

24 )

The Jersey bull used exotic variety from

(a)
USA
(b)
UK
(c)
Switzerland
(d)
Holland

25 )

Buffalo's milk does not contain

(a)
Vitamin C
(b)
Vitamin E
(c)
Protein
(d)
Carbohydrate

26 )

Which one of the following is milk breed of cow?

(a)
Nageri
(b)
Malvi
(c)
Gir
(d)
Mallikar

27 )

The viral disease-ranikhet is associated with:

(a)
Cattle
(b)
Poultry
(c)
Fishes
(d)
Bees

28 )

Which of the following statements is incorrect

(a)
Pesticides on entering the food chain, accumulate in high amount in the bodies of higher predators which causes damage to the ecosystem
(b)
Blood in arteries has more oxygen than blood in veins, except for the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins
(c)
When blood is spinned in a centrifuge to separate plasma from the blood cells (RBCs, WBCs platelets etc.), blood cells constitute the supernatant and plasma constitutes the pellet
(d)
Poultry is India's most efficient converter of low-fibre food stuff (which is unfit for human consumption) into highly nutritious protein food

29 )

Which of the following rotation of crops will reduce dependence on the use of Chemical fertilizers