

SAT Biology - Improvement in Food Resources
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
'Operation flood' is related to:
- (a)
Flood and disaster management
- (b)
White revolution (Milk production)
- (c)
Green revolution
- (d)
Brown revolution
The disease that is caused by a virus is
- (a)
Amoebiasis
- (b)
Anthrax
- (c)
Rabies
- (d)
Ringworm
The disease that is not caused by fungus is:
- (a)
Aspergillosis
- (b)
Cow pox
- (c)
Ringworm
- (d)
Actinomycosis
An exotic breed of poultry bird having high egg laying capacity is
- (a)
White Leghorn
- (b)
Broilers
- (c)
White Cornish
- (d)
New Hampshire
Which of these is a macro nutrient?
- (a)
Copper
- (b)
Iron
- (c)
Chlorine
- (d)
Magnesium
Pick the odd one out.
- (a)
Shoot borer
- (b)
Gujhia
- (c)
Pyrilla
- (d)
Chickpea
Which is the most important source of food and fodder
- (a)
Algae
- (b)
Fungi
- (c)
Lichen
- (d)
Cereal
Which amongest the following is a fungicide:
- (a)
2-4 D
- (b)
DDT
- (c)
Bordeaux mixture
- (d)
BHC
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
Growing two or more crops at the same time in a field is called:
- (a)
mixed farming
- (b)
mixed cropping
- (c)
farming
- (d)
intercropping
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
The science of improving crop varieties is called:
- (a)
hybridization
- (b)
selection
- (c)
plant breeding
- (d)
introduction
Plant breeding aims to produce
- (a)
disease-free varieties
- (b)
high-yielding varieties
- (c)
early-maturing varieties
- (d)
all the above
Tick the viral disease of cattle:
- (a)
Foot and mouth disease
- (b)
Anthrax
- (c)
Aspergillosis
- (d)
T.B
Males of honey bee colony are called:
- (a)
Drone
- (b)
Workers
- (c)
Soldiers
- (d)
All of the above
Cattle feed should contain
- (a)
Concentrate
- (b)
Roughage
- (c)
Both
- (d)
None of these
Plants providing nectar and pollens to the honey bee collectively called:
- (a)
Swarm
- (b)
Bee fauna
- (c)
Apiary
- (d)
Pasturage
Exotic breed of honey bee is :
- (a)
Apis dorsata
- (b)
Apis indica
- (c)
Apis florae
- (d)
Apis mellifera
Dr. V. Kurien is famous for:
- (a)
Green revolution
- (b)
White revolution
- (c)
Yellow revolution
- (d)
Blue revolution
Blue revolution is concerned with:
- (a)
Poultry farming
- (b)
Cattle farming
- (c)
Fish farming
- (d)
Bee keeping
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
Pulses are rich in :
- (a)
Proteins
- (b)
Carbohydrates
- (c)
Oils
- (d)
Vitamins and minerals
Cultivation of two or more crops together in the same field is
- (a)
Mixed cropping
- (b)
Intercropping
- (c)
Crop rotation
- (d)
All the above
The Jersey bull used exotic variety from
- (a)
USA
- (b)
UK
- (c)
Switzerland
- (d)
Holland
Buffalo's milk does not contain
- (a)
Vitamin C
- (b)
Vitamin E
- (c)
Protein
- (d)
Carbohydrate
Which one of the following is milk breed of cow?
- (a)
Nageri
- (b)
Malvi
- (c)
Gir
- (d)
Mallikar
The viral disease-ranikhet is associated with:
- (a)
Cattle
- (b)
Poultry
- (c)
Fishes
- (d)
Bees
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
Which of the following rotation of crops will reduce dependence on the use of Chemical fertilizers
- (a)
Rice and chilli
- (b)
Wheat and Potato
- (c)
Potato and Rice
- (d)
Gram and Rice
Biogas in a mixture of:
- (a)
CH4 and CO2
- (b)
CH4 and H2
- (c)
Propane and Benzene
- (d)
Nitrogen and Hydrogen