Mix Example - IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES Questions in English

The method of incorporating desirable characters into crop varieties is by

The changes brought by biotic and abiotic factors in food grains that are not stored properly include:

Cattle husbandry is done for the following purposes:
$(i)$ Milk production
$(ii)$ Agricultural work
$(iii)$ Meat production
$(iv)$ Egg production

Which of the following are Indian cattle?
$(i)$ Bos indicus
$(ii)$ Bos domestica
$(iii)$ Bos bubalis
$(iv)$ Bos vulgaris

Which of the following are exotic breeds of cattle?

Poultry farming is undertaken to raise the following:
$(i)$ Egg production
$(ii)$ Feather production
$(iii)$ Chicken meat
$(iv)$ Milk production

The oil-yielding plant among the following is:

Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilizers?

Which one of the following fish variety is a surface feeder?

Which of the following is raised as food for the livestock?

Find out the wrong statement from the following:

To solve the food problem of the country,which among the following is necessary?

The preventive and control measures which are used before grains are stored for future use include:

Poultry fowl are susceptible to the following pathogens:

Animal feed includes vitamins and proteins mainly.

$A$ healthy animal feeds regularly and has an abnormal posture.

The level of vitamins $A$ and $K$ is kept high in poultry feeds.

The housing, nutritional and environmental requirements of broilers are somewhat different from those of egg layers.

The ration (daily food requirement) for broilers is carbohydrate-rich with adequate minerals.

Pomphret,mackerel,tuna,sardines and Bombay duck are the popular freshwater fish varieties.

Bhetki,mullets,pearl spots and prawns are some of marine fish of high economic value.

Freshwater resources include canals,ponds,reservoirs and rivers.

The value and quality of honey depend upon the pasturage,or the flowers available to the bees for nectar and pollen collection.

The kind of flowers available determines the taste of honey.

$A$ teacher mentioned organisms that enrich the soil with nutrients. Rahila was curious to know more about them. She searched the internet and learned about $Rhizobium$ bacteria and cyanobacteria.
$(i)$ What are bio-fertilizers?
$(ii)$ Explain how any one of the organisms mentioned above enriches the soil with nutrients.
$(iii)$ Why was Rahila curious to get more information?

Paras visited a poultry farm with his younger brother,who was perturbed to see that the caretakers were feeding them with grains left in the harvested field which humans cannot consume. Paras explained to him that it would not harm them.
$(i)$ List the two major purposes of poultry farming.
$(ii)$ Name an indigenous and an exotic poultry breed.
$(iii)$ Why was Paras' brother perturbed?

The government was setting up a school in the village. In the panchayat,Vinod,who had just completed his class $X$,suggested that the children should be taught about different agricultural practices and the use of modern technology in them. The Sarpanch liked the idea and arranged for the same.
$(a)$ Children were taught that wheat cannot be grown in the kharif season. Why?
$(b)$ Mention the desirable agronomic character for cereals.
$(c)$ Do you support the suggestion to the Sarpanch? Mention any two values for which Vinod is worth admiration.

To get a better yield,Jaikishan increased the use of pesticides and fertilizers. Though in the initial years he got higher yield,after that,it declined. He was much worried. His friend Mahesh persuaded him to abandon this practice and start using organic manure.
$(i)$ Why are fertilizers used in a field?
$(ii)$ State the possible reason for the decline in yield.
$(iii)$ List two values shown by Mahesh.

In India,about $45 \%$ of the cultivated area is unirrigated,and scarce rainfall often causes crop failure,leading to drought-like conditions. This situation motivated villagers to use rainwater harvesting and watershed management.
$(i)$ What is meant by irrigation?
$(ii)$ List two different kinds of irrigation systems which can be adopted to supply water to agricultural land.
$(iii)$ What values does Rajan possess which helped villagers overcome their problem?

When Ashok visited his village,he observed that villagers were suffering from malnutrition. To curb malnutrition in the village,he suggested they select five or six fish species in a pond. This increased the fish yield from the pond. The villagers were surprised to see the results and asked him to help with the other two ponds in the village.
$(i)$ What name is given to this intensive fish farming?
$(ii)$ Write the basis on which the different fish species are selected.
$(iii)$ Ashok's initiative is worth praising. Give two reasons.

Balwinder was a small farmer. As his field was rain-fed,he could not take the risk of growing specialized crops. He used to mix the seeds of two crops and sow them in the field. Kaku,his son who passed class $IX$,suggested growing two or more crops simultaneously in a definite pattern. Balwinder followed this,and the productivity per unit area increased.
$(i)$ Name the cropping pattern which Balwinder used earlier and the one suggested by Kaku.
$(ii)$ Write two advantages of practicing the pattern suggested by Kaku.
$(iii)$ Write two values displayed by Kaku.

$(i)$ Mr. Ramdin,an educated farmer,convinces his friends to use fertilizers judiciously. Why?
$(ii)$ Which two values of Ramdin impress you?

Sitaram,an educated farmer,convinces his friends to use manure instead of fertilizers in their fields. List any two advantages that the farmers will get if they accept this advice. How does the excessive use of fertilizers affect the environment? Which values of Sitaram are depicted by his efforts?

Once Ram's mother Sunita went to her friend's home along with Ram. On visiting there,Ram saw a wet khus-khus screen hung at the door of the room. He asked his mother why they had hung this screen,and his mother answered that it keeps the room cool. Ram was satisfied and smiled.
$(a)$ According to you,what qualities are possessed by Ram?
$(b)$ How does a wet khus-khus screen hung at the door keep the room cool?

Sameer once went to his granny's home with his family and he saw his granny serving water from an earthen pot and was surprised to see that and asked granny why she has kept that earthen pot for storing water. His granny then answered him that it keeps the water cool during summers,he then smiled and thanked her.
$(a)$ According to you,how does water kept in an earthen pot become cool during summers?
$(b)$ What kind of qualities are shown by Sameer?

Once Ravi and Aman were cooking rice in the kitchen and accidentally Aman's hand got a severe burn while opening the lid of the cooking vessel. Immediately,Ravi applied ice on his hand,then applied an ointment,and told him to cook carefully as he had been hurt by steam,and steam causes more severe burns. Aman thanked Ravi and smiled.
$(a)$ According to you,what kind of qualities are shown by Ravi?
$(b)$ How does steam produce more severe burns than boiling water?

Jessica saw her mother rotating a milk churner in a container of milk. She was surprised and asked her mother why she was doing that. Her mother smiled and explained that she was separating cream from milk,which would be used in various dishes.
$(a)$ What kind of qualities are shown by Jessica's mother?
$(b)$ How is cream easily separated from milk by a milk churner?

While making shikanjwi,Savy was aware of which substances to use,added sugar,salt,and water in different amounts,and mixed them thoroughly. She was amazed as it tasted the same throughout.
$(a)$ According to you,what qualities are possessed by Savy?
$(b)$ Why do you think shikanjwi tastes the same throughout?

Ram's teacher was showing the structure of a cell under a compound microscope,highlighting different parts like the cell wall,cell membrane,and nucleus. The teacher explained the difference between plant and animal cells,noting that the cell wall is found only in plant cells. Everyone observed the structure carefully and understood its structural importance.
$(a)$ What kind of qualities are shown by Ram?
$(b)$ Why is the cell called the structural and functional unit of life?

Ria was studying about $DNA$ in her textbook,learning that $DNA$ molecules are responsible for constructing and organizing cells and are present as part of chromatin material in the nucleus to transfer hereditary information. Ria was confused about how she could know if she possesses all the hereditary information from her parents. Her mother explained that through their hair or cells,the $DNA$ of parents and a child can be matched.
$(a)$ What kind of qualities are shown by Ria's mother?
$(b)$ In which part of a cell is $DNA$ found? State its function.

While studying about irrigation in her textbook,Bhanika read that proper irrigation is very important for the success of crops. Ensuring that the crops get water at the right stages during their growing season can increase the expected yields of any crop. She then thought about how irrigation is necessary in daily life,and considered sources like wells,rivers,and tanks as irrigation systems. She also shared this knowledge about irrigation systems with her friends.
$(a)$ According to you,what kind of qualities are seen in Bhanika?
$(b)$ Explain how rivers are an effective irrigation system.

Sid went to market to buy foodgrains for his home and on returning when his mother found the grains discoloured and of low and poor quality,she returned them back to the vendor. The vendor told Sid's mother that it was due to the storage loss of the grains that resulted in their poor quality and gave her the good quality grains.
$(a)$ What kind of qualities are shown by Sid's mother?
$(b)$ What could be the control measures to prevent this storage loss?

Anil's father was getting late for a function which he had to attend with his family. He started driving very fast and very close to the vehicle in front of theirs. Anil told his father that he should not do so as in case of any emergency,an accident could occur. He explained this to his father in detail. His father got convinced and started driving within the permissible limit and maintained a good gap between his car and the vehicle ahead of him.
$(a)$ What might Anil have explained to his father to convince him?
$(b)$ What are the values shown by Anil?

Chetan's father wanted to buy a car. He visited many showrooms to find out the price and the specifications of various cars. In one of the showrooms,he was told by the salesman that their car had excellent brakes such that the car stops instantaneously. Chetan's father was impressed and decided to buy that car. In the evening,he discussed this with his family. Chetan told his father that such a car cannot be made and the salesman had lied to him. He told his father that he should not buy that car and,moreover,never from that showroom. He explained to his father why it is not possible. His father was convinced and promised to visit another showroom and be careful this time.
$(a)$ What might have been the explanation given by Chetan to convince his father?
$(b)$ What values do you see in Chetan?

Two average students, Ram and Shyam, were discussing the following graphs in the class:
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The question relating to the graphs was to identify which one of them was not possible. Ram and Shyam agreed that graphs $A, B$ and $C$ were not possible. But Shyam said that graph $D$ is possible, while Ram said that it is also not possible. Since their teacher was on leave, they could not ask her. Seeing this, Ratan, who was very intelligent, came to their rescue. He told Shyam that graph $D$ was also not possible.
$(a)$ Do you think that Ratan is right? If so, why is graph $D$ not possible?
$(b)$ What values are imbibed by Ratan?

Mohan and Virender were discussing the following problem: $A$ boy kicks a football high into the air. He runs and catches the football before it hits the ground. Which of the two,the boy or the football,has had greater displacement? Mohan was of the opinion that the football has travelled into the air and back,while the boy and the ball have covered the same displacement. Virender told him that it is not true. Both of them discussed and sorted the matter between them.
$(a)$ Who do you think is right,Mohan or Virender?
$(b)$ What are the values you see in Raman?

Two friends,Girish and Neeraj,were discussing Newton's third law. They were perplexed about how action and reaction are equal and opposite. They could not think of an experiment by which they could ascertain this fact. Pushkar,who was their friend,told them that he would set up an experiment to prove this to them. By performing an experiment,Pushkar demonstrated the law.
$(a)$ Can you think of an experiment by which you can demonstrate this law?
$(b)$ What values do you think Pushkar has?

It is observed that the number of asthmatic patients is increasing day by day. It is due to urbanization,industrialization,and excessive use of vehicles. Sidak's mother took some initiatives to reduce this problem. She,along with her son and his friends,prepared data on the destinations colony people visit,the different routes taken,and the timings of their jobs,and arranged for carpooling.
$(a)$ Explain the reason for the growing number of asthmatic patients.
$(b)$ Explain the values shown by Sidak's mother.
$(c)$ Suggest other methods to reduce this problem.

$A$ little baby was playing in a park with his maid. Suddenly,he fell down and got a minor injury. The maid applied tincture of iodine on the wound.
$(a)$ Why did she apply tincture of iodine on the wound?
$(b)$ Name the solute and solvent present in tincture of iodine.
$(c)$ Enlist the values shown by the maid.