Plants as Food

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What are the three types of edible seeds? Give examples [3 MARKS]

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Write any four hybrid varieties of wheat and their characteristics.

Q. The process of removing water in the form of vapour from the leaves is called __________ .

1. nutrition

2. respiration

3. perspiration

4. transpiration

Q. Identify the cereals and pulses.
1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Bengal gram
4. Millet
5. Green mung bean
6. Chick peas

1. 3, 5, 6 are cereals and 1, 2, 4 are pulses
2. 1, 2, 3 are cereals and 4, 5, 6 are pulses
3. 1, 2, 4, 6 are cereals and 3, 5 are pulses
4. 1, 2, 4 are cereals and 3, 5, 6 are pulses

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Wheat is a staple food in North India. Explain this.

Q. Leech is an example of :

1. Bryophytes
2. Ectoparasites
3. Insectivorous
4. Saprophytes

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Are ginger and turmeric related?

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Manioc is the staple food of_______

Q. Which of the following is not a spice?

1. Black pepper
2. Fennel
3. Cardamom
4. Millet

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Rice is a subsistence crop in Orissa. In which of the following states, is rice a commercial crop?

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Canada balsam is an oleoresin obtained from _______.

1. Pinus sp

2. Abies balsamea

3. Helianthus annus

4. Impatiens balsamina

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What are the parts of the plant that you can eat?

1. Root

2. Stem

3. Leaf

4. All of these

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The cheapest high energy fruit crop in India is

1. Banana

2. Guava

3. Apple

4. Mango

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Question 04(v)

Fill up the blanks with the words given:
herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore

We get sugar from ___

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The plant from which sugar can be obtained is ___________.

1. sugarcane

2. wheat

3. rice

4. soyabean

Q. Pulses are rich sources of __________ .

1. proteins
2. carbohydrates
3. roughages
4. fats

Q. Identify the source of grains and pulses.

1. Plants
2. Animals

Q. Wheat braids bear which are edible part of wheat plant.

1. wheat kernel
2. stem
3. leaves

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The principal cereal crop in India is

1. wheat

2. rice

3. maize

4. sorghum

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Honeybee is a type of fly and has two wings.

1. False

2. True

Q. Which of the following crops have been brought to India from new world?

1. Cashewnut, potato, rubber
2. Mango, tea
3. Tea, rubber, mango
4. Coffee

Q.

Himgiri developed by hybridization and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of

1. Wheat

2. Sugarcane

3. Chili

4. Maize

Q. Before the European invader, which of the following vegetable was absent in India?

1. Potato and tomato
2. Pepper and brinjal
3. Maize and bitter gourd
4. Bitter gourd

Q. Which among the following plants belong to the legume family?

1. Potato
2. Pea
3. Onion
4. Carrot

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Which of these are ectoparasites?

1. Mice

2. Earthworms

3. Leech

4. Roundworms

Q. Look at the diagram given below and answer the following questions,
a. Soil fertility is increased by bacteria. How?
b. Honey bees are essential for the reproduction of the plants. Why?

Q. Which of the following are cereals?
(a) Chickpea and kidney bean
(b) Wheat and rice
(c) Wheat and mung dal
(d) Kidney bean and rice

Q. Among the following vegetarian food items, which one is considered to be more rich in proteins?

1. Bread
2. Rice
3. Pulses
4. Potato

Q. Lathyrism is caused by

1. Dal
2. Moth dal
3. Khesari dal
4. Glycine

Q. ___ give textile, cordage and filling fibres.

1. Ornamental plants
2. Medicinal plants
3. Timber yielding plants
4. Fibre yielding plants