Q (1): Assertion : Bee keeping is done to get honey and wax.             Reason : Honey is the most nutritional food.

  Q (2): Assertion : Our natural resources are damaged due to human activities.

  Reason :Due to the revolution natural resources are getting used more intensively.

   Q (3): Assertion : One way of incorporating desirable characters into crop varieties is by hybridisation.                                                                        

Reason : Hybridisation refers to crossing between genetically dissimilar plants.

  Q (4): Assertion : Honey is widely used and therefore beekeeping for making honey has become an agricultural enterprise.                  

 Reason : Hybridisation refers to crossing between genetically similar plants.

  Q (5): Assertion : For commercial honey production, bee farms or apiaries are established.                                                                      Reason :  The value or quality of honey depends upon the pasturage, or the flowers available to the bees for nectar and pollen collection.

Q (6): Assertion : As marine fish stocks get further depleted, the demand for more fish can only be met by such culture fisheries, a practice called mariculture.

 Reason : Fresh water resources include canals, ponds, reservoirs and rivers.

    Q (7): Assertion : Fish is a cheap source of animal protein for our food.         

 Reason - Fish production includes the finned true fish as well as shellfish such as prawns and molluscs.

   Q (8): Assertion : The water source of the fish can be either seawater or fresh water, such as in rivers and ponds.                                               

Reason : Fishing can thus be done both by capture and culture of fish in marine and freshwater ecosystems.

  Q (9): Assertion : Broiler chickens are fed with vitamin-rich supplementary feed for good growth rate and better feed efficiency.                               

Reason : Care is taken to avoid mortality and to maintain feathering and carcass quality.

Q (10): Assertion : Poultry farming is undertaken to raise domestic fowl for egg production and chicken meat.                                                       

Reason :  Improved poultry breeds are developed and farmed to produce layers for eggs and broilers for meat.

  Q (11): Assertion : Cattle need balanced rations containing all nutrients in proportionate amounts.                                                      Reason : Fresh water resources does not include canals, ponds, reservoirs and rivers.

Q (12): Assertion : Milk production can be increased by increasing the cattle population.                                            

 Reason : Exotic or foreign breeds are selected for long lactation periods, while local breeds show excellent resistance to diseases.

Q (13): Assertion: Milk-producing females are called draught animals (dairy animals), while the ones used for farm labour are called milch animals.                                                                      

Reason: Milk production depends, to some extent, on the duration of the lactation period.

  Q (14): Assertion : Cattle husbandry is done for two purposes— milk and draught labour for agricultural work such as tilling, irrigation and carting.                                                                        

  Reason : Indian cattle belong to two different species, Bos indicus, cows, and Bos bubalis, buffaloes.

Q (15): Assertion : Animal-based farming includes cattle, goat, sheep, poultry and fish farming.              

Reason : As the population increases and as living standards increase, the demand for milk, eggs and meat is also going up.