CBSE Class 9 - Science - SA1 - IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES - BEE KEEPING (Q and A)

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES
BEE KEEPING

Q & A

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Q1: Name the insect which produces food eaten by man?

Answer: Honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. It generates honey which has medicinal, nutritional and cosmetic value.


Q2(CBSE 2012): What are the common names of Apis dorsata, Apis Florae and Apis cerena Indica?

Answer: A. dorsata : Rock bee
A. Flora   : Little bee
A. cerena Indica: Indian bee


Q 3(CBSE 2012): Name the talian bee variety imported to India for honey? State the reasons for this?

Answer: Apis mellifera: Italian bee variety has also been brought in to increase yield of honey for the following reasons:
1. These bees have high honey collecting capacity
2. They sting less
3. Stay in beehive for longer periods.
4. Breeds very well.


Q4: Define 'Apiculture'  or 'Bee Keeping'.

Answer: The scientific method of rearing honeybees for honey and wax is called ‘Apiculture’ or ‘Bee keeping’.


Q5: Are bees social insects?

Answer: Yes. They live in colonies (bee hive), exhibit team work and have division of labour.

CBSE Class 9 - SA1 - Maths - Lines and Angles (Questions and Answers)

Lines and Angles 

(Questions and Answers)

 

Here follows few questions that have asked in previous examination papers.

CBSE Class 9 - English (C) - The Road Not Taken - Summary (#eduvictors)

The Road Not Taken

Summary

The poem is a metaphor about the dilemma of making decisions that we have to make in our lives.

Poet: Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963)

Summary

It was autumn and the leaves had turned yellow. The poet or the traveller was passing through a wood. He stood at a place where the road forked into two different directions. The roads were covered with yellow leaves. It appeared nobody had passed through these roads since morning. The port was in a fix which road to take. He could choose only one path. He glanced at both the roads. One of the roads bent in the bushes while the other one was grassy. Fewer people had travelled by that road. He chose to walk on that road. He kept the other road for some other day though he did not hope to come back to that place again.

CBSE Class 9 - Maths - SA1 - Polynomials (Problems Usually Asked)

Polynomials 

Problems Asked in SA1 Papers

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Q1: Solve the following question using factor theorem.



Q2:

CBSE Class 10 - Maths - SA1 - Problems on Trigonometric Identities

 Problems on Trigonometric Identities

Solve the following using trigonometric identities

Q1:

Q2:

CBSE Class 9 English - Unit 6 - The Brook (Questions and Answers)

The Brook 

(Questions and Answers asked in exam papers in previous years.)

Q1: Where does the the brook come from? Where is it destined to be?


Answer: The brook starts its journey from dwelling place of birds (such as coot and hern) in the hills. Finally it flows into the overflowing river.


Q2: What is the message of the poem about life?

Answer: The poem tells that life is eternal.


Q3: How does the brook behave at the origin?

Answer: At the origin, the brook is happy, bubbly and full of noise like a small child.


Q4: Who is the poet of poem 'The Brook'? What parallelism does he draw in his poem?

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson is the poet. He draws a parallelism between the journey of the brook with the life of a man.

CBSE Class 9 - Lines and Angles (Worksheet-2)

Lines and Angles (Worksheet-2)

Question: Fill in the blanks

1. Three or more points said to be __________ if there is a line which contains all these points.


2. Two lines are called ___________ lines, if they have common point.


3. Three or more lines intersecting at the same point are called as ____________ lines.


4. An angle whose measure is less than 90° is called _________ angle.


5. An angle whose measure is 90° is called _________ angle.


6. An angle whose measure is more than 90° but less than 180°, is called _______ angle.