Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Strategies for enhancement in Food production

Question:

Read the paragraph given below and answer the question.

Bee-keeping is the maintenance of hives of honeybees for the production of honey. Honey is a food of high nutritive value and also finds use in the indigeneous systems of medicine. Honeybee also produces beewax, which finds many uses in industry, such as in the preparation of cosmetics and polishes of various kinds. The increased demand of honey has led to large-scale beekeeping practices: it has become an established income generating industry, whether practiced on a small scale or on a large scale.

Bee-keeping can be practiced in any area where there are sufficient bee pastures. There are several species of honeybees which can be reared. Beehives can be kept in one's courtyard. on the verandah of the house or even on the roof.

Bees help the farmers by:

Options:

Visiting pesticide free plants

Decreasing crop yield

Pollinating Crops

Collecting nector

Correct Answer:

Pollinating Crops

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Pollinating Crops