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.

Identify the reasons as to why a bee-keeper could not get enough honey with the practiced beekeeping in the garden of his home.

A. He had used chemical pesticides in his garden.
B. There were not enough flowers in the garden.
C. There were no medicinal plants growing in his garden.
D. There was no verandah in his courtyard.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A and C only

A and B only

B and C only

C and D only

Correct Answer:

A and B only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → A and B only