Biology Multiple Choice Questions on “Food Production Strategies – Pisciculture”.
1. Which of the following is the characteristic feature of Fin fishery?
a) Rearing of animals having fins
b) Rearing of animals living only in freshwater
c) Rearing of animals living only in marine water
d) Rearing of aquatic plants
Answer: a
Clarification: Fin fishery is the capture, management and exploitation of aquatic animals having paired or unpaired fins. They are broadly divided into cartilaginous and bony fishes. Cartilaginous fishes occur exclusively in the sea which also contains a number of bony fishes.
2. Which of the following is the characteristic feature of Shell fishery?
a) Rearing of fishes
b) Rearing of only bony fishes
c) Rearing of aquatic animals having an outer shell
d) Rearing of cartilaginous fishes
Answer: c
Clarification: Shell fishery is a capture, management and exploitation of aquatic animals having an outer shell or a hard skeleton. They are of two main types- molluscs and arthropods especially crustaceans. Many of the shellfishes are also raised in aquaculture farms for higher productivity and ensured supply.
3. Management and rearing of fishes only is called as ____________
a) Aquaculture
b) Pisciculture
c) Apiculture
d) Fishery
Answer: b
Clarification: Management and rearing of fishes only is called as Pisciculture. It further includes Mariculture and Inland fishery which is the culture of marine fishes and freshwater fishes respectively.
4. The management and rearing of aquatic animals is called as ____________
a) Pisciculture
b) Sericulture
c) Aquaculture
d) Fishery
Answer: d
Clarification: The management and rearing of aquatic animals is called as Fishery. It is an establishment connected with capture, transportation, preservation, exploitation and utilisation of various types of fishes, prawns, lobsters, oysters, etc. The fishery is of two types- Fin fishery and Shell fishery.
5. Aquaculture is the management of marine fishes.
a) False
b) True
Answer: a
Clarification: Aquaculture is the management of aquatic plants and animals which are beneficial for humans. For example, rearing of prawn, lobsters, crabs, oysters, Unio etc.
6. Which of the following is not a marine fish?
a) Hilsa
b) Pomfret
c) Mackerel
d) Singhara
Answer: d
Clarification: The major types of marine fish found on Indian shores are Hilsa, Sardinella, Harpodan, Stomateus, Mackerel, flying fish, Red mullet, Ribbonfish, Eel.
7. Which of the following is not an edible marine fish?
a) Salmon
b) Labeo rohita
c) Mackerel
d) Sardinella
Answer: b
Clarification: Labeo rohita is an edible freshwater fish. The edible marine fishes are Herpadon, Pomphret, Salmon, Anguilla, Hilsa, Mackerel, Sardinella. Out of these fishes, Pomphret is the most edible fish.
8. The practice of catching the fish only available naturally is known is __________
a) Monoculture
b) Capture fishery
c) Polyculture
d) Culture fishery
Answer: b
Clarification: Capture fishery is the practice of only catching the fish available naturally as in large water bodies of lakes, reservoirs, tanks, etc. Marine fisheries are also captured fisheries.
9. The type of fishery practised in small water bodies is called as culture fishery.
a) True
b) False