HBSE Class 9 Sample Paper 2026 Answers Agriculture

AGR (Marking Instructions)-9TH (2025-26)
Section -A Objective type question (all questions are compulsory each has 1
mark).

Q. NO. ANSWER

1 c) 46
2 (c) FYM
3 c) 17
4 (c) Urea
5 c) Less then 7
6 (d) all of the above
7 Female

8 ROOTS

9 Fertiigation

10 Rose, chrysanthmum

11. Lemon, Orange

12. Asexual

13 Orange

14. Litchi

15 Micro Irrigation

Section -B Very Short answer type question (each has 2 marks).

16. Enlist primary nutrients under macro Nutrients.

Ans.: N P K- NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASH
17. What is earth atmosphere?

ANS. A mixture of gases, aerosols and other particles held to the planet by gravity,
forming layers that protect the earth and support life. Composed mainly
nitrogen about 78% and oxygen about 21%.

18. What is precipitation? OR Classify precipitations.

Ans. Precipitation is water vapor that has condensed from clouds to fall as
liquid (rain) or solids (snow, hail). Precipitation is the part of the water cycle
that delivers water from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.

OR
Classification: drizzle, rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, graupel, and hail.
19. Name atleast 4 parts of a plant.

Ans. ROOT, STEM, LEAF, BRANCH, BUD

20. Name atleast 4 fruit tree found in Haryana.

ANS. GUVAVA, PITCH, LIME, MALTA

21. What is pruning? OR What is training?

ANS. Training: When a plant is made to grow with or without support,

in a desired fashion by removing or fastening some of its parts with a
view to give it a better framework or shape, the operation is called
‘training’.

OR

Pruning: Judicious removal of any part of a plant to divert sap towards
its producing areas, leading to an improvement in the quality of yield
is called ‘pruning’. It is done during the later stage of plant life when it
becomes ready to produce flowers and fruits. Decayed parts can also
be pruned off

Section -C Short answer type question (each has 3 marks).

22. Write methods of fertilizer application under rainfed and irrigated
conditions.
ANS. I. Broadcasting:

II. Placement:

III. Contact placement / combined drilling / drill placement.

IV. Side dressing

23. Describe soil testing.
Ans. Soil testing helps ascertain the status of various nutrients, soil
fertility level, pH, etc. It is important to know the fertility status and
physical properties of a soil for maximum production and rational soil

management. A complete soil test programme essentially consists of
three basic steps.

(i) Soil sampling

(ii) Soil testing

(iii) Soil test interpretation

24. Define Atmospheric Humidity.
Ans. Atmospheric humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air, a
key factor in weather and climate that influences precipitation, cloud
formation, and human comfort. It can be expressed in several ways, including
relative humidity (the percentage of water vapor compared to the air's
maximum capacity), absolute humidity (the actual mass of water vapor), and
specific humidity (the ratio of water vapor mass to total air mass)
25. Name various branches of agriculture.
Ans. The major branches of agriculture include Agronomy (crop
management), Horticulture (fruits, vegetables, flowers), Animal Husbandry
(livestock), Forestry (trees), Fishery Science (fish), Agricultural
Engineering (equipment and structures), and Agricultural Economics
(business aspects)
26. What is tillage? name two type of farming.

Ans. tillage, in agriculture, the preparation of soil for planting and
the cultivation of soil after planting. Tillage is the manipulation of the soil into a
desired condition by mechanical means; tools are employed to achieve some
desired effect (such as pulverization, cutting, or movement). Soil is tilled to
change its structure, to kill weeds, and to manage crop residues. Types:
Dairy farming , mixed farming

OR

Name atleast three revolutions.

Ans. Green Revolution, White Revolution, Blue Revolution

Silver revolution, Round Revolution, Yellow Revolution

27. Describe key aspects of plant morphology.
OR
Classify plant life based on life cycle.

ANS. Key aspects of plant morphology include the study of external features
such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds, examining their
structure, form, size, color, and patterns. This includes understanding
different types of roots (like taproot and fibrous root systems), stem
modifications, leaf types (simple versus compound), the parts of a flower,
various fruit classifications (fleshy and dry), and the differences between
monocot and dicot seeds.

Section -D Essay answer type question (each has 5 marks).

28. What is Fertilizer? Give classifications with examples.
ANS. Fertilisers are artificially made of chemicals, which supply
essential nutrients to plants. They are available in concentrated forms
and contain higher amount of nutrients than manure, and are,
therefore, used in small quantities. There are three kinds of fertilisers

used for vegetable crops viz., nitrogenous, phosphatic and potassium.
Fertilisers can also be classified into straight, compound and mixed.

CLASSIFICATION: Sole fertiliser, MIXED Fertilizer

OR
Define plant Nutrients. Explain macro and micro nutrients.
ANS. There are a total of 17 nutritive elements, which are necessary
for the growth of plants. All elements are equally important
irrespective of their requirement or

presence in a plant.

Macro-nutrients
This is further divided into:

• Primary nutrients: These consist of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and
Potassium. These nutrients are supplied through fertilisers.

• Secondary nutrients: They include Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphur.

Micro-nutrients

They are also known as minor or trace elements. They include Iron
(Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Chlorine (Cl), Boron (B)
Molybdenum (Mo) and Nickel (Ni).

29. Define soil, enlist major soils found in india.

Ans. Soil is derived from the Latin word Solum. It may be defined as a
natural body developed as a result of weathering of rocks, in which
plants and other forms of life grow and prosper. It is the upper loose
layer of the earth crust rich in nutrients and minerals on which

plants grow. Soil is composed of minerals (45–50%), organic matters
(0.5–5%), water (25%) and a large number of plants, animals and
microbes.

Types: Red soil, Black Soil, Alluvial Soil, leterite soil, desert soil, forest & Hilly
soil, Marshy and Peat soil
OR
Define soil texture, describe clay and sand soil.

Soil particles namely sand, silt and clay(known as soil texture) are
classified according to their size. Clay particles are the finest and are
smaller than 0.002 mm in diameter. Loam particles are 0.002–0.02
mm in diameter. Silt particles have 0.02–2.0 mm diameter. Particles
larger than 2 mm are sand, gravel or stones. Most soils contain a
mixture of sand, silt and clay in different proportions.

30. What is IPM? Describe important pests and diseases control
methods.
Ans. IPM includes all types of control measures, such as cultural,
physical, mechanical, biological and chemical as per the suitability of
application, that control the pest population below the economic
injury level.

Cultural methods
Routine agronomic practices can be utilised for minimising pest
infestation by slight modification in timing or method of their
application. These functions are preventive methods.

Resistant cultivars, Clean cultivation, Tillage, Intercropping, Crop-rotation, Trap crops

Mechanical methods
This reduces pest control by manual devices. Mechanical methods
along with physical and cultural methods are effective in reducing
pest populations.

Biological control
Insects have some natural enemies. Predators, parasitoids, microbes,
birds and other animals are useful in minimising insect pests.

• Predators, Parasites, Pathogens, Botanical insecticides etc.

Chemical control

Use of fungicides chemical or a combination of chemicals lethal to the
fungi that saves the host from infection is called fungicide. Fungicides,
according to their movement in the plant system, are of two types. The
first one is systemic,which when applied on plants dissolves on the
cell sap and is effective for the whole plant irrespective of where it is
applied. For example, benlate, carbendazim, metalaxyl, thiobendazol,
propiconazole, etc.