Worksheet of PISA QUESTIONS/JOYFUL LEARNING-SCIENCE

Worksheet of PISA QUESTIONS/JOYFUL LEARNING-SCIENCE for class 9-10			Material No: 044
Name of Student:	Class:	Roll no.

SAMPLE TEST ITEMS ON SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

Test item.4-Fish production

Given below is a newspaper article published in THE HINDU: 19th September 2019

 ‘Govt. keen on better fishing infrastructure’

Total fish production in India was 12.59 million tonnes (mt) and the country exported 1.38 mt fish and fish products with a value of over 45,000 crores in 2017-18, according to latest data released by the government on last Thursday. According to the Handbook on Fisheries Statistics – 2018, unveiled by Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh, while inland capture fisheries accounted for 8.9 mt, the share of marine fisheries was 3.69 mt. India is currently the second largest producer of fisheries after China. The total fish production in 2017-18 was 10.14 per cent more than 11.43 mt produced in 2016-17. Inland fisheries, which grew at 14.05 per cent accounted for much of the growth. Marine fisheries production, on the other hand, went up by only 1.73 per cent in 2017-18.

Question.1:

Based on the article, approximately how much percentage of fish is exported by our country out of the total fish production in 2017-18.
a) 15 %

b) 11 %

c) 18 %

d) 20 %

Competency	Interpret Data And Evidence Scientifically
Knowledge System	Physical Systems
Context	Local
Cognitive Demand	Medium
Question Format	Multiple Choice

Question.2:

"Fisheries is a fast-growing sector in India, which provides nutrition and food security to a large population of the country besides providing income and employment to more than 14.5 million people,"

Assertion A: Foreseeing the vast resource potential and possibilities in the fisheries sector, a separate  
                           Department of Fisheries was created in February 2019.
Reason R:     The sector has been showing a steady growth in the total gross value added and accounts for  
                           5.23 per cent share of agricultural GDP.

Choose the correct option and justify your answer.

a) A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A

b) A and R are true, R is not the correct explanation of A

c) A is true but R is false

d) A is false but R is true

Competency	Evaluate Scientific Enquiry
Knowledge System	Living Systems
Context	Global
Cognitive Demand	Medium
Question Format	Open Constructed

Question.3:
Based on the graph given below identify the change in marine fish production from 2011-12 to 2015-16. How come such changes write a possible reason for it.

Ans: __________________________________________________________________________________

Competency	Evaluates And Designs Scientific Enquiry
Knowledge System	Living  Systems
Context	Local
Cognitive Demand	Medium
Question Format	Open Constructed Response

Question.4:

Based on the data given below identify the main contributor state in  fish production. Mention a possible reason for such huge production in inland fisheries.
                                   

Ans: __________________________________________________________________________________

Competency	Interpret Data And Evidence Scientifically
Knowledge System	Living  Systems
Context	Local
Cognitive Demand	Medium
Question Format	Open Constructed Response

ANSWERS

SCORING .1
Full credits-(2 marks): Option (b) 11%

No credit: Other response and missing.

SCORING .2
Full Credits (2 marks) - Option A

No Credit – for other responses.
Explanation: Export of fish and fish products contribute a good share in our GDP.

SCORING .3

Full credits-(2 marks): 
We can observe decrease in fish production from 2011-12 to 2015-16. And any of the following answers:

There was a considerable reduction in the number of fishing days in West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Due to the El Nino phenomenon that had affected reproduction of fishes.
Fishery declines happen when too much wildlife is taken from sea too fast for fished species to replace themselves.

Partial credit: Any of the related above answers which is not complete or any other incomplete relevant answers.
No credit: Any other irrelevant answer and missing.

SCORING .4

Full credits-(2 marks):  Any of the following answers:
A number of factors like development of biotechnology, burgeoning demand and widening supply gap, attractive prices etc have contributed to the horizontal and vertical expansion of aquaculture all over the world.
All stakeholders in the progress of aquaculture are now aware of the potential and future prospects of industry.
The inland fish production has been of greater economy than agriculture production.

Partial credit: Any of the related above answers which is not complete or any other incomplete relevant answers.
No credit: Any other irrelevant answer and missing.

Prepared & conducted by: RAJESH KUMAR .G.C, TGT-BIOLOGY