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Q1. Good quality carpet wool that is imported to Europe and is labelled as Joria wool belongs to the sheep breed
Q2. The gestation period of camel is
Q3. The economic contribution from goat products to the national economy is
Q4. A nany is the female of
Q5. Amogst goat breeds, pashmina is derived from
Q6. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List I (Dairy breed of cattle) - List II (Country of origin) A. Jersey - 1. Sweden B. Holstein - 2.Switzerland C. Aryshire - 3. Holland D. Brown Swiss - 4. England. - 5. Scotland - 6. Australia
Q7. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Animal) - List II (Gestation period in days) A. Cattle: Holstein - 1. 148 to 151 B. Camel - 2. 112 to 120 C. Pig - 3. 279 D. Goat - 4. 330 to 340. - 5. 365 to 400
Q8. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List I (Animal) - List II (Life span in years) A. Cattle - 1. 10 to 15 B. Goats - 2. 20 to 25 C. Sheep - 3. 40 D. Camels - 4. 8 to 10. - 5. 45 to 50
Q9. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Milch breed - cattle) - List II (Synonym/s) A. Gir - 1. Red Karachi B. Sahiwal - 2. Dongarpatti C. Sindhi - 3. Thari, Grey Sindhi D. Deoni - 4. Surti, Kathiawarhi. - 5. Lola, Multani, Lambi-Bar
Q10. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List I (Draught breed - cattle) - List II (Distribution) A. Khillari - 1. M.P. and Rajasthan B. Amrit Mahal - 2. Tamil Nadu C. Kangayam - 3. Darjeeling, Sikkim, Bhutan D. Malvi - 4. Karnataka. - 5. Maharashtra
Q11. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Foreign cattle breed) - List II (Avg. milk yield - litres in 305 days) A. Brown Swiss - 1. 4,840 B. Holstein - 2. 6,150 C. Jersey - 3. 5,250 D. Ayrshire - 4. 4,000
Q12. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Indian cattle breed) - List II (Max milk yield -kg) A. Ongole - 1. 4,536 B. Red Sindhi - 2. 4,763 C. Sahiwal - 3. 3,175 D. Tharparkar - 4. 3,266. - 5. 5,433
Q13. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Indian buffalo) - List II Region) A. Manda - 1. South India B. Murrah - 2. Central India C. Jaffarbadi - 3. North and North Western India D. Toda - 4. Western India
Q14. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Goat breed) - List II (Known for) A. Beetal - 1. Fibre breed B. Bengal - 2. Milch breed C. Changthangi - 3. Meat breed D. Male kids of milch breeds - 4. Dual purpose breed
Q15. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Chicken breed) - List II (Class) A. White Leg horn - 1. English B. Brahma - 2. American C. Rhode Island Red - 3. Asiatic D. Orpington - 4. Mediterranean. - 5. Australian
Q16. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.List I (Symptom) - List II (Disease) A. Lymphoid tumours and paralysis of legs and wings - 1. Ranikhet disease B. High fever; oedema of the head, nasal discharge and rapid death - 2. Avian diarrhoea C. Contagious scepticaemia - 3. Marck's disease D. Loss of appetite, diarrhoea, suffocation and paralysis - 4. Fowl plague - 5. Fowl typhoid
Q17. Match the items of list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List I (Cattle breed) - List II (Characteristics bullocks) A. Malvi - 1. Excellent for road and field work - Karnataka B. Siri - 2. Fast paced powerful animals - Maharashtra C. Khillari - 3. Good for road and field work - M.P. and Rajasthan D. Hallikar - 4. Excellent for hard work - Tamil Nadu. - 5. Strong, suited for cart purposes - Darjeeling and Sikkim
Q18. Which of the following are bacterial diseases? - [1. Avian diptheria, 2. Mastitis, 3. Black quarter, 4. Foot rot]
Q19. Which of the following features are true for buffaloes? - [1. They have resistance to immense heat, 2. They can be put to hard work during the heat of the day, 3. they wallow to regulate body temperature, 4. They should be rested for several hours In the middle of the day]
Q20. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is an index of brain functioning and is most useful in the diagnosis of - [1. epilepsy, 2. brain infections and drug effects on the brain, 3. sleep and its disorders, 4. brain death
Q21. Directions: Question consist of two statements, one labelled the 'Assertion A ' and the other labelled the 'Reason R '. Examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these questions from the codes given below. [Assertion (A): The gestation period of a hen is 21 days - Reason (R): The optimum temperature required during this period of 21 days is 37 degree C]
Q22. Directions: Question consist of two statements, one labelled the 'Assertion A ' and the other labelled the 'Reason R '. Examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these questions from the codes given below. [Assertion (A): Buffaloes are more susceptible to some diseases such as Rinderpest and haemorrhagic septicaemia. - Reason (R): Buffaloes love wallowing]
Q23. Directions: Question consist of two statements, one labelled the 'Assertion A ' and the other labelled the 'Reason R '. Examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these questions from the codes given below. [Assertion (A): The buffalo bulls have been found to be very active sexually as the quality and quantity of their semen are very high during winter months from November through February. - Reason (R): The buffalo heifers exhibit maximum ovarian activity and a majority of them conceive during this period.]
Q24. Directions: Question consist of two statements, one labelled the 'Assertion A ' and the other labelled the 'Reason R '. Examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these questions from the codes given below. [Assertion (A): During the period of water deprivation on the desert, the camel utilizes water stored in the hump on its back. - Reason (R): Fatty substances occurring in the hump of the camel following metabolism yield water called 'metabolic water'.]
Q25. A meristem is a plant tissue primarily concerned with
Q26. Commercial cork is obtained from the bark of
Q27. Epidermis, the outermost layer of a leaf, is perforated by small pores for gaseous exchange. These pores are called
Q28. A plant bearing both male and female flowers is called
Q29. Bacteria can remain alive at subzero temperatures for
Q30. A gram of fertile garden soil may contain bacteria up to
Q31. A pure culture of bacteria was first obtained by
Q32. Which of the following plant disease is caused by bacteria?
Q33. The Ames test refers to a test
Q34. The term 'gene' for the factors controlling here It was coined by
Q35. The science of heredity was called Genetics by
Q36. There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in man. ow many types of eggs can a woman produce supposing that she is heterozygous for each of her 23 pairs of chromosomes?
Q37. The 'one gene-one enzyme' hypothesis suggesting that one gene controls the synthesis of one enzyme was proposed by
Q38. Which of the following compound/s is/are product/s of the light reactions of photosynthesis?
Q39. W.M. Stanley was awarded the Nobel Prize for being the first scientist to obtain a virus in pure crystalline form. The virus was
Q40. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between plant roots and
Q41. The largest sperms among plants are found in
Q42. Double fertilization is a special feature of
Q43. It has been demonstrated that even mature plant cells, when freed from others, are able to develop into new plants. This phenomenon is called
Q44. All higher plants and animals are diploids, i.e., they have two sets of chromosomes in their body cells. That such plants can develop even from mature pollen grains (haploids) was first demonstrated by
Q45. Sugarcane, sugar-beet, sweet pea, chickpea; pigeon-pea and French bean belong to
Q46. Wheat, barley, lemon, orange, rye, and pearl millet belong to
Q47. All higher plants and animals; including man, were a single cell in their earliest life history. This cell, the zygote, undergoes repeated divisions to produce all the body cells of the organism which are identical to start with. This process of division is called
Q48. For a cell to divide, it is essential that its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell gets an identical DNA. This replication occurs during
Q49. Which of the following set of conditions is essential for a good cotton crop?
Q50. Match the scientists (Nobel laureates) in List I with their contribution/field of study in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:List I - List II A. Barbara McClintock - 1. Prions B. P.F. Rous - 2. Transposable elements C. Stanley B.Prusiner - 3. Tumour viruses D. W.M. Stanley - 4. Crystallization of TMV