Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on Livestock Production and Management (Last one)

Multiple Choice Questions 

1. The most sweating species is a. Birds      b. Dog       c. Pig       d. Horse  
2.  The fluid leaving DCT is a. Isotonic      b. Hypertonic      c. Hypotonic      d. None   
3. For entry in the central herd registers, the animal must be over: a. 6 month of age     b. 12 month of age       c. 3 month of age     d. 24 month of age
4. Which breed of sheep is horned? a. Chokla         b. Magra      c. Malpura      d. None 
5. On an average, the required space for standing of a horse is a. 3m*2m        b. 3m* 3m       c. 2m*2m     d. 4m*2m  
6. Breed of poultry, which produces white shelled eggs: a. Minorca     b. White leghorn    c. Dorking     d. All   
7. Finest breed of duck is a. Indian runner      b. Pekin      c. Aylesbery       d. Sussex   
8. Which inlet device is used in king’s system of ventilation? a. Air bricks      b. Tobine tube      c. Hopper window     d. Hit and miss window  
9. It is the place where cow gets fresh air and sunshine: a. Paved area      b. feeding area     c. Bedded area      d. Milking area 
10. Which animal is most immature of all farm animals at birth? a. Calf      b. kid      c. Piglet      d. Camel calf    
11. Wet tail is a disease of:   a. Mouse    b. rabbit    c. hamster      d. Guinea pig   
12. Incubation period for Muscovy duck is a. 28 days     b. 35 days     c. 32 days     d. 25 days   
13. For better time management, which of the following intensive housing system is preferred? a. Tail to tail      b. face to face      c. Both       d. None   
14. Ghee produced from buffalo milk is white in color due to a. Niacin     b. Carotene       c. Thiamine       d. Riboflavin     
15. How much milk should be fed per day to a calf during second weeks? a. Half B. wt.      b. ¼ B.wt.        c. 1/8 b.wt.        d. 1/10^th b.wt.  
16. Number of pairs of mammary glands of bitch is a. 1-4 pairs      b. 2-5 pairs     c. 3-5 pairs     d. 4-8 pairs  
17. The age for breeding a bitch is a. 9-18 month      b. 12-18 month        c. 10-12 month    d. None   
18. The term Dromedary means a. Sturdy     b. Intelligent      c. Stray      d. Runner       
19. The age of camel estimated from a. Lower jaw teeth    b. upper jaw teeth    c. canine    d. molars   
20. Mark the optimum age for castration of male calves by bloodless castration methods: a. 2 month     b. 2 -3 month     c. 3-4 month     d. 4-6 month     
21. Average % of b.wt. due to blood in cow is: a. 9    b. 15     c. 5      d. 7.7          
22. Mark the size of stanchion stall per cow: a. 1.2* 1.5m        b. 1.5*1.7m      c. 1.5*2 m      d. 2*2.5m    
23. Bovine Female with its offspring is called a. Calf at foot     b. Filly     c. Multiparous cow      d. None     
24. The best kind of manger is made of cement with corner rounded and is a. Continuous       b.  Partitioned       c. Covered       d. Open   
25. Mark the age of calf when calf starter can be fed in gruel form: a. 3 days     b. 2 week     c. 4 weeks       d. None    
26. Mark the air space for cows sufficient to provide enough ventilations: a. 22.5metre square     b. 33.5 metre square        c. 44.5 metre square      d. 55.6meter square   
27. The species which cannot convert glucose to fat is a. Avian     b. Bovine    c. Caprine      d. Equine   
28. Breeding season for bitch is a. August to sept     b. Feb to march     c. Both a and b     d. June to July   
29. Most essential vaccination in goat is a. FMD      b. Pox     c. Enterotoxaemia      d. Rinderpest  
30. Which drug is used for doping of race horse? a. Procaine      b. Cocaine      c. strychnine        d. Adrenaline  
31. One livestock unit is equal to B.wt. of a. 300 kg      b. 400 kg      c. 500 kg       d. 600 kg      
32. Mark the score point of a dairy cow judged on type and appearance by score card method: a. 90-95     b. 85-90    c. 80-85    d. 60-70    

Correct Answer is

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d. (Horse)

• Horse sweat contains a natural detergent called latherin which can functions like soap 
• Dogs and cats do sweat a little through their paws
• Coldblooded animals rely on the external environment to regulate their body temperature, so they do not have sweat glands. Reptiles, amphibians and fish lack sweat glands  

2.

a. (Isotonic) 

Fluid leaving PCT is also isotonic (the salts and water have been leaving together). Osmolarity changes in the Loop of Henle. ...- Osmolality decreases in the ascending loop because it's impermeable to water but Na+, K+, & Cl- are absorbed there (they leave the tubule).    

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 (6 month of age)    

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d. (None)

Chokla, Magra and Malpura breeds of sheep are Polled breed of sheep.  

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(3m*2m)

On an average, the required space for standing of a horse is (3m*2m)   

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d. (All)

Minorca, white leghorn, dorking etc. are the white shelled egg producing breeds of poultry.  

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c. Aylesbery

Finest breed of duck is Aylesbery  

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b. (Tobine tube) 

Tobine tube is used as inlet device in King’s system of ventilation.  

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(Paved area)   

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c. (Piglet)

• Most immature at birth- Piglet
• Most mature at birth – Foal
• Well-developed organ at birth- Eye   

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c. (Hamster)

Wet tail is a disease of hamster

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b. (35 days)

- Incubation period for Muscovy duck is 35 days.   

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(Tail to tail system) 

For better time management, tail to tail system housing system is preferred.  

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(Carotene)   

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d. (1/10^th B.wt.)

- 1/10^th B.wt. milk should be fed per day to a calf during second weeks.    

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c. (3-5 pairs)

Bitch has 3-5 pairs of mammary glands while pig have 7 pairs of mammary glands.

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b. (12- 18 months)  

The age for breeding a bitch is 12- 18 months.  

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(Sturdy) 

The termed Dromedary means Sturdy.  

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(Lower jaw teeth)

The age of camel is estimated from lower jaw teeth.   

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(4 to 6 month)    

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d. (7.7%)

Average % of b.wt due to blood in cow is 7.7%  

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(1.2*1.5m)

The size of stanchion stall per cow is (1.2*1.5m) 

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a. (Calf at foot)    

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(Partitioned)      

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(2 weeks)   

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(22.5m2)

The airspace for cows sufficient to provide enough ventilation- 22.5m2.

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c. (Caprine)

The species which cannot convert glucose to fat – Caprine   

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c. (Both a and b)

Breeding season for bitch is August to September and February to March  

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c. (Enterotoxaemia)

Most 2 important vaccination in goat are – Vaccination against PPR and Vaccination against Enterotoxaemia   

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c. (Strychnine)

Strychnine is used for doping of racehorse.    

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c. (500kg)

One livestock unit = 500 kg B.wt.  

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(85-90)    

 Things to Know:

• Cows maintain their body temperature through dewlaps
• Best method of milking – Full hand milking
• Study of dogs – Kynology
• Dogs are digitigrade animals
• Dogs need 3gm protein/kg b.wt/day while cat needs 5 gm protein/kg b.wt/day
• Piennu is cross of cow with yak
• Scrotal temperature of calve is less than the b.wt temperature of calves
• Milk mirror is the area of attachment of rear udder below vulva in the perineum.
• An ideal calf starter contains 20% DCP and 70% TDN
•  Rumen protozoal number is high in dairy cattle fed with roughage diet.
• Electrical dehorner temperature is 440 degree C 
• 7.5 cm size brand number is ideal for branding. Best site of branding in dairy cattle is thigh because only marginal end of hide is spoilt.
• Suckling calf shouldn’t be fed with urea. 
• Creep feed for swine should contain 20% protein
• Part of stomach that already developed at birth in calve – Abomasum
• Store house of stomach – Rumen