Animal Husbandry

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What is the collective noun of cattle?

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Explain the process of harvesting.

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Name the practice followed for large-scale rearing of farm animals. What facilities are provided to farm animals?

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Define threshing.

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What is the rearing of animals?

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Write a short note on composite fish culture?

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Name the major food nutrient provided by fish.

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Give full form of FYM.

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Name an animal food obtained from insects.

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Name three food materials obtained from animals.

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What are the by-products of fertilizer industries? How do they affect the environment?

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What are the various practices necessary for raising animals for food and other purposes ?

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Name two types of animal feed and write their functions.

Q. Animal husbandry is the practice of rearing animals at home or in farms, on a large scale, for human benefit.

1. True
2. False

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Name two indigenous breeds of poultry.

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name any 6 pesticides, fertilisers, weedicides

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The food obtained from animals is very rich in :

(a) fats (b) carbohydrates (c) minerals (d) proteins

Q. The food obtained from animals is very rich in:

1. fats
2. carbohydrates
3. minerals
4. proteins

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What name is given to that branch of agriculture which deals with feeding, shelter, health and breeding of domestic animals ?

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Poultry farming is undertaken to raise following

1. Egg production
2. Feather production
3. Chicken meat
4. Milk production

1. (i) and (iii)

2. (i) and (ii)

3. (ii) and (iii)

4. (iii) and (iv)

Q. Poultry farms are of two types.

1. True
2. False

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Name one meat yielding animal and one egg yielding animal.

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Milk and milk products are plant products.

1. True
2. False

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Name the six species of fish cultivated in composite fish culture systems.

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Poultry gives us :

(a) eggs (b) meat (c) meat as well as eggs (d) honey

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The poultry birds groomed for obtaining meat are called

1. layers

2. broilers

3. pork

4. growers

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Why are honey bees so important?

1. They are excellent pollinators.

2. They show a high degree of social life.

3. They have a stinger.

4. They produce bee wax.

Q. Production and rearing of hens on a large scale is generally called ___ .

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Statement 1: Poultry is India's most efficient converter of low, fiber food stuff into highly nutritious animal protein food.
Statement 2: Poultry birds are fed with food having high fiber content.
Statement 3:Poultry birds give us chicken and eggs which are protein rich food.

1. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 and 3 are the correct implications of statement 1.
2. Statement 1 and 2 are correct but statement 3 is not correct.
3. Statement 1 is true, but statements 2 and 3 are not correct.
4. All the three statements are wrong.

Q. Which of these animals is responsible for maximum milk production in India?

1. Buffalo
2. Cow
3. Goat
4. Camel