Free Animal Husbandry MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Fisheries
  • B. Silk worm
  • C. Honey bees
  • D. Forest trees

Explanation: Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms, especially Bombyx mori, for producing silk.

Correct answer: Silk worm
  • A. Vitamin A
  • B. Vitamin C
  • C. Vitamin B
  • D. Vitamin E

Explanation: Thiamine, or vitamin B1, deficiency causes beriberi, producing nerve symptoms such as loss of sensation and cardiac enlargement.

Correct answer: Vitamin B
  • A. Protein
  • B. Vitamin B
  • C. Vitamin D
  • D. Vitamin A

Explanation: Vitamin A maintains normal skin and vision, so its deficiency causes skin disorders and night blindness; it may also predispose to urinary…

Correct answer: Vitamin A
  • A. Nutritive forage
  • B. Seasonal fruit
  • C. Medicinal plant
  • D. Beautification

Explanation: Leucaena leucocephala is a protein-rich leguminous tree widely used as nutritive forage for livestock.

Correct answer: Nutritive forage
  • A. Coumarin
  • B. Saponin
  • C. Neurotoxin
  • D. All the aboveHire Grant Writers

Explanation: Lucerne, or alfalfa, contains saponins and can contribute to digestive problems such as bloat when fed under unsuitable conditions.

Correct answer: Saponin
  • A. Differed grazing
  • B. Hay grazing
  • C. Forage grazing
  • D. Rotational grazing

Explanation: Rotational grazing divides pasture into areas that are grazed for a short period and then rested for recovery.

Correct answer: Rotational grazing
  • A. Pulses
  • B. Egg
  • C. Com
  • D. non of there

Explanation: Pulses such as lentils, chickpeas and peas are legume seeds rich in plant protein.

Correct answer: Pulses
  • A. Punjab
  • B. Balochistan
  • C. NWFP
  • D. Sindhi

Explanation: Balochistan has extensive rangelands, sparse cultivation and a major dependence on livestock grazing for rural livelihoods.

Correct answer: Balochistan
  • A. Sericulture
  • B. Floriculture
  • C. Apiculture
  • D. Lac culture

Explanation: Apiculture is the commercial rearing and management of honey bees for honey, beeswax, and other products.

Correct answer: Apiculture
  • A. Sericulture
  • B. Apiculture
  • C. Floriculture
  • D. Lac culture

Explanation: Sericulture is the organized production of silk through the rearing of silkworms, especially Bombyx mori.

Correct answer: Sericulture
  • A. Bombyx mori
  • B. Laceifer lacae
  • C. Apis cerana
  • D. Apis dorsata

Explanation: Bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm, spins the silk cocoon used in commercial silk production.

Correct answer: Bombyx mori
  • A. Straight flight
  • B. Nuptial flight
  • C. Tactile flight
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A nuptial flight is the mating flight of the queen honey bee, during which she mates with drones away from the hive.

Correct answer: Nuptial flight
  • A. Bombyx mori
  • B. Laceifera lacca
  • C. Apis dorsata
  • D. Apis cerana

Explanation: Lac is the resinous secretion of the lac insect, scientifically known as Laccifer lacca or Kerria lacca.

Correct answer: Laceifera lacca
  • A. Drones are male while workers are sterile
  • B. Drones are female while workers are sterile
  • C. Drones are sterile while workers are sterile
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Drones are male honey bees produced from unfertilised eggs, whereas worker bees are sterile females that perform colony tasks.

Correct answer: Drones are male while workers are sterile
  • A. Jelly
  • B. Royal Jelly
  • C. Bee bread
  • D. Nectar

Explanation: Royal jelly is the nutrient-rich glandular secretion fed to developing queens and adult queen bees.

Correct answer: Royal Jelly
  • A. Domestic bees
  • B. Wild bees
  • C. None of above
  • D. Jelly

Explanation: Bees maintained by people for honey, wax and other products are domesticated or domestic bees, in contrast with unmanaged wild bees.

Correct answer: Domestic bees
  • A. Carbohydrates
  • B. non of theses
  • C. Proteases
  • D. Lipases

Explanation: Lipases hydrolyse fats and oils into fatty acids and glycerol during digestion.

Correct answer: Lipases
  • A. Lady bird beetle
  • B. Silk worm
  • C. Honey bee
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Bombyx mori is the scientific name of the domesticated silkworm used in sericulture. It is an insect, not a ladybird beetle or honey bee.

Correct answer: Silk worm