Free Animal Husbandry MCQs with Answers

238 Animal Husbandry MCQs from Agriculture, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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  • A. Excitation
  • B. Prostration
  • C. Sensitivity
  • D. Stress

Explanation: Stress is the abnormal physical or internal response produced when a bird faces an unusual or adverse condition.

Correct answer: Stress
  • A. Respiration rate increases
  • B. Moisture increases
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Panting is rapid breathing used by birds to lose heat through evaporation, so the defining change is an increased respiration rate.

Correct answer: Respiration rate increases
  • A. Higher
  • B. Lesser
  • C. Same
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Small breeds generally have a slightly higher body temperature than large breeds because they produce relatively more heat per unit of…

Correct answer: Higher
  • A. Normal hatching
  • B. Embryo beath occur
  • C. Early hatching
  • D. Immature embryo

Explanation: The broad end should be placed upward because it contains the air cell needed by the chick before hatching.

Correct answer: Embryo beath occur
  • A. Help egg to hatch easily
  • B. Malce yolk of dork color
  • C. Keep Yolk centrally
  • D. Helpful of embryo to get food

Explanation: The chalaza consists of twisted albumen fibres that suspend the yolk and keep it near the centre of the egg.

Correct answer: Keep Yolk centrally
  • A. None of above
  • B. Excellent
  • C. Donot hatch
  • D. Poorly

Explanation: Dirt on the shell can carry bacteria into the egg and reduces gas exchange, lowering hatchability.

Correct answer: Poorly
  • A. Egyptian & Chinese
  • B. Italian & Chinese
  • C. Grease & Chinese
  • D. European

Explanation: Ancient Egyptians and Chinese developed some of the earliest organized methods of artificial egg incubation.

Correct answer: Egyptian & Chinese
  • A. Pyradxin
  • B. Niacin
  • C. Riboflavin
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Vitamin B2 is riboflavin, a vitamin involved in energy metabolism and normal growth. Niacin is B3, while pyridoxine is B6.

Correct answer: Riboflavin
  • A. Gizzard
  • B. Duodenum
  • C. Crop
  • D. Proventiculus

Explanation: The proventriculus is the chicken's glandular or true stomach, where digestive juices are secreted.

Correct answer: Proventiculus
  • A. Ration No. 4
  • B. Ration No. 3
  • C. Ration No. 1
  • D. Ration No. 5Access Government Careers

Explanation: In the ration-numbering system used in this question, broiler starter feed is designated ration No.

Correct answer: Ration No. 4
  • A. Brooding
  • B. Incubation
  • C. Hatching
  • D. Fumigation

Explanation: Incubation is the period during which the embryo develops inside the egg until it becomes a chick.

Correct answer: Incubation
  • A. Rhode Island Red x White leg horn
  • B. White Cornish x Rhode Island Red
  • C. White Cornish x White Plymothrock
  • D. White Plymothrock x Newhampshire

Explanation: The conventional broiler cross is White Cornish, valued for muscling, with White Plymouth Rock, valued for growth and reproductive…

Correct answer: White Cornish x White Plymothrock
  • A. 2
  • B. 4
  • C. 6
  • D. 5

Explanation: Chicken breeds are commonly grouped into six standard classes, including American, Asiatic, English, Mediterranean, Continental and…

Correct answer: 6
  • A. Variety
  • B. Breed
  • C. Strayn
  • D. Group

Explanation: A breed is a group of animals of the same species with stable, recognizable characteristics such as size, body form and colour.

Correct answer: Breed
  • A. Protein
  • B. Minerals
  • C. Vitamins
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Scurvy results specifically from vitamin C deficiency, so vitamins is the only suitable option given.

Correct answer: Vitamins
  • A. Vit. A
  • B. Vit. B
  • C. Vit. C
  • D. Vit. D

Explanation: Sunlight enables the body to produce vitamin D in the skin, which supports calcium absorption and bone formation.

Correct answer: Vit. D
  • A. 70 weeks
  • B. 72 weeks
  • C. 60 weeks
  • D. 65 weeks

Explanation: Commercial laying birds are commonly retained until roughly 72 weeks, after which moulting or flock replacement is considered.

Correct answer: 72 weeks
  • A. Excellent
  • B. Immediately
  • C. Poorly
  • D. Late

Explanation: Turning eggs regularly prevents the embryo from sticking to the shell membrane and helps it develop symmetrically.

Correct answer: Poorly
  • A. 16%
  • B. 12%
  • C. 15%
  • D. 14%

Explanation: A chicken egg contains about 12 to 13 percent protein, so 12% is the closest standard value.

Correct answer: 12%
  • A. Multan
  • B. Sahiwal
  • C. Lahore
  • D. Rahim Yar Khan

Explanation: The first poultry feed mill in Pakistan is generally cited as having been established at Rahim Yar Khan.

Correct answer: Rahim Yar Khan