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. Inbred
  • B. Bred
  • C. In-calf
  • D. Conceived

Explanation: “In-calf” is the standard livestock term for a pregnant cow. “Bred” only indicates that mating has occurred and does not necessarily…

Correct answer: In-calf
  • A. Gummy
  • B. Toothless sheep
  • C. Adult sheep
  • D. Gummer

Explanation: A sheep that has lost all its incisor teeth is called a gummer, usually because of advanced age.

Correct answer: Gummer
  • A. Reproduction
  • B. Respiration
  • C. Production
  • D. Urination

Explanation: Vitamin E is especially important for reproductive function, including fertility and normal development.

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

Explanation: The liver stores substantial quantities of vitamin A, which can later be released for body functions such as vision and epithelial…

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

Explanation: Tocopherol is the chemical name for vitamin E. The name is associated with fertility and reproduction, which helps distinguish it from the…

Correct answer: Vit. E
  • A. Fat soluble Vitamin
  • B. Water soluble Vitamin
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. None of aboveAccess Government Careers

Explanation: Vitamin D is fat-soluble, along with vitamins A, E and K, so it can be stored in body tissues. Vitamins B and C are water-soluble.

Correct answer: Fat soluble Vitamin
  • A. Morrison
  • B. Prout
  • C. Lind
  • D. Lavasior

Explanation: William Prout proposed the three proximate principles of food: carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

Correct answer: Prout
  • A. Diffusion
  • B. Effusion
  • C. Absorption
  • D. Active transport

Explanation: Absorption is the movement of digested nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract into the blood or lymph.

Correct answer: Absorption
  • A. Conjugated
  • B. Derived
  • C. Simple
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Nucleoproteins and glycoproteins contain a protein component combined with a non-protein group, so they are conjugated proteins.

Correct answer: Conjugated
  • A. Ingredient
  • B. Nutrient
  • C. Constituent
  • D. Component

Explanation: A nutrient is a chemical substance needed by the body for maintenance, growth or normal functioning, such as proteins, minerals and…

Correct answer: Nutrient
  • A. Lehman
  • B. Lavasior
  • C. Morrison
  • D. Wolff

Explanation: Antoine Lavoisier is widely regarded as the father of animal nutrition because his studies established the relationship between…

Correct answer: Lavasior
  • A. Ration No. 1
  • B. Ration No. 3
  • C. Ration No. 6
  • D. Ration No. 4

Explanation: Breeder parents are supplied the specialized breeder ration, listed as ration No. 6 in this poultry-feed classification.

Correct answer: Ration No. 6
  • A. 0.5 ft2
  • B. 1.5 ft2
  • C. 1.25 ft2
  • D. 1 ft2

Explanation: A broiler requires about 1 square foot of floor space by six weeks of age under normal housing conditions.

Correct answer: 1 ft2
  • A. Light period
  • B. Foot candle
  • C. Dark period
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Light intensity is measured in foot-candles, whereas light period and dark period describe duration rather than intensity.

Correct answer: Foot candle
  • A. Adrenalin
  • B. Catecholamine
  • C. Corticosterole
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The adrenal cortex secretes corticosteroid hormones, including corticosterone, while the adrenal medulla produces catecholamines such as…

Correct answer: Corticosterole
  • A. Acclimation
  • B. Heat lost
  • C. Acclimatization
  • D. Circadian

Explanation: A roughly 24-hour biological variation is called a circadian rhythm, including the daily change in body temperature.

Correct answer: Circadian
  • A. Abnormal
  • B. Poorly
  • C. Donot hatch
  • D. Diseased one

Explanation: Malposition means that the chick is positioned abnormally in the egg during hatching, which can obstruct or delay emergence.

Correct answer: Abnormal
  • A. Both a & b
  • B. Eat egg shell
  • C. Breaks the egg shell
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Pipping is the final hatching process in which the chick pecks and breaks the eggshell with its egg tooth.

Correct answer: Breaks the egg shell
  • A. Formation of cuticles
  • B. Fertilization
  • C. Albumen secretion
  • D. Egg shall formation membrane

Explanation: The isthmus secretes the two shell membranes around the albumen and yolk.

Correct answer: Egg shall formation membrane
  • A. Egyptian
  • B. Chinese
  • C. American
  • D. European

Explanation: Artificial incubation was practiced in ancient Egypt around 1000 B.C., where specialized hatcheries used controlled heat to hatch large…

Correct answer: Egyptian