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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
101	In the Anand pattern, the base unit of the three-tier cooperative structure is the:	Agriculture Importance of livestock	Hard
102	Which product of livestock is used to generate biogas?	Agriculture Importance of livestock	Easy
103	Which exotic cattle breed is known for the highest milk yield?	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Easy
104	Murrah, the best-known milch buffalo of India, originates from:	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Easy
105	Jamunapari is a well-known breed of:	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Medium
106	The poultry breed most famous for egg production is:	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Medium
107	Kadaknath, a desi chicken breed with black meat, is mainly associated with:	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Hard
108	Which of these is a draught breed of Indian cattle?	Agriculture Breeds of livestock and poultry	Medium
109	A ration that supplies all the nutrients an animal needs in correct proportion for 24 hours is called a:	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Easy
110	Green fodder preserved by fermentation in an airtight pit is called:	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Easy
111	Using the thumb rule of 1 kg concentrate per 2.5 kg milk, how much concentrate should a cow yielding 15 kg mi…	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Medium
112	The true stomach of a ruminant is the:	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Medium
113	An advantage of the tail-to-tail arrangement in a double-row cattle barn is that it:	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Hard
114	In the deep litter system of poultry housing, the litter commonly used is:	Agriculture Housing and feeding	Easy
115	Colostrum is especially important for a newborn calf because it:	Agriculture Management of animals	Easy
116	The hormone responsible for milk let-down during milking is:	Agriculture Management of animals	Medium
117	The incubation period of chicken eggs is about:	Agriculture Management of animals	Easy
118	About how much milk per day should a calf weighing 40 kg be fed, using the one-tenth of body weight rule?	Agriculture Management of animals	Medium
119	A milking cow is usually dried off about two months before calving mainly to:	Agriculture Management of animals	Hard
120	If brooded chicks crowd together under the heat source, it means the brooder is:	Agriculture Management of animals	Medium
121	Coccidiosis in poultry is caused by a:	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Easy
122	A young bullock has a hot swelling on the hind leg that crackles when pressed. The most likely disease is:	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Medium
123	Blisters in the mouth and between the hooves, drooling and lameness in cattle suggest:	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Easy
124	Ranikhet disease of poultry is also known as:	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Medium
125	Which livestock disease has been declared eradicated from the world?	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Hard
126	Haemorrhagic septicaemia in buffaloes is caused by:	Agriculture Livestock diseases	Medium
127	Frozen semen is stored in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of about:	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Easy
128	The device most commonly used to collect semen from bulls is the:	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Easy
129	In cows, fertilisation of the egg normally takes place in the:	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Medium
130	According to the AM–PM rule, a cow first seen in heat in the morning should be inseminated:	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Medium
131	The length of the oestrous cycle in a cow is about:	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Medium
132	Why are the testes of a bull held in the scrotum outside the body cavity?	Agriculture Artificial insemination	Hard
133	In the HTST method of pasteurisation, milk is heated to:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Medium
134	The instrument used to check milk for added water by measuring specific gravity is the:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Easy
135	The main protein in milk is:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Easy
136	Breaking fat globules into very small sizes so that cream does not rise is called:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Medium
137	Paneer is made by coagulating hot milk with:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Medium
138	Cow milk looks slightly yellow compared with buffalo milk because it contains more:	Agriculture Milk and milk products	Hard
139	In composite fish culture, the Indian major carp that feeds at the surface is:	Agriculture Fisheries	Easy
140	Which carp is used in composite fish culture to feed on aquatic weeds?	Agriculture Fisheries	Medium
141	The Blue Revolution refers to increased production of:	Agriculture Fisheries	Easy
142	Sharks differ from carps because sharks:	Agriculture Fisheries	Medium
143	Raising fish in ponds under controlled conditions is called:	Agriculture Fisheries	Easy
144	Inducing carps to spawn in captivity by injecting pituitary extract is called:	Agriculture Fisheries	Hard
145	The Green Revolution in India produced its most dramatic early gains in which crop?	Agriculture Food grain production in India	Easy
146	Which combination of inputs formed the core "package" of the Green Revolution?	Agriculture Food grain production in India	Medium
147	India's land under cultivation cannot be expanded much further. To meet future food demand, planners must mai…	Agriculture Food grain production in India	Medium
148	A farmer grows cotton on all his land, uses heavy inputs and sells the whole harvest in the market. This is b…	Agriculture Food grain production in India	Easy
149	Statement I: The Green Revolution contributed to falling groundwater tables in some states. Statement II: Sus…	Agriculture Food grain production in India	Hard
150	Which of these is a rabi crop?	Agriculture Classification of field crops	Easy