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Pullet is the term used for _______.

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  1. Cock less than one year old

  2. Cock more than one year old

  3. Hen less than one year old

  4. Hen more than one year old

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Pullet is the term used for hen less than one year old. It is a term of the terminology for chicken. Similarly, Rooster is the term used for a male chicken that is at least 1 year old and cockerel is the term used for a male chicken less than 1 year old.

Eggs of chicken are incubated at _____________.

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  1. $ 10^o C $

  2. $ 24^o C $

  3. $ 37^o C $

  4. $ 45^o C $

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Egg to chick in 3 weeks and require a constant temperature of $ 37.5^{\circ}C. $ Eggs will start to produce their own heat in the latter stages of development but the incubator thermostat takes care of this, keeping the temperature the same throughout the incubation period. It is same as human body temperature & the incubator maintenance the atmospheric carbon dioxide & nitrogen levels necessary to promote cell growth.

Sexing in poultry is done by observing :

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  1. Feathers

  2. Comb

  3. Vent

  4. Beak

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Correct Option: C

Layers continue to lay eggs upto period of ___________.

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  1. 12-15 months

  2. 18-20 months

  3. 24-26 months

  4. 26-30 months

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Option 'A' is correct
Layers continues to lay eggs upto period of 12-15 months. Birds usually start to lay at around five months (20-21 weeks) of age and continue to lay for 12 months (52 weeks) or average, laying fewer eggs as they are near the moulting period. They typical reproductive cycle lasts about 17 months (72 weeks).

Floor of poultry should be slanting for :

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  1. Proper collection of eggs.

  2. Removal of eggs

  3. Retention of water

  4. Removal of litter

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Correct Option: A

Which poultry breed is not an English breed?

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  1. Australorp

  2. Minorca

  3. Sussex

  4. Orpington

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Correct Option: B

The term used for birds raised under domestication for economic purposes is called

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  1. fisheries

  2. poultry

  3. apiculture

  4. aquaculture

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
1. Fisheries is the rearing of fishes for commercial purposes.
2. Poultry farming means raising birds like chickens, geese, ducks, etc., selling or eating their eggs and using them for meat.
3. Apiculture is a technique of growing bees in hives on large scale for the purpose of extraction of honey and wax. 
4. Aquaculture is the farming of the aquatic plants or animals (no matter marine or fresh water) to be used as food or for commercial purposes.
So, the correct option is 'Poultry'

Which of the following is a diseases resistant high yielding breed of poultry developed in karnataka ?

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  1. Aseel

  2. White leghorn

  3. Giriraja

  4. Plymouth Rock

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Aseel chicken which is also known as Asil is the breed of chicken developed in Karnataka which is being used as fighting cocks.
So the correct answer is 'Aseel'.

Eggs of chicken are incubated at

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  1. 32$^o$C

  2. 45$^o$C

  3. 27$^o$C

  4. 38.9$^o$C

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Poultry farming is the method of rearing and maintaining poultry birds. In poultry farm, there is two type of birds called as broilers and layers. Layers are the egg laying birds with low meat content. Broilers are the birds reared for the meat. For the development of chicken, layers incubate their eggs at a specific temperature. The recommended temperature is 102$^o$ Fahrenheit (38.9$^o$C). 

The amount of protein per 100 g (for approximately 2 eggs) of egg is 

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  1. 11.9

  2. 13

  3. 16

  4. 45

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Eggs are a good source of protein and they contain all of the essential amino acids. 100 gram of egg contains approx. 13 gram of protein.