Tag: animal husbandry and fishery

Questions Related to animal husbandry and fishery

With respect to protect elephant , choose the correct statement.
1) a centrally sponsored scheme that was started in 1992.
2) It aims to protect elephant and their habitat only.
3) Man-animal conflict is part of this project
4) Dandeli Elephant Reserve is the new elephant reserve located in Tamil Nadu.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  1. 1 and 3

  2. 1 , 2 and 3

  3. 1 , 2 and 4

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A

When one animal is used to suppress another, it is called this. e.g., if snakes are encouraged in an area, the rodent population will be controlled. What is the term used?

  1. Technical control of pests

  2. Pest control

  3. Botanical control of pests

  4. Biological control of pests


Correct Option: D

Select the correct sequence of food chain in the arctic waters from the following.

  1. zooplankton - diatoms - fish - polar bear - seal

  2. diatoms - zooplankton - fish - seal - polar bear

  3. fish - diatoms - seal - zooplankton - polar bear

  4. diatoms - fish - polar bear - seal - zooplankton


Correct Option: B

The state which records the highest productivity of fish (per unit area) in India is _________.

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Odisha

  4. West Bengal


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. All the abiotic resources are non-renewable and all the biotic resources are renewable.

  2. All the abiotic resources are non-renewable but some of the biotic resources are renewable.

  3. Some of the abiotic resources are renewable but the all biotic resources are non-renewable.

  4. Some of the abiotic resources are renewable and some of the biotic resources are non-renewable.


Correct Option: D

Consider the following statements.
1. India is the only country in the world producing all the five known commercial varieties of silk.
2. India is the largest producer of sugar in the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: A

The state of inactivity adopted by desert animals during the hottest and driest season is known as __________.

  1. basal metabolism

  2. dormancy

  3. aestivation

  4. hibernation


Correct Option: C

Living things are grouped into subgroups like plant kingdom/animal kingdom. Which one of the following is not correct for animal kingdom?

  1. Cannot make their own food

  2. Body contains cellulose

  3. Do not have chlorophyll

  4. Migrate from one place to another


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. The group of buffalo is herd.
2. The group of sheep is flock.
3. The group of goat is drove.
4. The group of horse is pack.

  1. Only 1

  2. 1 and 2

  3. 1, 2 and 4

  4. 2, 3 and 4


Correct Option: B

Consider the following statements
1. India ranks first in the world in dairy milk production.
2. The per capita availability of dairy milk in India is more than the per capita availability of the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Indian dairy sector has acquired substantial growth momentum from the Ninth Five-year plan onwards, as a result of which the country now ranks first among the world's milk producing nations. The per capita availability of the milk has reached a level of 337g per day in the year 2017, which is more than the world average of 229g per day.