List of top Animal Science Questions on Animal Breeding

National Dairy Plan-I was started in which year to increase productivity of milch animals in India?

Central cattle breeding dairy farm for 'Red Sindhi' cattle is located at:

Which of the following breed of cattle come from Scotland?

Read the following statements:
(A) Freiswal is a crossbred cattle with 62.5% Holstein Friesian inheritance.
(B) Mehsana is a buffalo breed developed by crossing Murrah and Jafrabadi.
(C) Avishaan is a prolific crossbred sheep having Garole, Malpura and Patanwadi sheep inheritance.
(D) Bombay breed is a dog breed with a Jet-black colour and gold to copper eyes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Read the following statements:
(A). Robert Bakewell's two remarks were "Like begets like" and "Breed the best to the best".
(B). A breed or a variety may have several strains or lines identified by a given name and produced by a breeder through at least 5 generations of closed flock breeding.
(C). Selection leads to the creation of new genes.
(D). Individual selection is preferred for sex-limited traits and carcass traits.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The parent offspring relationship is -----------% in populations where there is no inbreeding.

The loci without ___________________ cause neither inbreeding depression nor heterosis.

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has conducted the latest 20th Livestock Census in 2019. Which of the census information statements is true?
(A). The total number of Cattle in the country was 193.46 million in 2019.
(B). The Indigenous/Non-descript Female Cattle population has increased by 10% in 2019 compared to the previous census.
(C). The total number of Cattle in the country in 2019 recorded a decline of 1.3 % over the previous Census.
(D). There is an increase of 6% in the total Indigenous (both descript and non-descript) Cattle population over the previous census.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following is not a buffalo breed?

In a population with a coefficient of inbreeding F, change of mean resulting from inbreeding is

To construct a selection index which of the following is not necessary?

Find the correct sequence of breed of chicken on basis of body weight (Higher male body weight to Lower male body weight).
(A) Leghorn
(B) Jersey Black Giant
(C) Cornish
(D) New Hampshire

Find the correct sequence (Higher to Lower) of breed of chicken according to Heart rate (Beat/Minute).
(A) Chicken
(B) Quail
(C) Turkey
(D) Goose

Find the correct sequence of organ of oviduct on the basis of egg stay time while formation of egg (Higher stay time to Lower stay Time).
(A) Isthmus
(B) Magnum
(C) Shell gland
(D) Infundibulum

Find the correct sequence of species on the basis of ejaculation volume of semen (ml) from higher to lower.
(A) Cock
(B) Bull
(C) Turkey
(D) Boar

Find the correct sequence of species of birds on the basis of its incubation period (Higher to Lower).
(A) Quail
(B) White Pekin
(C) Bob White Quail
(D) Muscovy Duck

Find the correct sequence of species of birds on the basis of its age of sexual maturity (Higher to Lower).
(A) Quail
(B) Chicken
(C) Duck
(D) Turkey

Find the correct sequence of species of poultry from higher egg weight to lower egg weight.
(A) Duck
(B) Goose
(C) Turkey
(D) Guinea fowl

Which of the following are economic traits of broiler?
(A) Body weight at market age
(B) Feed efficiency
(C) Starting age of laying eggs
(D) Mortality