Animals and Their Products

Q.

What is the economic importance of apiculture?

Q. Which of the following is/are an important criteria for successful bee-keeping?

1. Handling and collection of honey and beeswax
2. Knowledge of the nature, social structure and habits of bees
3. An appropriate location for keeping the beehives
4. All of these

Q. Fish is considered as one of the best sources of food because:
1. it is easily digestible
2. it is highly nutritious
3.marine fishes are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids

1. Only 3 and 2
2. Only 2 and 1
3. Only 1 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q. Isinglass, a type of byproduct of fish industry is principally used for

1. Clarification of vinegar, wines, and beer
2. Feeding cattle, pigs, and poultry.
3. Preparation of paints and varnishes
4. Production of insulin

Q.

Rearing of honeybees is called

1. Horticulture

2. Pisciculture

3. Agriculture

4. Apiculture

Q.

What is a bee farmer called?

Q. Which endangered animal is the source of the world's finest, lightest, warmest and most expensive wool - the Shahtoosh ?

1. Nilgai
2. Cheetal
3. Kashmiri goat
4. Chiru

Q. Which of the following is/are an important criteria for successful bee-keeping?

1. Handling and collection of honey and beeswax
2. Management of beehives during different seasons
3. Knowledge of the nature, social structure and habits of bees
4. An appropriate location for keeping the beehives

1. Only 1 and 3
2. Only 2 and 3
3. Only 1 and 2
4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q. The most popular breed of fowl in India is -

1. Aseel
2. White leg horn
3. Lantgshan
4. Plymouth

Q. To increase lactation/ milk yield, cow is given:
a. Sorbitol
b. Stilbesterol
c. Prolactin
d. Gonadotrophin

Q. Isinglass, a type of byproduct of fish industry is principally used for

1. Feeding cattle, pigs, and poultry.
2. Preparation of paints and varnishes
3. Clarification of vinegar, wines, and beer
4. Production of insulin

Q. Apiculture refers to the care and management of honeybees. From the bee-variants below choose the one which is referred to as the European honey bee.

1. Apis dorsata
2. Apis mellifera
3. Apis indica
4. Apis florea

Q. Rearing honeybees for honey is called __________.

Q.

Bees are kept for:

1. Honey

2. Wax

3. Medicine

4. All

Q. Which of the following is/are an important criteria for successful bee-keeping?

1. Handling and collection of honey and beeswax
2. Knowledge of the nature, social structure and habits of bees
3. An appropriate location for keeping the beehives
4. All of these

Q. Value added products of apiculture are

1. honey and beeswax
2. pollen and royal jelly
3. beeswax and nectar
4. bee venom and nectar

Q. How do you appreciate the uses of cattle?

Q. The rearing of honeybees for honey is known as ______________.

1. Sericulture
2. Apiculture
3. Animal husbandry
4. None of these

Q. Milk from which animal is good for people with lactose intolerance?

1. Sheep
2. Cow
3. Goat
4. All of the above.

Q. The rearing of silkworm for silk is known as

1. Sericulture
2. Apiculture
3. Animal husbandry
4. None of the above

Q. Which of the following animal is used for the domestic purpose?

1. Parrot
2. Fish
3. Duck
4. Horse

Q. The high quality soft wool shahtoosh is obtained from:-

1. Chiru
2. Goat
3. Rabbit
4. Sheep

Q. Why is the yogurt very important food material?

Q. Silk produced by Antheraea mylitta is also called

1. Munga silk
2. Tasar silk
3. Eri silk
4. Mysore silk

Q. Kashmiri goat's under fur is woven to form fine shawls called _______________.

1. Simla
2. Pashmina
3. Parsi
4. Kashmiri

Q. Choose the correct pair of animals and the products obtained from them.
For Example: Buffaloes: Milk; Bees: Honey

1. Sheep : Caviar; Fish : Wool
2. Pigs : Milk; Camels : Pork
3. Horses : Hides; Silkworm : Silk
4. Cows : Cheese; Quail : Eggs

Q. Petrolatum is

1. Animal wax
2. Vegetable wax
3. Hard paraffin wax
4. Petroleum jelly

Q. Which of the following is the characteristics of wool from angora rabbit?

1. They have short fibers
2. They have long fibers
3. They are soft in texture
4. Both B and C

Q. World’s highly prized wool yielding “Pashmina” breed is

1. Sheep
2. Goat
3. Goat-sheep cross
4. Kashmiri sheep- Afghani sheep cross

Q. World’s highly prized wool yielding “Pashmina” breed is

1. Kashmiri sheep- Afghani sheep cross
2. Goat
3. Sheep
4. Goat-sheep cross