Exam Details

Subject Fresh Water Aquaculture
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma in Aquaculture (DAQ)
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Describe the morphological (phenotypic) characters, food and feeding habits and breeding of anyone Indian major carp.

Discuss the role of-pituitary hormones in induced breeding of carps.

List the important aquatic weeds in fishery ponds and briefly describe the methods of controlling them.

Why cannot raw sewage be directly used in aquaculture List the processes involved in the treatment of sewage.

Give the scientific names and distinguishing features of the following fishes:

A small catfish

A large catfish

A murrel

The climbing perch

Give a brief account of different culture systems for air breathing catfishes.

Differentiate between male and female giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Draw diagrams of male and female reproductive systems of Macrobrachium, the giant freshwater prawn.

What are the different components of a prawn hatchery complex Briefly describe the rearing of prawn larva.

What is a pearl? Name the three different types of pearls and differentiate between them. Also show the basic steps involved in freshwater pearl culture operations in the form of a flow chart.

Name any two diseases in freshwater fishes caused by parasitic protozoa. State their causative organisms, symptoms and preventive measures.

What is redd Describe the spawning behaviour of trouts in their natural habitats.

List the various categories of zooplankton as live feed organisms in aquaculture. What are the advantages of using microa1gae as live feed?

7. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Integrated Rice-Fish System

Applications of Spirulina

Vitamin Deficiency Diseases in Fishes

Hapa Hatchery


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Subjects

  • Basics of Aquaculture
  • Costal Aquaculture
  • Fresh Water Aquaculture