Exam Details

Subject Introduction to Poultry Farming
Paper
Exam / Course Certificate in Poultry Farming
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Define any ten of the following:

Variety

Bio-security

Dubbing

Flock

Hen

Hatchability

Pullet

Nest Box

Ration

Trap Nest

Ad libitum

Pipping

Incubation

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

Factors affecting poultry meat production

Types of Poultry Farms

Advantages of rearing ducks

Identify the different poultry academic and development institutions in India and give their roles in poultry development.

Define poultry cooperatives. What are their objectives and benefits?

Write in detail about white leghorn chicken.

Describe judging of poultry.

Discuss about feathers and their importance in chicken.

Give one function for the following reproductive organs of poultry

Ovary

Infundibulum

Testis

Magnum

Uterus

6. Discuss about the shift system of mating in poultry.

What do you mean by moulting? How are hens classified based on moulting?

Differentiate between a good layer and a poor/bad layer.

8. Draw a picture of a duck and identify the different body parts.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Introduction to Poultry Farming
  • Poultry feeds and feeding
  • Poultry Housing and Management