Exam Details
| Subject | animal husbandary and veterinary science | |
| Paper | paper 1 | |
| Exam / Course | civil services main optional | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | union public service commission | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2007 | |
| City, State | central government, |
Question Paper
IAS Mains Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science 2007
Paper-I
Section A
Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Steaming up
Buffalo semen diluents
Milk synthesis and ejection
Bypass proteins
Answer the following questions
Agro-industrial by-products are gaining momentum day-by-day in livestock feeding. How do you proceed in preparing safer feeds from the above products
Name ten agro-industrial by-products used in feeding livestock
Why is fertility status of cattle and buffaloes low in India? Give suggestions for improving the fertility status of cattle and buffaloes in India
Enlist the proteolytic enzymes of gastro-intestinal tract of monogastrics (swine). Write the substrate and product formed and the optimum pH required for activity
Section B
Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Package of practices in supply of green fodder to dairy cattle round the year
Up-grading
Management of livestock in drought conditions
Environment and genotype interactions
Answer the following questions
What do you understand by the words ‘Random Mating’ and ‘Selection’ When do we use random mating in breeding of livestock
Explain the various aids to selection and their relative merits and demerits
Enlist different farming systems that are adopted in livestock rearing. Explain the advantages and limitations in each farming system. Suggest a feasible farming system most suitable to Indian conditions
Answer the following questions
What do you mean by ‘Variance’ Discuss in detail about the components of variance
What is heritability in the broad sense and heritability in the narrow sense? Give examples
IAS Mains Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science 2007
Paper-II
Section A
Write short notes on any Three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Structure of sweat glands and their functions.
Respiration in birds
Drugs acting on Autonomous Nervous System.
Significance of endocrine glands.
Discuss the following: (30 × 2 60)
Investigation techniques for diagnosis of bacterial diseases-especially for collection, preservation and dispatch of materials along with the laboratory procedures to be performed.
Indications, diagnosis, treatment and management of ‘cyanide’ poisoning in cattle.
Describe etiology, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and control of rabies. Discuss its public-health significance/importance
In spite of advancement in diagnostic techniques due to development in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology why are diseases like Tuberculosis, ‘Jhones disease’ Brucellosis etc. Still threatening to the Indian Live-Stock Economy/Industry
Paper-I
Section A
Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Steaming up
Buffalo semen diluents
Milk synthesis and ejection
Bypass proteins
Answer the following questions
Agro-industrial by-products are gaining momentum day-by-day in livestock feeding. How do you proceed in preparing safer feeds from the above products
Name ten agro-industrial by-products used in feeding livestock
Why is fertility status of cattle and buffaloes low in India? Give suggestions for improving the fertility status of cattle and buffaloes in India
Enlist the proteolytic enzymes of gastro-intestinal tract of monogastrics (swine). Write the substrate and product formed and the optimum pH required for activity
Section B
Write short notes on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Package of practices in supply of green fodder to dairy cattle round the year
Up-grading
Management of livestock in drought conditions
Environment and genotype interactions
Answer the following questions
What do you understand by the words ‘Random Mating’ and ‘Selection’ When do we use random mating in breeding of livestock
Explain the various aids to selection and their relative merits and demerits
Enlist different farming systems that are adopted in livestock rearing. Explain the advantages and limitations in each farming system. Suggest a feasible farming system most suitable to Indian conditions
Answer the following questions
What do you mean by ‘Variance’ Discuss in detail about the components of variance
What is heritability in the broad sense and heritability in the narrow sense? Give examples
IAS Mains Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science 2007
Paper-II
Section A
Write short notes on any Three of the following in about 200 words each: (20 × 3 60)
Structure of sweat glands and their functions.
Respiration in birds
Drugs acting on Autonomous Nervous System.
Significance of endocrine glands.
Discuss the following: (30 × 2 60)
Investigation techniques for diagnosis of bacterial diseases-especially for collection, preservation and dispatch of materials along with the laboratory procedures to be performed.
Indications, diagnosis, treatment and management of ‘cyanide’ poisoning in cattle.
Describe etiology, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and control of rabies. Discuss its public-health significance/importance
In spite of advancement in diagnostic techniques due to development in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology why are diseases like Tuberculosis, ‘Jhones disease’ Brucellosis etc. Still threatening to the Indian Live-Stock Economy/Industry
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