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12 previous year questions for Animal Husbandry from 3 years. Practice with year-wise breakdown.
12
Questions
3
Years
2
Papers
Write short notes on/Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Nervous control of respiration in animals. [10M]
(b) National Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme. [10M]
(c) Factors affecting pre- and post-natal growth in animals. [10M]
(d) Write AIV method of silage preparation. [10M]
(e) Explain the concept of Essential Amino Acid Index (EAAI) and its significance in evaluating protein quality. [10M]
Discuss the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Write salient Histological Features of basic tissues of the body. [10M]
(b) Location of superficial lymph nodes of ox. [10M]
(c) Drugs acting on fluid balance. [10M]
(d) Write about the types of pollution. Also write about sources and signs of water pollution. How to measure the water quality? [10M]
(e) Write about the collection, methods of preservation and dispatch of samples from the carcass of suspected rabid dog for laboratory diagnosis. [10M]
Write short notes on/Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Recurrent selection and Reciprocal recurrent selection. [10M]
(b) Which are the processes preventing random assortment of genes to gametes? Describe them. [10M]
(c) Discuss the feeding strategies for animals in drought situations. [10M]
(d) Management of rabbits as meat animals. [10M]
(e) Factors affecting semen quality in vivo and in vitro. [10M]
Discuss the following in about 150 words each:
(a) OIE standard setting procedure for animal disease control. [10M]
(b) Neutralization of cream. [10M]
(c) How is the processing of Acidophilus milk and Bulgarian butter milk done? [10M]
(d) Principles and methods of low temperature preservation of meat. [10M]
(e) Quality control and grading of carpet wool. [10M]
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Write about how secretion of hormones from anterior pituitary gland is regulated in animals ? [10M]
(b) Discuss in brief about the physiological adjustment of camel in hot desert. [10M]
(c) Mention about the advantages and disadvantages of information and communication technology (I.C.T.) into animal husbandry. [10M]
(d) Discuss about the protein efficiency ratio. [10M]
(e) Describe Weende method of feed analysis. [10M]
Discuss the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Twinning during embryonic development in animals [10M]
(b) Classification of antimicrobial agents based on the mechanism of action with examples [10M]
(c) Specific requirements for brooder house of chicken [10M]
(d) Important clinical signs exhibited by poultry due to deficiency of vitamin E [10M]
(e) Clinical symptoms and treatment of impaction in bovines [10M]
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Mention the steps involved in cryopreservation of bull semen. [10M]
(b) Discuss the points to be considered during care and management of neonatal calf. [10M]
(c) Write the characteristics of Gir and Sahiwal cattle. [10M]
(d) Discuss the feeding strategies of goat for chevon production. [10M]
(e) Explain the breeding system used for pig production in India. [10M]
Discuss the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Classification of zoonoses based on etiological agents [10M]
(b) Significance of the cohort, case-control and cross-sectional epidemiological studies in animals [10M]
(c) Various procedures for the pasteurization of market milk [10M]
(d) Mechanism of rigor mortis in the goat carcass [10M]
(e) Preslaughter handling and transportation of poultry [10M]
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:
(a) Justify why more than one digestibility trial needs to be conducted during indirect method of digestibility determination of feed. [10M]
(b) Describe the physiological adjustments of goats during hot weather. [10M]
(c) Write in brief about the stages of spermatogenesis in bulls. [10M]
(d) Explain the importance of goat rearing in the upliftment of socio-economic status of farmers. [10M]
(e) Describe the different covariance components for resemblance between animal relatives. [10M]
Discuss the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Development of pituitary gland [10M]
(b) Boundaries of thoracic and pelvic cavities of bovines and organs present therein [10M]
(c) Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in dogs [10M]
(d) Measures to assess the environmental pollution [10M]
(e) Milk fever and its management in dairy cows [10M]
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:
(a) Describe the Van Soest method of forage fiber analysis. [10M]
(b) Describe the different methods for study of heart sounds in animals. [10M]
(c) Describe the economic considerations in commercial dairy farming. [10M]
(d) Describe the various sire indices meant for assessing the breeding worth of bulls. [10M]
(e) Discuss the various aspects of "National Livestock Mission" intended for livestock development in India. [10M]
Describe the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Quarantine as a measure to prevent the spread of animal disease [10M]
(b) Preparation of flavoured and sterilized milk [10M]
(c) Difference in the physical quality and chemical composition of cow and buffalo khoa [10M]
(d) Value-added poultry meat products [10M]
(e) Physico-chemical changes in meat after slaughter [10M]
We have 12 UPSC Mains Animal Husbandry optional subject questions spanning 3 years (2023–2025).
Animal Husbandry has 2 papers in UPSC Mains: Animal Husbandry-I, Animal Husbandry-II. Each paper carries 250 marks.