India · ICAR / NTA · entrance
Computer-based CUET subject tests (the ICAR-UG counselling uses CUET-UG scores). The subject combination ICAR accepts for each degree is set in each year's ICAR bulletin; check it there.
ICAR-NDRI's official B.Tech page (read 3 Oct 2026) says B.Tech Dairy Technology admission is 'on the basis of the merit in the combined examination (CUET) and counselling conducted by the ICAR': 10+2 with PCM or PCB, 50% aggregate (40% SC/ST/PH), age 16–23. The same route fills the ICAR quota at other state agricultural and veterinary universities that teach dairy technology; their state seats use state entrance exams (see india-state-cet-dairy). The subject-test combination was not re-checked for 2026.
Official source: https://www.ndri.res.in/b-tech-programme-dairy-technology-biotechnology-food-technology
Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.
1. Which species produces the largest share of the world's milk?
A. Cattle, at about four-fifths of world output
FAO statistics put cattle at roughly four-fifths of world milk. Buffalo come second with around a seventh, concentrated in South Asia; goats and sheep each give only a few per cent despite being widespread.
Dairy Industry & Milk Production Systems · World milk production by region and species: cow, buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, yak
2. What is the determinant of the 2 by 2 matrix with rows (4, 3) and (2, 5)?
C. 14
det = ad − bc = 4×5 − 3×2 = 20 − 6 = 14. Adding the products (20 + 6 = 26) is the commonest slip.
Mathematics & Statistics for Dairy Science · Matrices and linear equations
3. A solution has a hydrogen-ion concentration of 1 × 10⁻⁵ mol/L. What is its pH?
D. 5
pH = −log[H⁺] = −log(10⁻⁵) = 5. pH 9 would be the pOH-type slip (14 − 5).
Biochemistry for Dairy Science · Water, pH and buffers
4. Who disproved spontaneous generation with swan-necked flasks of boiled broth?
A. Louis Pasteur
Pasteur's flasks stayed sterile while the curved neck trapped dust and spoiled once it was broken. Koch proved specific organisms cause specific diseases.
General Microbiology · History and scope of microbiology
5. A drawing made to a scale of 1:50 shows a tank diameter of 3.2 m written on it. The real diameter is:
A. 3.2 m
Written dimensions always give real size whatever the scale. 6.4 cm is what the drawn line would measure; scaling off prints is bad practice.
Engineering Fundamentals for Dairy Technologists · Engineering drawing and reading plant drawings
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