Remount Veterinary Corps (Indian Army), Short Service Commission

India · Indian Army · civil-service · unverified source

39practice questions written to this syllabus
4subjects

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Over the years

Armed-forces commission. The RVC is an optional MSVE 2016 internship posting. Source is Wikipedia pending the official page.

Official source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remount_Veterinary_Corps

Subjects this exam draws on

Livestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals9 questionsLivestock Production Management III: Species of Regional Interest6 questionsEquine Medicine, Surgery & Practice19 questionsRotating Internship & Entrepreneurship Training5 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. What is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare) called?

  1. Hinny
  2. Jennet
  3. Mule
  4. Zebroid
Answer and working

C. Mule

Jack x mare gives a mule; stallion x jenny gives a hinny. A zebroid is a zebra hybrid; a jennet (jenny) is a female donkey.

Livestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals · Equine management

2. A mule is produced by mating a:

  1. Stallion with a jenny
  2. Jack donkey with a jenny
  3. Jack donkey with a mare
  4. Zebra stallion with a mare
Answer and working

C. Jack donkey with a mare

A mule is jack x mare; a hinny is stallion x jenny. Zebra x horse crosses are zorses.

Livestock Production Management III: Species of Regional Interest · Donkey and mule management

3. A 500 kg horse with colic is to receive flunixin meglumine at 1.1 mg/kg intravenously from a 50 mg/mL solution. What volume is drawn up?

  1. 27.5 mL
  2. 1.1 mL
  3. 11 mL
  4. 110 mL
Answer and working

C. 11 mL

Dose = 500 kg x 1.1 mg/kg = 550 mg; volume = 550 mg / 50 mg/mL = 11 mL. 1.1 mL and 110 mL are decimal slips, and 27.5 mL results from dividing by 20 mg/mL instead of 50. Confirm against the product label and your national formulary.

Equine Medicine, Surgery & Practice · Colic

4. Which animals form the main responsibility of the Remount Veterinary Corps of the Indian Army?

  1. Elephants, horses and pigeons
  2. Camels, yaks and cattle
  3. Dogs, cattle and pigs
  4. Horses, mules and dogs
Answer and working

D. Horses, mules and dogs

The RVC procures, breeds, trains and treats army horses, mules and dogs. The other combinations include species that are not the Corps' main charge.

Rotating Internship & Entrepreneurship Training · Posting: Remount Veterinary Corps

5. Which feeding practice best protects a stabled horse's digestive health?

  1. Water offered only at feed times to prevent the horse from colic
  2. Two large concentrate meals a day, with hay offered only once or twice a week
  3. Forage as the base of the diet, with concentrate in small, frequent meals
  4. A sudden switch to a new feed whenever the workload goes up
Answer and working

C. Forage as the base of the diet, with concentrate in small, frequent meals

Horses evolved to graze, and forage-based diets with small concentrate meals and gradual changes reduce colic, gastric ulcers and laminitis. Large starchy meals, sudden changes and restricted water all increase colic risk.

Livestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals · Equine management

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