OPSC Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Advt 04 of 2026-27) · India · Odisha Public Service Commission
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersHow national Veterinary Services work: notifiable-disease reporting, quarantine and movement control, certification, import risk analysis, WTO-SPS and WOAH Codes, and emergency disease response.
In the exams: SAVC Paper 4 State veterinary medicine 35 (its largest single section); WOAH Day 1 advanced competences; Korea veterinary law and animal husbandry 20
How our questions for OPSC Veterinary Assistant Surgeon spread across the units of Regulatory and State Veterinary Medicine & International Trade. Difficulty: 10 easy, 11 medium, 1 hard.
| National disease control and eradication programmes | 15 | |
| Organisation of Veterinary Services (WOAH PVS) | 2 | |
| Quarantine | 2 | |
| Movement control | 2 | |
| Emergency disease response: culling, compensation and ring vaccination | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
India's 19th livestock census (2012) counted 512.05 million livestock and the 20th census (2019) counted 535.78 million. What was the percentage increase between the two censuses?
B. 4.6%
Increase = (535.78 − 512.05) / 512.05 × 100 = 23.73 / 512.05 × 100 = 4.6%. Dividing by the new figure (535.78) gives 4.4%, a wrong base; 23.7 is the absolute increase in millions, not a percentage; 46.3% misplaces the decimal.
Further reading: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, 20th Livestock Census
Which list correctly gives the cities with Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) stations in India?
A. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru
India's AQCS stations are at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, under the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Each distractor swaps in cities without an AQCS station.
Further reading: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, AQCS
Which Indian statute governs the import of livestock and, after amendment, livestock products?
A. The Livestock Importation Act, 1898
The Livestock Importation Act, 1898 is the basis for import control of livestock and was amended to cover livestock products. The PCA Act deals with cruelty, the IVC Act with the profession, and the FSS Act with food standards.
Further reading: Livestock Importation Act, 1898
Under India's action plan for highly pathogenic avian influenza, what are the radii of the infected zone and the surveillance zone around the epicentre?
D. 1 km infected zone and 10 km surveillance zone
India's action plan defines an infected zone of 1 km, in which birds are culled, and a surveillance zone of 10 km around the epicentre. 3 km and 10 km are the EU minimum protection and surveillance zones, a common mix-up.
Further reading: DAHD Action Plan for Prevention, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza
The National Animal Disease Control Programme launched by India in September 2019 targets which two diseases?
D. Foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis
NADCP was launched for FMD and brucellosis. HS and BQ are typically covered under ASCAD by state choice; PPR eradication is a separate component of the Critical Animal Disease Control Programme.
Further reading: DAHD, NADCP
What is the usual centre-to-state funding ratio for ASCAD in a general-category state?
A. 60:40
ASCAD is centrally sponsored with a 60:40 centre-state share in general-category states; 90:10 applies to north-eastern and Himalayan states and 100% central funding to union territories.
Further reading: DAHD, ASCAD guidelines
Which Indian act empowers authorities to notify scheduled diseases, declare controlled areas, restrict movement and order vaccination or destruction of animals?
D. The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009
PCICDA 2009 is India's central animal-disease control act. The PCA Act deals with cruelty, the IVC Act with the profession, and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act with medicines.
Further reading: PCICDA, 2009
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