RPSC Veterinary Officer (Rajasthan) · India · Rajasthan Public Service Commission
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersRural sociology and the methods used to take animal-health knowledge to farmers, with the history of livestock and dairy development programmes in several regions.
In the exams: ICAR AIEEA-PG 14 (Veterinary Extension); TNPSC Extension 10; RPSC (Operation Flood, schemes, livestock census, insurance); Nepal NLEV Social Science 6
RPSC Veterinary Officer (Rajasthan)
Operation Flood and the Anand pattern, Key Village Scheme, ICDP, gosadans and goshalas, current livestock schemes, the livestock census and livestock insurance, and Rajasthan's role as the first state to introduce Panchayati Raj.
How our questions for RPSC Veterinary Officer spread across the units of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education. Difficulty: 11 easy, 22 medium, 4 hard.
| Livestock and dairy development programmes: village breeding schemes and cooperative dairy development | 9 | |
| Role of local government institutions | 7 | |
| Livestock development schemes | 7 | |
| Community development | 6 | |
| Shelters and sanctuaries for unproductive and stray cattle | 5 | |
| Tribal and urban communities | 3 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India provides autonomous district councils for tribal areas in which states?
C. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
The Sixth Schedule covers tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Scheduled Areas in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan are governed under the Fifth Schedule instead.
Phase I of Operation Flood, from 1970 to 1981, linked how many milksheds to the four metropolitan markets?
B. 18
Phase I linked 18 milksheds to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Phase II, 1981-85, expanded to 136 milksheds and around 290 urban markets; Phase III extended the network further, to about 170 milksheds.
How was the first phase of Operation Flood initially financed?
A. By selling skim milk powder and butter oil donated by the European Economic Community through the World Food Programme
Phase I was financed largely by the sale in India of EEC-donated skim milk powder and butter oil supplied through the World Food Programme, with later World Bank support. No milk cess, central bank grant or land-backed member loans funded it.
Goshalas in India are best described as:
C. Traditional charitable institutions sheltering cows, run by trusts and religious bodies
Goshalas are traditional charitable cow shelters supported mainly by donations. Quarantine stations, semen stations and commercial dairies are different institutions.
Why were gosadans intended to be sited in remote areas with forest and grazing land?
D. To keep unproductive cattle at low cost and away from breeding tracts and village grazing
Remote siting allowed cheap maintenance on grazing and prevented unwanted bulls from breeding with village cows, relieving pressure on village feed. Old and unproductive animals produced little milk, and exposure to wildlife increases rather than prevents disease risk.
A veterinarian inspecting an overcrowded goshala finds thin animals, heavy tick loads and several downer cows. Which action best combines welfare and extension principles?
B. Work with the managing trust on a stocking, feeding and health plan, and treat or humanely manage the downers
Working with the managing trust on stocking density, feed, parasite control and the care or humane management of non-ambulatory animals improves welfare while gaining the institution's cooperation. Abrupt closure without follow-up, releasing animals onto roads or ignoring the problem all worsen welfare.
The Balwantrai Mehta Committee of 1957 recommended a Panchayati Raj structure with how many tiers?
D. Three tiers
It recommended gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad. The Ashok Mehta Committee later recommended two tiers.
Which state was the first to inaugurate Panchayati Raj, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959?
B. Rajasthan
Rajasthan inaugurated Panchayati Raj at Nagaur on 2 October 1959; Andhra Pradesh followed soon after.
How can a block veterinary officer best use the gram sabha in a scheme that provides subsidised goats to poor households?
C. Have beneficiaries identified openly in the gram sabha against the scheme's eligibility criteria
Open identification of beneficiaries in the gram sabha against stated criteria improves transparency and targeting. Private selection by the officer or a supplier invites favouritism, and giving pro-poor benefits to the largest landowners defeats the scheme's purpose.
The National Animal Disease Control Programme launched in 2019 targets which two diseases?
D. Foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis
NADCP aims at control and eventual eradication of FMD and brucellosis through mass vaccination of identified animals. Other diseases are covered under other components of livestock health programmes.
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