TNPSC Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Code 396 Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education: practice questions

1 · Tribal and urban communities · medium

The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India provides autonomous district councils for tribal areas in which states?

1. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim
3. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
4. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana

2 · Principles of extension · medium

A block has 2,400 dairy households, and adoption of a new practice is expected to follow Rogers' normal distribution. How many households would fall in the early majority?

1. 324
2. 60
3. 816
4. 384

3 · Programme planning · medium

In PRA, the principle of checking information through several methods, sources and team members is called:

1. Triangulation
2. Optimal ignorance
3. Handing over the stick
4. Appropriate imprecision

4 · Livestock and dairy development programmes: village breeding schemes and cooperative dairy development · hard

How was the first phase of Operation Flood initially financed?

1. By selling skim milk powder and butter oil donated by the European Economic Community through the World Food Programme
2. By a direct grant from the Reserve Bank of India to each state dairy department to build new processing plants in district towns
3. By a cess levied on every litre of milk sold by private dairies in the four metropolitan cities
4. By loans raised from village cooperative members against the security of their land titles

5 · Shelters and sanctuaries for unproductive and stray cattle · easy

Goshalas in India are best described as:

1. Government quarantine stations for imported cattle at the international seaports and airports
2. State semen stations that produce frozen semen of exotic breeds for crossbreeding
3. Traditional charitable institutions sheltering cows, run by trusts and religious bodies
4. Private commercial dairy farms run as companies to supply milk to city markets

6 · Shelters and sanctuaries for unproductive and stray cattle · medium

Why were gosadans intended to be sited in remote areas with forest and grazing land?

1. To expose cattle to wild ungulates so that they would develop natural immunity to forest diseases
2. To make use of the higher milk yield that cattle give when grazed in forest areas
3. To keep them close to cities so their milk could be sold to urban consumers
4. To keep unproductive cattle at low cost and away from breeding tracts and village grazing

7 · Shelters and sanctuaries for unproductive and stray cattle · hard

A veterinarian inspecting an overcrowded goshala finds thin animals, heavy tick loads and several downer cows. Which action best combines welfare and extension principles?

1. Issue a closure order at once and disperse all the cattle to nearby farmers without arranging any follow-up visits
2. Work with the managing trust on a stocking, feeding and health plan, and treat or humanely manage the downers
3. Advise the trust to stop admitting stray cattle and to release the weakest animals onto the highway
4. Leave the goshala alone because religious institutions are outside the scope of veterinary advice

8 · Role of local government institutions · easy

The Balwantrai Mehta Committee of 1957 recommended a Panchayati Raj structure with how many tiers?

1. Two tiers
2. Four tiers
3. One tier
4. Three tiers

9 · Role of local government institutions · easy

Which state was the first to inaugurate Panchayati Raj, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Gujarat
4. Maharashtra

10 · Role of local government institutions · hard

How can a block veterinary officer best use the gram sabha in a scheme that provides subsidised goats to poor households?

1. Select beneficiaries privately from the officer's own list of regular clients
2. Let the supplier of the goats choose the households it judges most likely to repay the loan quickly
3. Have beneficiaries identified openly in the gram sabha against the scheme's eligibility criteria
4. Allot the goats to the largest landowners because they have more grazing