Pashmina wool is obtained from which animal?
- A.Chokla sheep of Rajasthan
- B.Changthangi goat of Ladakh
- C.Murrah buffalo of Haryana
- D.Nellore sheep of Andhra Pradesh
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Changthangi goat of Ladakh. This goat of the cold Changthang plateau grows a very fine soft undercoat in winter, and that fibre, combed out in spring, is the pashmina from which Kashmiri shawls are woven. Option A is wrong because the Chokla of Rajasthan gives coarse carpet wool and is valued for that trade, not for fine fibre. Option C is wrong because the Murrah is a milk buffalo and yields no wool at all. Option D is wrong because the Nellore of Andhra Pradesh is a meat sheep with almost no fleece worth shearing. The Chegu goat of the Himalaya is the other pashmina yielding breed, while the rare mohair of the Angora goat and the fine wool of the Merino sheep are the imported comparisons examiners use as distractors.
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- A.Food grain production
- B.Oil seed production
- C.Fish production
- D.Milk production
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Read the full explanation →In which year was Operation Flood launched in India?
- A.1946
- B.1965
- C.1970
- D.1986
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Read the full explanation →Who is known as the father of the white revolution in India?
- A.M.S. Swaminathan
- B.Verghese Kurien
- C.Norman Borlaug
- D.Hiralal Chaudhuri
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Read the full explanation →Murrah is a well known breed of which animal?
- A.Cow
- B.Buffalo
- C.Goat
- D.Sheep
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Read the full explanation →The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located in which city?
- A.Mumbai
- B.Barrackpore
- C.Kochi
- D.Visakhapatnam
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