The Hisardale sheep breed was developed by crossing which two stocks?
- A.Nali ewes with Lincoln rams
- B.Bikaneri Nali ewes with Merino rams
- C.Marwari ewes with Corriedale rams
- D.Chokla ewes with Rambouillet rams
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bikaneri Nali ewes with Merino rams. Hisardale was bred at Hisar in Haryana to get finer wool from animals that could still live in the hot dry plains, so the hardy local Nali ewes of the Bikaner side were crossed with Merino rams, the standard fine wool breed of the world. The result is a fine wool sheep adapted to Indian conditions and the one sheep breed of Haryana that papers ask by name.
Option A names Lincoln rams, a long and coarse wool British breed used for carpet wool, which is the opposite of the aim here. Option C names the Marwari ewe of Rajasthan and Corriedale rams, a cross used elsewhere for medium wool. Option D names the Chokla, another Rajasthan carpet wool breed, with Rambouillet rams; Rambouillet has been used in Indian crossbreeding, but the Hisardale is specifically a Nali and Merino cross.
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Practice Questions
View allGerber test is used to determine -
- A.Protein percent in milk
- B.Fat percent in milk
- C.Acidity of milk
- D.SNF % in milk
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In the Gerber test a measured quantity of milk is mixed with sulphuric acid and amyl alcohol in a butyrometer and spun in a centrifuge; the acid digests everything but the fat, which rises into the graduated neck of the tube and is read off directly as a percentage.
Read the full explanation →If CLR of milk is 28, then the specific gravity of milk will be -
- A.1.28
- B.0.28
- C.1.028
- D.1.025
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The corrected lactometer reading, written CLR, is the figure read on the neck of a lactometer floating in milk, and the specific gravity is obtained from it by the simple relation one plus the reading divided by one thousand.
Read the full explanation →The most popular fine wool sheep breed of the world is -
- A.Merino
- B.Lincoln
- C.Corriedale
- D.Rambouillet
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The Merino, of Spanish origin and now reared in large numbers in Australia, is the standard fine wool sheep of the world, its fleece being soft, dense and of very small fibre diameter.
Read the full explanation →Among the following bovine animals of India, the best breed is
- A.Tharparkar
- B.Amrit Mahal
- C.Hariana
- D.Kankrej
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The correct answer, as marked in the paper, is D, Kankrej. The Kankrej of the Kutch and Banaskantha country is rated the best of the Indian dual purpose cattle breeds: it is the largest and heaviest of them, its bullocks have the fastest and most enduring gait of any Indian…
Read the full explanation →Which buffalo breed is called the black gold of Haryana?
- A.Nili Ravi
- B.Murrah
- C.Mehsana
- D.Surti
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The Murrah is the buffalo of Rohtak, Jind, Hisar and Bhiwani, jet black and heavy bodied with short, tightly curled horns, and it yields more milk and richer milk than any other buffalo breed of India.
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