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Animals- nature's gift - class-VIII

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India is the largest exporter of ............... to the world.

  1. Milk and butter

  2. Meat and eggs

  3. Hides and skin

  4. Wool


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Common commercial hides include leather from cattle and other livestock animals, alligator skin and snake skinAll are used for shoes, clothes and other fashion accessories. Animal hides are stretched, dried, and tanned. Most hides are processed from domesticated animals. India is the largest exporter of hides and skin to the world.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Which one of the following is not an exotic breed of cow?

  1. Jersey

  2. Holstein-Friesian

  3. Sahiwal

  4. Brown Swiss


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Sahiwal is not an exotic breed. It is a breed of zebu cattle, primarily used in dairy production, from the Sahiwal district of Pakistan, a dry region of Punjab which lies along the India-Pakistan border. They produce most milk of all zebu breeds, followed by the very similar Red Sindhi and Butana breeds. They are claimed to be tick-resistant, heat tolerant and resistant to parasites.
So, the correct answer is 'Sahiwal'.

In murrah average yield of milk is ______ liters during its lactation period

  1. 1500 to 2200

  2. 1600 to 2200

  3. 1800 to 2200

  4. 1900 to 2200


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Murrah has a high milk yield of milk and gives about 1900 to 2200 liters of milk during its lactation period.

Diseases found in animal husbandry are ______________.

  1. Anthrax

  2. Foot and Mouth

  3. Mastitis

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation: Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of cloven footed animalsincluding cattle, sheep, goat and pigs. This disease is endemic in India and producing serious economic losses to the country due to the ban on export of livestock products to other countries and reduced productivity of diseased animals. Anthrax -Synonyms: Splenic fever, fanshi, kalpuli Ban. It is an acute widespread infectious disease of all warm blooded animals specially cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat. It is communicable to man i.e. Zoonotic disease. It is soil-borne infection. It usually occurs after major climatic change. The disease is enzootic in India. Etiology: This disease is caused by bacteria called Bacillus authracis. Mastitis-denotes an inflanation of the udder, this disease is responsible for heavy financial losses to dairyman due to discarding of abnormal milk, reduced milk production and butter fat, decreased market value of cow and cost of drugs and veterinary services. In addition to this, the mastitic milk causes dreadly diseases like tuberculosis, brucellosis, sore throat, food poisoning etc. in human beings.

The milk yielding capacity of buffalo is 

  1. Three times more than cows

  2. Double than cows

  3. Four times more than cows

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Indian buffaloes are important source of milk supply today and yield nearly three times as much milk as cowsThe average annual milk yield of a buffalo is 491 liters as against 173 liters of a cow in India. 

More than half of the total milk produced (55%) in the country was contributed by the 47.22 million milch buffaloes, where as the 57.0 million cows contribute only 45% of the total milk yield. Hence, option A is correct.

From old times, cattle are being used for which of the following purposes?

  1. Milk production

  2. To draw water from wells

  3. For production of biogas

  4. All of the above 


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cattle are domesticated animals from several thousands of years by humans. They do help us in several different ways. They are widely used for dairy production, that is for the production of milk. They provide us good manure, which can flourish the crops raised by humans. Cattle dungs were used as a fuel in ancient times. People used to travel on back of cattles even for a long distance and thus, helps in transport too.

Petrolatum is

  1. Animal wax

  2. Petroleum jelly

  3. Hard paraffin wax

  4. Vegetable wax


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Petrolatum is soft paraffin wax. Waxes are esters of fatty acids with alcohol of high molecular weight instead of glycerol. They form water-insoluble coatings on hair and skin in animals and stems, leaves and fruits of plants.

Paraffin wax is obtained from petroleum. So, petrolatum is also known as petroleum jelly. It is used in cosmetics.
So, the correct answer is 'Petroleum jelly'.

Which of the following is the greatest threat to the animals?

  1. Hunting of animals

  2. The dependency of animals for livelihood.

  3. Usage of animals as a carriage.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is the characteristics of wool from angora rabbit?

  1. They have short fibers

  2. They have long fibers

  3. They are soft in texture

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Long fibres and soft in texture are the characteristics of wool from angora rabbit.
  • Angora rabbit fibre is one of the finest speciality animal fibres with its well - known reputation for fineness, lightness and softness and it can be classified as a luxury fibre. 
  • Angora rabbit fibre has good potential for producing textiles with special properties. It is extremely fine, soft, antistatic, lustrous, and durable.

Hunters are a great threat to the cattle due to the intentional killing of animals.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Good medical facilities increase the output of dairy animals.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Goat and sheep are reared for ______________.

  1. Milk

  2. Meat

  3. Wool

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the need of cattle?

  1. Food

  2. Water

  3. Medicines

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The rearing of silkworm for silk is known as

  1. Sericulture

  2. Apiculture

  3. Animal husbandry

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The rearing of silkworm for silk is known as Sericulture.  In sericulture the silkworm are reared at appropriate temperature and humidity to get silk thread from cocoons.
Hence correct option is A ( Sericluture).

The rearing of honeybees for honey is known as ______________.

  1. Sericulture

  2. Apiculture

  3. Animal husbandry

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The rearing of honeybees for honey in known as Apiculture. 
Beekeeping or apiculture is the maintenance of bee-contain commonly in man-made hives, by humans.  A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products. A location where bees are kept is called a beeyard.

Which of the following animal is not useful to man directly?

  1. Elephant

  2. Leopard

  3. Dog

  4. Cow


Correct Option: B

India possesses more than half the total number of the world's

  1. Goats

  2. Buffaloes

  3. Cattle

  4. Sheep


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India has the largest number of cattle in the world.

So, the correct option is 'Cattle'.

There are animals which are useful to us in more than one way. Select an appropriate code to match the animals to utility.


   List I    List II
 A  Milk, leather and butter  1  Goat
 B  Milk and flesh  2  Horse
 C  Transport   3  Sheep
 D  Fur, milk and meat  4 Buffalo 

  1. A- 4, B- 1, C- 2, D- 3

  2. A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4

  3. A- 2, B- 3, C- 1, D- 4

  4. A- 3, B- 1, C- 4, D- 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Buffalo is useful in producing milk, butter and leather.

Goat produces milk and flesh.
Horses are used for transportation, because they were capable of moving much further than humans at a much faster pace.
The sheep has an amazing milk producing and meat giving ability apart from producing high quality fur. 

Apis cerana indica is commonly known as 

  1. Indian cow

  2. Indian buffalo

  3. Indian bee

  4. none of these.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Apis cerana are small honey bees. There are eight subspecies of A. cerana out of which two subspecies are predominant and used for apiculture in India. They have black stripes on their abdomen and they live close to hilly areas and are sometime seen in plain regions as well.

'Lean meat' is considered to be of high quality because it has __________________.

  1. Lesser but easily digestible protein

  2. Lesser lipid content

  3. More fat that makes the meat softer

  4. Longer table life due to lesser chances of infection


Correct Option: A

Which one of the followings is obtained from animals?

  1. Wool

  2. Cotton

  3. Jute

  4. Nylon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Wool is obtained from the animal sheep. It is fur of the animal sheep which is scraped out through a series of process and finally collected in the form of  yarns. Cotton and Jute are obtained from plants whereas, nylon is a synthetic material produced by combination of chemicals.
So, the correct answer is 'Wool'.

The animals like sheep and camel is used for __________.

  1. Milk

  2. Carriage

  3. Medicines

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following practices are involved in the animal husbandry?

  1. Rearing of animals

  2. Breeding of animals

  3. Caring for animals

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Camel is a ship of the desert. It is also reared for wool.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The science of breeding and caring of animal is known as___________.

  1. Irrigation

  2. Sericulture

  3. Apiculture

  4. Animal husbandry


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The science of breeding and caring of animals is known as Animal husbandry. It is a branch of agriculture.

Which of the following is maintained for getting good quality meat?

  1. Broiler

  2. Layers

  3. Broody

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Which of the following species of honey bee is Italian species?

  1. Apis mellifera

  2. Apis dorsata

  3. Apis Florae

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Plants providing nectar and pollen to the honey bee are collectively called as___________.

  1. Swarm

  2. Bee fauna

  3. Pasturage

  4. Garden


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is need of desert animals?

  1. Water storage

  2. Large padded feet

  3. Tough skin

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following can be obtained from fishes?

  1. Proteins and vitamin D

  2. Wool

  3. Oil

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Protein, oil & vitamin D are obtained from the fishes. Fish oil, liver oil, vitamin D & protein obtained from an excellent source of nutrients from fish.

The egg laying capacity of an Indian hen breed is_____________.

  1. 100 eggs per year

  2. 50 eggs per year

  3. 200 eggs per year

  4. 1000 eggs per year


Correct Option: C

Male honey bee colonies are called as_____________.

  1. Drone

  2. Worker

  3. King

  4. Soldiers


Correct Option: A

What is the composition of honey?

  1. Water

  2. Sugar

  3. Minerals

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Answer is D.

Honey is composed of sugar (about 76%), water (18%) and other minerals that make up about 6%.

The rearing of animals for specific purposes is called domestication and such animals are called domestic animals. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The rearing of animals for specific purposes is called Animal husbandry. This branch concerned with animals that are raised for meat, eggs or other products. 

So the statement is False. 

The branch of agriculture which deals with feeding, shelter, health and breeding of domestic animals is called animal husbandry.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Animal husbandry is the science of rearing, caring, feeding, breeding, improvement, and utilization of sophisticated animals.

So, the correct option is 'True'

Cuniculture is related to

  1. Keeping of honey bees

  2. Rearing of rabbits

  3. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables

  4. Rearing of fish


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cuniculture is the practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their meat, *fur and wool.

Sealing wax is

  1. Vegetable wax

  2. Hard paraffin wax

  3. Shellac

  4. Lanolin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly forming a bond that is difficult to separate without noticeable tampering. Typically these are a mixture of wax and resin; usually beeswax and shellac.

So, the correct answer is 'Shellac'.

Which of the following animal is used for the domestic purpose?

  1. Fish

  2. Parrot

  3. Duck

  4. Horse


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Horse is used for domestic purpose. It is used as means of transport. It is also used as draught animals  on fields. It is also used for racing and riding. The milk produced by the female horse is known as mare. It is rich in whey protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin C.

Fish is aquatic animals and it is not used for domestic purpose. Parrot and duck are the birds which is not used for domestic purpose.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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