Fisheries related General Knowledge Questions and Answers PDF

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1. Per capita fish availability in India is (annually)–
(A) 15 kg (B) 6 kg
(C) 8 kg✓ (D) 11 kg

2. Oxidation is related to–
(A) Protein (B) Carbohydrate
(C) Vitamin (D) Fat✓

3. When EL Nino occurs, it affects the countries or the region by way of–
(A) Floods (B) Cyclones✓
(C) Drought (D) Tomedo

4. Shark liver oil is a good source of–
(A) Vitamin – E (B) Vitamin – A✓
(C) Lpids (D) Minerals

5. The largest ocean in the world is–
(A) Indian (B) Pacific✓
(C) Atlantic (D) Antartic

6. Most preferred food item of carp spawn–
(A) Rotifer✓ (B) Phytoplankton
(C) Clliorelln (D) Chaetocerous

7. Rihand reservoir is known for the fishery of large sized–
(A) C. mrigata (B) W. aiiu
(C) P. pnngasius (D) C. catla✓

8. The fecundity of an individual fish is called–
(A) Absolute fecundity✓ (B) Relative fecundity
(C) Ovarian fecundity (D) None

9. In the length weight relationship of the form, Y = axb allometry is indicated if the value of b is greater than–
(A) 0’05 (B) 1.0
(C) 3′ 0✓ (D) 10.0

10. A breed of fish produced in the same year is known as–
(A) Year class✓ (B) Age group
(C) Recruitments (D) None of the above

11. The productivity of a reservoir depends on its–
(A) Area (B) Plankton resources
(C) Stocking rate, exploitation methods and conservation methods (D) All✓

12. The Elasmobranchs contribute the maximum annual landing in India from–
(A) North east (B) South east✓
(C) South west (D) North east

13. Two fauling organisms of crabt are–
(A) Isopods and myriopods (B) Blue and green mussle
(C) Barnacles and oysters✓ (D) Cardium and my a

14. Belly scutes are present in–
(A) Sardinella✓ (B) Leiognathus
(C) Mugil (D) Chanos

15. The common indigenous larval fish is–
(A) Chanda nama✓ (B) Labeo rohita
(C) Channa punciatus (D) Clarias bairachus

16. Arginine is a amino acids–
(A) An acidic (B) Basic✓
(C) Sulphur containing (D) Methionine .containing

17. Coral reefs are found in India along the coasts of–
(A) Sagar Islands (B) Kerala
(C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands✓ (D) Andhra Pradesh

18. Induced breeding was practiced by people of which country in 1930–
(A) Brazil✓ (B) India
(C) China (D) Japan

19. Which induced breeding agent developed indigenously ?
(A) Ova prim (B) Ovatide✓
(C) FSH (D) GnRH

20. Widely distributed bivalve along the coast of India is–
(A) Calm✓ (B) Oyster
(C) Green mussle (D) Blue mussle

21. Act of identification of disease is known as–
(A) Diagnosis✓ (B) Synthesis
(C) Scoliosis (D) Genesis

22. One knot in ship is–
(A) 1.8 nautical miles/hr✓ (B) 6 nautical miles/hr
(C) 8′ nautical miles /hr (D) 10 nautical miles/hr

23. IMC (Indian Major Crops) spawns in–
(A) Afternoon (B) Morning✓
(C) Night (D) Evening

24. Annually, total fisheries potential of India is–
(A) 8.4 mt✓ (B) 6.4 mt
(C) 6.2 mt  (D) 10 mt

25. Equipment used for measuring the gross energy is–
(A) HPLC (B) GLC
(C) Bomb Calorimeter✓ (D) Spectrophotometer

26. Larvae of eel is known as–
(A) Leptocephalus✓ (B) Cyphonata
(C) Phyllosoma (D) Spat

27. Argulus is commonly found in ponds with–
(A) Low saline water
(B) Low alkainity
(C) High turbidity (D) High organic matter✓

28. Single most cultured shellfish in world is–
(A) C. gigas✓ (B) Lobster
(C) Cuttle fish
(D) Scylla serrata

29. Indian hill trout is–
(A) Schizothorax (B) Rohu
(C) Mnrieus bola✓ (D) Catla

30. Chromosome number in Indian Major Carps (IMC) Rohu is–
(A) 50✓ (B) 46
(C) 88 (D) 22

31. Main composition of fish inducing agent (Ova prim) is–
(A) LHRA (B) LHRA-analogue✓
(C) G n RH (D) FSH

32. To minimize the cannibalism of Wallagaattu which color is given to tanks-
(A) Green (B) Red✓
(C) Blue (D) Violet

33. Preparations of fish feed by maximizing profit and minimizing cost is possible by–
(A) Pearson square (B) Linear programming✓
(C) Heat and trail (D) Complex square

34. Grass carp are used for control of–
(A) Phytoplankton (B) Macrophytes✓
(C) Zooplankton (D) Insects

35. Adults of which of the following fishes are iIiophagous in their feeding habit–
(A) Etroplus suratensis (B) Mugil ceplialus✓
(C) Mugil persia (D) Pobjnemus tetradacrflus

36. A fish seed hatchery can well run by obtaining iron free water from–
(A) Tube well (B) Bore well
(C) River✓ (D) Pond

37. Ichthyophthiris multifilis belongs to the group of–
(A) Fungi (B) Nematode
(C) Crustacea (D) Protozoa✓

38. Integrated farming of rice and fish results in an increase of rice
production by–
(A) 5-8 %, (B) 8-12 %
(C) 15- 20 %✓ (D) 25-30 %

39. The well known reservoir on Tapti river is–
(A) Hirakltd (B) Ukai✓
(C) Aliyar (D) Sardar sarovar

40. Mowrin kills fish through–
(A) Asphyxiation
(B) Increasing the ammonia level
(C) Production of Hydrogen Sulphide (D) Haemolysing the blood cells✓