Objective Questions in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science
Objective Questions in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science
MCQ on Aquatic Health and Management
Objective Questions in Fisheries Science
1. Which belongs in the carp family?
A) Pethia stoliczkana
B) Spinibarbus hollandi
C) Puntius deccanensis
D) All the above
2. Chromosome formula of Rohu is
A) 10m + 14sm + 8st + 20T
B) 10m + 11sm + 8st + 20T
C) 10m + 14sm + 5st + 20T
D) 10m + 14sm + 6st + 20T
3. Which techniques are used for measuring gene expression?
A) qPCR
B) Microarray
C) Transcriptome
D) All the above
4. Who is the president of ICAR?
A) DG-ICAR
B) Prime Minister of India
C) President
D) Agriculture Minister
5. ———— is a heterosexual reproductive communication system which ultimately leads to breeding.
A) Breeding
B) Mating
C) Spawning
D) Courtship
6. Endocrine gland present near the tail of the fish.
A) Corpuscles of Stannius
B) Ultimo-branchial gland
C) Urophysis
D) Chromaffin gland
7. Ampullae of Lorenzini is present in
A) Sharks
B) Rays
C) Chimaeras
D) All the above
8. Which gene is mostly used for molecular taxonomy in fish?
A) 12S
B) 16S
C) COI
D) mtDNA
9. The emphysematous putrefactive disease is caused by
A) Aeromonas enteropelogenes
B) Aeromonas piscicola
C) Vibrio parahaemolyticus
D) Edwardsiella tarda
10. Total number of deemed universities under ICAR is
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
11. Anatomically identify characteristic of minor carp is
A) Dorsal fin rays > 12 number
B) Dorsal fin rays > 14 number
C) Dorsal fin rays < 12 number
D) Dorsal fin rays < 14 number
12. ——— fish species is known for the longest life span.
A) Whale shark
B) White shark
C) Tiger shark
D) Greenland Shark
13. Which of the following is a secondary biological database?
A) DDJB
B) EMBL
C) NCBI
D) SCOP
14. Great Barrier Reef spread area is
A) 144,000 square miles
B) 152,000 square miles
C) 133,000 square miles
D) 164,000 square miles
15. A habit of Cycliophora is
A) Mouth of whale shark
B) Mouth of octopus
C) Mouth of lobster
D) Mouth of tilapia
16. Group of Dolphin is also known as
A) Sod
B) Cod
C) Kod
D) Pod
17. In Tor khudree, the total number of barbells are
A) 2
B) 6
C) 4
D) 8
18. Boxer crab scientific name is
A) Lybia australiensis
B) Callinectes sapidus
C) Ovalipes ocellatus
D) Scylla paramamosain
19. …… % of earth surface is covered by the Pacific Ocean.
A) 49%
B) 24%
C) 55%
D) 30%
20. Longest freshwater lake in the world is
A) Baltic Lake
B) Caspian
C) Tanganyika
D) Superior
21. —– is used to improve hatchability of fish eggs.
A) Thiamine hydrochloride
B) Calcium chloride
C) Magnesium sulfate
D) Sodium sulfite
22. ———– aquatic animal sleeps with one eye open.
A) Blue whale
B) Sting Ray
C) Whale shark
D) Dolphin
23. ———- is used to control mortality connected with furunculosis, bacterial hemorrhagic septicemia, enteric redmouth, flexibacteriosis, and vibriosis in salmonids.
A) 35% hydrogen peroxide
B) 50% florfenicol
C) Oxytetracycline hydrochloride
D) Oxytetracycline dihydrate
24. Which country does not have riverine resources?
A) France
B) Vietnam
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Canada
25. Labyrinthiform organs are present in
A) Monopterus javanensis
B) Mastacembelus sp.
C) Trichogaster sp.
D) Bleopthalamus sp.
26. ———- is the fastest swimming fish in the world.
A) Tuna
B) Flying fish
C) Black Marlin
D) Tiger shark
27. Agriculture Education Day is celebrated on
A) 3 December
B) 17 April
C) 22 May
D) 22 June
28. Robot fish belongs to
A) Belonidae
B) Hemiramphidae
C) Syngnathidae
D) None of the above
29. Yellow Head Virus genetic material is
A) ssRNA
B) dsRNA
C) ssDNA
D) dsDNA
30. The term “Bioinformatics” was coined by
A) Bulien Zogeweg and Wen Zesper
B) Ekmekci and Bartlett
C) Attwood
D) Paulien Hogeweg and Ben Hesper
31. IASRI is located at
A) Cochin
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) New Delhi
32. The scientific name of Goatfishes sp. is
A) Upeneus sp.
B) Mulloidichthys sp.
C) Parupeneus sp.
D) All of the above
33. ——- ratio of the sample standard deviation to the sample mean.
A) Coefficient of determination
B) Coefficient of regression
C) Coefficient of Variation
D) Coefficient of standard deviation
34. The rate of drug absorption is greatest in
A) Large intestine
B) Small intestine
C) Stomach
D) None of the above
35. ——— simple approach software for analyzing trophic interactions in fisheries resources systems.
A) Ecosystem Modelling software
B) Trophic Modelling
C) Ecopath software
D) Ecosystem-Based software
36. National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated on
A) April 11
B) April 24
C) April 23
D) April 13
37. Article 12 in the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) is related to
A) Fisheries management
B) Integration of fisheries into coastal area management
C) Post-harvest practices and trade
D) Fisheries research
38. ———– aquatic animal produces its own sunscreen to protect from sunlight.
A) Sea anemone
B) Giant kelp
C) Coral
D) Certium
39. Longest invertebrate is
A) Giant spider crab
B) Giant Squid
C) Giant octopus
D) Ribbon worm
40. Labeo bata is
A) Bottom feeder
B) Column feeder
C) Surface feeder
D) None of the above
41. Queen angelfish scientific name is
A) Chaetodontoplus meridithii
B) Anematichthys repasso
C) Pomacanthus paru
D) Holacanthus ciliaris
42. CSIR – Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute is located at
A) Cochin
B) Mandapam
C) Chennai
D) Bhavnagar
43. Who is the ‘Father of Marine Fisheries Development’?
A) Sir M. Peterson
B) Sir J. Bose
C) Sir F. Nicholson
D) Sir T.V.R. Pillay
44. Headquarter of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is located at
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Delhi
D) Kolkata
45. International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters is located at
A) Geneva
B) Bangkok
C) New York
D) Washington, D.C.
46. Bermuda Triangle is located in which ocean
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Both A and B
D) Arctic Ocean
47. ………. model assumes that recruitment and selection are knife-edge.
A) Bhattacharya plot
B) Beverton and Holt Yield per recruit
C) Powell-Whetherall
D) Rikhter-Effanov
48. Find the odd one out
A) ELISA
B) PCR
C) Western blotting
D) Immunodot
49. Study of scales is called
A) Scatology
B) Scaledology
C) Sqcaleology
D) Squamatology
50. ——— country is also known as “Land of thousand lakes”.
