UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Year end review of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department for the year 2025

Q1. In the 2025 Year End Review of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the figure of 30.87% (for 2023-24, at current prices) cited for the livestock sector denotes which one of the following?

  • A. The livestock sector's share in the total agriculture and allied sector Gross Value Added (GVA)
  • B. The livestock sector's share in the country's total Gross Value Added (GVA)
  • C. The compound annual growth rate of the livestock sector's GVA
  • D. The livestock sector's share in India's total agricultural exports

Q2. As per the 2025 Year End Review, the livestock sector's share in the total agriculture and allied sector GVA (at current prices) rose from 24.38% in 2014-15 to 30.87% in 2023-24. By approximately how many percentage points did this share increase over the period?

  • A. About 6.5 percentage points
  • B. About 12.77 percentage points
  • C. About 5.41 percentage points
  • D. About 30.87 percentage points

Q3. According to the 2025 Year End Review, India's milk production figure of 247.87 million tonnes corresponds to which financial year?

  • A. 2024-25
  • B. 2023-24
  • C. 2025-26
  • D. 2014-15

Q4. In the context of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, 'Gausort' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. An indigenously developed sex-sorted semen production technology
  • B. An indigenous cattle breed conserved under the mission
  • C. A network of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) laboratories for livestock
  • D. A doorstep mobile veterinary service scheme

Q5. Which one of the following is the flagship scheme of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying for the development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds?

  • A. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
  • B. National Livestock Mission
  • C. National Programme for Dairy Development
  • D. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme

Q6. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  • B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Rural Development
  • D. Ministry of Cooperation

Q7. Within the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the National Livestock Mission (NLM) is implemented by which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  • B. Department of Fisheries
  • C. Department of Agricultural Research and Education
  • D. Department of Rural Development

Q8. The Regional Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Breeds at Motihari, Bihar (involving an investment of ₹33.80 crore) was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in which month and year?

  • A. July 2025
  • B. September 2025
  • C. October 2025
  • D. December 2024

Q9. At government semen stations, the indigenous production of sex-sorted semen for livestock breed improvement is assisted under which one of the following schemes?

  • A. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
  • B. National Livestock Mission
  • C. National Programme for Dairy Development
  • D. National Animal Disease Control Programme