Unit 4 AGB Quiz

1. Measures of the correlation between the repeated measurements of the same individual is known as (MPSC, 2019)

2. The major cause of genetic correlation is (UK VO – 2024)

3. The reproductive traits of livestock indicate heritability as: (UK VO 2024)

4. Heritability estimate of a trait is higher when there is (UK VO 2024)

5. The sum of average effect of all the alleles, is known as: (UK VO 2024)

6. Proportion of phenotypic variance caused due to additive gene variance is (JKPSC 2019)

7. Correlation among different measurements on a character in the life of an animal is called (JKPSC 2019)

8. Selection on the basis of individuality is most important, when h2 of the trait is: (PPSC 2016)

9. Which of the following is used to predict future performance of individual ? (RPSC 2019)

10. Which of the following is a heritable and fixable component of phenotypic variance? (MPPSC 2021)

11. Which of the following statements indicates about narrow-sense heritability? (MPPSC 2023)

12. What will be the heritability range for wool quality traits like fiber diameter, staple length, crimp frequency etc.? (MPPSC 2023)

13. The causes which are responsible for the genetic correlation between two characters are (MPPSC 2022)

14. Family selection of the method of choice for traits with: (MPPSC 2022)

15. Intra-class correlation between repeated measurements of the same individual is a measure of (OPSC 2022)

16. Which of the following variances is fully transmitted to the next generation? (OPSC 2022)

17. Which of the following statements about heritability is incorrect?

18. A trait has a heritability of 0.15 and a repeatability of 0.35. What can be inferred about this trait?

19. In a population of dairy cattle, milk yield has a heritability of 0.3 and a strong positive genetic correlation with mastitis incidence.

Which of the following is the most appropriate breeding strategy?

20. A livestock breeder is working with a trait that has a narrow-sense heritability of 0.15 and a broad-sense heritability of 0.40. What can be concluded about the genetic components influencing this trait?