Question

A group of animals related by descent and similar in most characters are said to be
A) Clone
B) Variant
C) Breed
D) variety

Answer 1

To improve the quality of food and animals, the enhancement of food and breeding of animals is done. Mating of good quality animals to produce highly productive and suitable animals for enhancement of all overall performance is called animal breeding.

Step by step answer: The organisms which are related by descent are known as a breed. They have most of the characters which are similar. The general features, characters, size and appearance excreta of these animals resemble each other.
-Option A:Clone: It is the organism or a cell or group of organisms or cells that are produced asexually
from one stock which is genetically identical.
-Option B:Variant: variant is the specific region of the genome which differs between two genomes.
-Option C:Breed: A breed is a specific group of animals having a homogenous Appearance which is
distinguished it from other organisms of some species. These animals mate or breed with each other In
the same breed in order to maintain a pure line breed.
-Option D:Variety: In botanical nomenclature, variety is a taxonomic rank below that species and
subspecies, but above that of form.
Thus, the answer is option C: Breed

Note: There are mainly two methods of breeding. The first method is inbreeding which contains the breeding of related animals as the sire (male) and dam(female). And the second method is outbreeding which contains the breeding of unrelated animals as male and female.