Question

The world’s highly prized wool yielding Pashmina breed is:
A) Sheep
B) Goat of high Himalayan altitudes
C) Goat-sheep cross
D) Kashmiri afgan sheep cross

Answer 1

Goat is mainly reared for its wool and mutton and the wool of high quality is obtained from the goat which is reared in the Himalayan region and for improving its quality cross-breeding experiments are usually preferred.

Complete answer: Pashmina is a type of wool which is of very high quality and is obtained from the special breed of goat which is found in the high altitude of Himalayan and its scientific name is Capra hircus. Pashmina shawl is famous since the Mughal period, not only in India it is famous all over the world. This fibre is so thin that it can be passed from even a ring.
So the correct answer is option (B)
Additional information:
Inbreeding: it refers to the breeding of two closely related individuals of the same breed for 4-5 generations. Generally, it leads to inbreeding depression.
Outbreeding: it is the mating of unrelated animals of the same breed but having no common ancestor up to 4-6 generations.
Outcrossing: it is the breeding of animals of the same breed but no common ancestor for 4 – 6 generations and the progeny produced by this type of breeding is called outcross.
It is the best method to overcome inbreeding depression.
Crossbreeding: in this type of breeding, a superior male of one breed is mated with the superior female of another breed. Hisardale (sheep breed) is produced by this method.

Note: Breed: it is a group of animals that are phenotypically similar in most of the characters like general appearance, size, configuration, etc. and most importantly they have a common ancestor.