Question

Nagpuri buffalo is a
A. Draught cattle
B. Milch
C. Meat provider
D. Both A and B

Answer 1

Hint: A variety of buffalo can be used for more than one purpose. They can be used as a milch animal, draught animal or as a meat provider. These animals can also be used for carrying and delivering heavy luggages.

Complete answer:
Nagpuri buffalo is a breed of Indian buffalo. This buffalo has been used as the milch animal and draught cattle. Milch animals are the animals which are used to produce milk, for example, cows, goats, and camels. On the contrary, draught animals are the strong animals that are used to carry the weight or plough the field. Since Nagpuri buffalo is a strong buffalo, it is used as draught cattle. Apart from this, it also produces milk; thus, it is used as a milch animal.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Additional information:
-In India, the Milch variety of the buffalo is Murrah, Surti, Mehsana, Jaffrabadi, Bhadawari, Nili-Ravi and Nagpuri.
-The breeding ground for the Nagpuri variety of buffalo is Akola, Nagpur, Amravati districts of Maharashtra.
-They are also known as Barari. They are black coloured animals which consist of white patches on face, legs, and tails.
-They consist of the sword-shaped horns as horns are flat, long and curved backwards on each side of the ears.
-The exotic dairy breed of cattle is Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Red Dane.

Note: Cow and buffaloes both have the dual-purpose breeds. They both consist of variety which can be used to provide milk as well as carry the burden. The variety of cow is different from the variety of buffalo. For example, Red Sindhi, Gir, and Sahiwal are the dairy breed of cattle.