UNIT 1

QUESTION WORDS

A. Question Words
Question words are often used in English such as What, Who/Whom, Where, When, Why, and How or
usually called 5W+1H.
1. What
What is used to ask subject, it refers to things.
e.g. What eats grass in the cage?
What is also used to ask an object, it refers to things.
e.g. What does a cow eat?
2. Who/Whom
Who is used to ask subject. It refers to people.
e.g. Who buys a goat?
Whom is used to ask object. It refers to people.
e.g. Whom did you invite to buy a duck?
3. Where
Where is used to ask about place.
e.g. Where can I find Murrah buffalo?
4. When
When is used to ask about time.
e.g. when did you buy Sindhi bull?
5. Why
Why is used to ask about reason.
e.g. Why do you choose Sindhi bull rather than Murrah?
6. How
How is used to ask about manner generally.
e.g. How did you come to university?

B. Reading Comprehension

OTHER IMPORTANT BREEDS OF CATTLE

The Murrah or Delhi buffalo.-This is a native of South Punjab and Delhi States and is now found distributed in
various parts of India. The bullocks are not suitable for draught like the local buffaloes, as they do not stand the mid-
day sun. The Murrah buffalo cows are efficient milk producing animals and are maintained in almost all Indian cities
for production of milk. They are also used for improving the capacity of local buffaloes, by crossing. Cross bred
buffaloes with varying proportions of Murrah blood are found round about Guntur and to a smaller extent near
Coimbatore and Vijayawada. The livestock research station, Lam, at Guntur has a nucleus herd of Murrah buffaloes.
Many veterinary hospitals and agricultural stations maintain Murrah buffalo bulls, for serving local buffaloes. The
Murrah buffaloes are massive with a stout and capacious barrel. The legs are short, and the neck and head are light
when compared to the body. The buffaloes are black in colour, though light patches with white hairs about the legs
and head may be met with.
While, the Sindhi bullock is a medium sized animal, that is capable of doing heavy work, both in the field and
on the road, though slow. It is used for cross-breeding with the various local breeds throughout India and improving
the milk yield. A number of Sindhi animals have been exported to Korea, Brazil and Cuba, where pure Sindhi herds
are being maintained, to serve as nucleus stock. The Sind hi animal is commonly of a reddish dun colour, though
lighter and darker shades may often be met with. The bulls are a little darker than the cows. A few animals have
white spots and patches about the hump, the dewlap and the abdominal region. The Sindhi cow is popular as a good
milk animal. There used to be a regular movement of Sindhi animals from Karachi to Madras, before the partition of
India, in 1947. Considerable restrictions have since been imposed on the export of these animals from Karachi and
other places in Pakistan.

Questions:
1. Where is the murrah buffalo located?
2. What is produced by the murrah buffalo?
3. What is the characteristic of the murrah buffalo?
4. What is the Sindhi bullock?
5. What is the characteristic of the Sindhi bullock?