TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
JAYAKUMARI T R
1. All snakes are
a. Carnivorous
c. Omnivorous
b. InsecƟvorous
d. Herbivorous
2. Snakes hear through their
a. External ears
c. Tongue
b. Skin
d. Tail
16. Snakes lack which among the following?
a. External ears
b. Eyelids
c. Legs
d. All of these
17. The longest non venomous snake is
a. ReƟculated python
b. Anaconda
c. Rat snake
d. Python
3. Jacobson’s organs are located in the
a. Tip of tongue
b. Tip of tail
c. Roof of mouth
d. Under the skin
18. Land snakes are not found in
a. Australia
c. Sri Lanka
4. The skin of snakes is made of
a. KeraƟn
c. Collagen
19. The smallest snake species known
a. Water snake
b. Barbados thread snake
c. Corn snake
d. Milk snake
b. Globulin
d. Myosin
b. New Zealand
d. Africa
20. What is true about snakes?
a. Can’t chew food
b. Sleep with eyes open
c. Can swallow a prey larger than its head
d. All of these
5. Mol ng or shedding of skin occurs approximately once in
a. A week
b. A fortnight
c. A month
d. A year
6. The natural habitat of Anaconda is
a. Trees
b. Marshes
c. Water
d. Land
21. The most venomous land snake is
a. Inland taipan
b. King cobra
c. Krait
d. Cobra
7. The heaviest snake species in the world is
a. Anaconda
b. Python
c. ReƟculated python
d. King Cobra
22. Snake venom is a mixture of
a. Sugars
c. Hormones
8. The habit of ea ng snakes is known as
a. Autophagy
b. Ophiophagy
c. Hematophagy
d. Zoophagy
b. Proteins
d. All of these
9. Which snake eats mainly other snakes?
a. Cobra
b. Python
c. Anaconda
d. King Cobra
23. In India, the most snake bite-caused mortali es are caused
by the venomous snakes known as ‘the big four’. These include
Cobra, Russell’s viper, Saw scaled viper and
a. King Cobra
b. Common Krait
c. Taipan
d. RaƩle snake
10. The one and only snake that builds a nest to lay its eggs.
a. King Cobra
b. Viper
c. Anaconda
d. Python
24. The na ons that do not have snakes include
a. Ireland
b. Greenland
c. Hawaii
d. All of these
11. Which among the following con nents does not have snakes?
a. Australia
b. Africa
c. Europe
d. AntarcƟca
25. The one and only snake park in Kerala is situated in Kannur
district at
a. Chovva
b. Thaliparamba
c. Parassinikkadavu
d. Sreekantapuram
12. Which is the fastest venomous snake?
a. King Cobra
b. Russell’s viper
c. Black mamba
d. Cobra
13. The longest venomous snake is
a. RaƩle snake
c. Cobra
26. The first ever snake park in India named Guindy Snake Park
is in
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Assam
d. Tripura
b. Krait
d. King cobra
27. Snakes are
a. Colourblind
c. Both a & b
14. The Southeast Asian venomous snake also known as the
“hundred pace snake” is
a. Sharp nosed pit viper
b. King cobra
c. Krait
d. Cobra
Answers:
1. a
2. b
8.b
9.d
15.b
16.d
22.b
23.b
15. Among these snakes, the smallest in length is
a. Rat snake
b. Children’s snake
c. Corn snake
d. Milk snake
3.c
10.a
17.a
24.d
b. Cold blooded
d. Blind
4. a
11.d
18.b
25.c
5.b
12.c
19.b
26.b
6.c
13.d
20.
27. c
7.a
14.a
21.a
Contributed by Dr. Jayakumari.T.R., Associate Professor of Botany, H H The Maharaja’s Govt. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala -695014
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
SOUMIKA DAS
1. The first planning mee ng of the ‘Na onal Forum on
Bio-diversity’ was held in Washington in the year:
a) 1985
b) 1990
c) 1986
d) 1982
14 Largely used wild leafy vegetable found in fallow wet
land is:
a) Marsilea minuta
b) Centella asiaƟca
c) Enhydra fluctuans
d) Bacopa monneiri
2. Father of Bio-diversity is:
a) Walter G Rosen
c) M S. Swaminathan
15. Conven on on Biological Diversity was held in 2012 at:
a) Kolkata
b) Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Bangalore
b) Michael Hudson
d) E.M Forster
3. Number of Biosphere Reserves in India is:
a) 10
b) 15
c) 12
d) 5
16. Percentage of India’s contribu on to world’s bio-diversity is:
a) 2.4
b) 8.1
c) 5
d) 10
4. Name of Biosphere Reserve of Assam is:
a) Manas
b) Kanha
c) Bharatpur
d) Namdapha
17. Cul va on of ‘Saffron’, ‘The Golden Spice of India’ is endemic
to:
a) Kashmir
b) Rajasthan
c) Nilgiri Hill
d) Assam
5. Interna onal year of Biodiversity is:
a) 1990
b) 2000
c) 2010
d) 2008
6. Indian Wild Ass is endemic to:
a) Nilgiri Hill
c) Sundarban
b) Assam
d) LiƩle Rann of Kutch
7. The largest dry land herbivore is:
a) Indian Wild Ass
c) Chital
b) Nilgai
d) Chinkara
18. “Vellayani Lake”, the fresh water reservoir, is located in:
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Orissa
d) Rajasthan
19. The largest Mangrove in India is in:
a) Gujarat
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Orissa
d) Sundarban of West Bengal
8. The aqua c floa ng plant which has the largest rhizome:
a) Water lily
b) Water Hyacinth
c) Lotus
d) Water chestnut
9. “The Great Indian Bustard”, a large brown stately bird by food
habit is:
a) Frugivorous
b) InsecƟvorous
c) Carnivorous
d) Grain eater
10. The largest rep le of India is:
a) Tortoise
c) Rock Python
20. Mangrove plants by nature are:
a) XerophyƟc
c) MesophyƟc
b) HalophyƟc
d) Epilithic
ANSWERS:
1.c
2.a
8.c
9.b
15.c
16.b
5.c
12.b
19.d
3.c
10.b
17.a
4.a
11.c
18.b
6.d
13.b
20.b
7.b
14.a
Contributed by Soumika Das, B.A. (Hons) Geography-3rd Year, Vasant College
for Women, BHU, University Rd, Varanasi-221005
b) Crocodile
d) Chameleon
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11. The most famous water-bird sanctuary located in India is:
a) Gir
b) Manas
c) Bharatpur
d) BhagabaƟpur
12. The largest wintering ground for migratory birds in Indian
sub-con nent is:
a) Kolleru Lake
b) Chilika Lake
c) Deepor Lake
d) SasthamkoƩa Lake
13. Interna onal Day for Biological Diversity is proclaimed on:
a) June 22
b) May 22
c) August 20
d) March 15
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