Tuesday 1 August 2017

Environment Quiz 47: Wildlife Quiz

Environment Quiz 47: Wildlife Quiz




1. Which one of the following is the fastest moving snake in the world?
Rat snake
Vipers
Black mamba
Grass snake

2. The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse". Which one are we talking about?
Seals
Walrus
Hippopotamus
Hippocampus

3. K2 is the second highest mountain on Earth after Mount Everest. It is located on the border of which two countries?
India and Pakistan
Pakistan and China
China and India
India and Nepal

4. The IBA programme of Birdlife International aims to identify, monitor and protect a global network of IBAs for conservation of the world's birds and associated biodiversity. What does IBA stand for?
Identified Bird Areas
Important Bird Areas
Indian Bird Awareness
Inland Bird Area

5. What is an animal that has escaped itselffrom a domestic or captive status and is living more or less as a wild animal, or one that is descended from such animals called?
Feral
Abadoned
Estray
Invasive

6. He is primarily known for his work in "Classical conditioning" and became the first Russian Nobel laureate in the year 1904 when he won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Name this physiologist
Ivan Bunin
Elie Metcnikoff
Wilhelm Ostwald
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

7. Which mountain is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent?
Mount Everest
Lhotse
Kanghenjunga
K2

8. Solar Guru or Crest Solar was the first solar-powered phone to make its way to the market in 2009. Which company launched the mobile?
Nokia
Samsung
Motorola
Karbon

9. Which animal has the largest eyes in the animals kingdom?
Kinkajou
Tarsier
The Giant Squid
Leaf tailed gecko

10. The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the four largest (living) members of the entire Panthera genus. Which one of the following is NOT one among the four?
Serval
Tiger
Jaguar
Leopard

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