Wild Life Quiz

1.
Name the only animal on earth, other than man, known to contract leprosy.
Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Elk (Alces alces)
Ninebanded Armadillo
     (Dasypus Novemcinctus)
King Cobra
     (Ophiophagus hannah)
2.
Name the tiger specialists who provided the first ever photographic evidence of the role of the male tiger in post-natal care and peaceful interaction with its cubs, thus refuting charges against it of infanticide.
Kailash Shankhala &
      Guy Mountfort
Valmik Thapar &
      Fateh Singh Rathore
Jim Corbett and Keshri Singh
H.S. Panwar and Gustav Krik
3.
Who wrote the autobiographical book, My Life : My Trees ?
Joy Adamson
Richard St. Barbe Baker
Konard Lorenz
K.M. Tewari
4.
In which biogeographical realm does most part of the Asian continent fall ?
Nearctic realm
Neotropical realm
Palaearctic realm
Oriental realm
5.
Which tree yields the heaviest wood in the World ?
Balsa (Ochroma Pyramidale)
Black Iron Wood
     (Olea laurifolia)
Durian (Durio Zibethinus)
Mango (Mangifera indica)
6.
Which is the only animal in the world to have four horns ?
Elk (Alces alces)
Chausingha
     (Tetracerus Quadricornis)
Black Buck
     (Antilope Cervicapra)
Bharal (Pseudonis Nayaur)
7.
Name the only country in the world where both the Lion (Panthera Leo) and the tiger (Panthera tigris) are found in the wild ?
Uganda
India
Zaire
Pakistan
8.
Which bird constructs the largest unit nest structure in the world ?
Red-billed Quelea
     (Quelea quelea)
Sociable Weaver
     (Philetairus Socius)
Mountain Drongo
      (Chaetorhynchus Papuensis)
Ostrich (Struthio Camelus)
9.
Which is the longest reptile in the world ?
King Cobra
     (Ophiophagus Hannah)
Reticulated Python
     (Python reticulatus)
Emerald Tree Boa
     (Corallus Caninus)
Black Mamba
     (Dendroapsis polylepsis)
10.
Which is the world's largest private international nature conservation organisation ?
Bombay Natural History Society
Wold Wide Fund for nature
Audubon Society
Ranthambhore Foundation

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