ZOOLOGY TEST PAPER

ZOOLOGY TEST PAPER

1. The four-eyed fish is known as"

a) Anableps                b) Scolopsis

c) Galaxies                 d) Gambusia

 

2. Which of the following is aw hibermating bird:

a) Weaverbird             b) Poor-will

c) Hombill                  d) Crossbill

 

3. The most poisonous fish in the world is:

a) Banded                   b) rainbow fish

c) Stone fish                d) Snake mackerel

 

4. Which bird buries its heard in the sand to protect itself from its enemy?

a) Ostrich                   b) Sand piper

c) flamingo                  d) Sand grouse

 

5. The only poisonous lizard is

a) Draco                     b) Calotes

c) Hemidactylus          d) Heloderma

 

6. The only mammal that can actually/truly fly is:

a) Bat    b) Black lemur     c) grey headed flying fox      d) Possum

 

7. Which bird is capable of backward flight?

a) Humming bird        b) Elephant bird

c) Pheasants             d) Mouse bird

 

8. The fish showing phenomenon of "Male pregnancy":

a) Stargazer              b) Goosefish      c) Seahorse        d) Bluefish

 

9. Which larva exhibits 'Neoteny or Paedogenesis' (the larva starts reproduction without changing into adult)?

a) Axolotl larva                    b) tadpole larva               

c) Ammocoete larva             d) Trochophore larva

 

10. The common name of amphibian 'Rhacophorus' is:

a) Flying frog            b) Tree frog        c) Midwife toad                d) Fire bellied foad

 

11. the largest poisonous snake in the world is:

a) Rattle snake                        b) Pit viper

c) King Cobra                            d) Banded krait

 

12. Slowest moving mammal is:

a) Sloth from South America

b) Brazilian free-tailed bat

c) Northern pigtail macaque

d) Vancouver Island marmot

 

13. Common name of Pavo cristatus is:

a) Parrot    b) Pelican            c) Pigeon             d) Peacock

 

14. The largest seabird is:

a) Royal Albatross       b) Indian swift

c) Pelican                   d) Geese

 

15. Which of the following is an egg laying 'Oviparous' mammal:

a) Duck bill platypus

b) Yelow-breasted capuchin

c) Smooth coated otter

d) Long tailed chinchilla

 

16. The most poisonous snake in the world is:

a) African bush viper            b) Northern copperhead

c) Malayan cobra                d) Peninsular Tiger Snake

 

17. The fastest running mammal is:

a) Cheetah        b) Lion      c) Tiger     d) Island fox .

 

ANSWER SHEET

1.a                2.b          3.b          4.a          5.d          6.a

7.a                8.c          9.a          10.a        11.c        12.a

13.d             14.a        15.a          16.d       17.a