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Quiz on elephant poaching
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| 1.The word `elephant` is derived from the Greek word `elephas` which means …... |
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| 2.The lustrous white dentin called ivory are actually--------------------- of elephants. |
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upper molars |
upper incisors |
horns
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| 3.The Asian elephnt is today found only in…… |
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6 countries |
13 countries |
23 countries
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| 4.The price of ivory shot up to $ 285 per kg in 1996. The poachers however got …
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$ 30 per kg |
100 per kg |
$ 150 per kg
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| 5.The poaching of 6 elephants in Corbett National Park in 2001, was traced to …. |
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poachers` gun shots
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poisoning by Lisu tribe of Arunachal Pradesh |
poaching by electrocution
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| 6.Poaching is a big problem in S. India which has more than 50% of India`s elephant population. The adult male to female ratio in a healthy populatin is 1:2. In S. India, the ratio is ………………. |
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| 7.Upto 80% of the ivory that reaches Japan is used for
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re exporting |
making hankos ( signature seals) |
carving artifacts
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| 8.After Japan, the second largest destination for illegal ivory is
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Hongkong |
Bangkok |
Mainland China
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| 9.The town of ……. on the Kerala coast is perhaps the single most exit point for ivory from the South.
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| 10.Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China & Vietnam have elephant poulations of less than
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