Mr. Jayant Deshpande of Pune, Maharashtra ( j_deshpande@yahoo.com) is the only respondent who clicked all ten correct answers before 7th of November. Jayant will receive
a surprise gift by mail
Correct answers are shown in red.
1.Asian elephants have a life span of --------------- years.
| O 30-40 years
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O
60-70 years
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O 80-90 years
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2. Asian elephants were widely tamed more than ---------------- ago
| O 1000 years |
O 2000 years |
O 4000 years |
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3. The forest department used the method of ----------------to catch wild elephants in India.
| O Kumki |
O Khedda |
O Khotal |
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4.The lustrous white dentin called ivory are actually--------------------- of elephants.
| O upper molars |
O upper incisors |
O horns |
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5. Elephant families are--------------------------
| O patriarchal |
O matriarchal |
O neither of these. |
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6.Elephant babies are carried by their mothers for---------------months.
| O 9 months |
O 5 months |
O 22 months |
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7. 'If the tiger is the spirit of the
jungle, the elephant is its body' Who wrote these words?
| O Katharine Payne |
O Dereck Joubert |
O Raman Sukumar |
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8. To ensure long term survival of elephants, in addition to forests, forest--------------are to be protected
| O paths |
O fauna |
O corridors |
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9. The species closest to elephants are,
| O rhinos |
O dugongs |
O hippos |
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10.The national animal of India is the ---------------------
| O elephant |
O tiger |
O lion |
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This month we have put on line a quiz on the tiger, India's national animal. The first two all correct answers attempted online before 7th of December will get special gifts.Click
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