Right Answers to `Elephants-Part II`

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Right Answer to Quiz on elephants-Part II

1.Asian elephants attain sexual maturity around the age of --------------- years

5-6 years

13-14 years

20-21 years

2.Asian elephants were widely tamed more than ---------------- ago.

1000 years

2000 years

4000 years

3.Elephants learn as many as ....commands in a year of training

100

4.The tame elephants used to catch wild elephants in India is called ………

Kumki

Khedda

Khotal

5.The lustrous white dentin called ivory are actually--------------------- of elephants.

upper molars

upper incisors

horns

6.When male elephants want to mate, they signal it by

oestrous fluid

musth fluid

trumpet calls

7.Elephant babies are carried by their mothers for---------------months.

9 months

5 months

22 months

8.Who is the author of the book "Elephant Days and Nights"?

Katharine Payne

George B. Schaller

Raman Sukumar

9.To ensure long term survival of elephants, in addition to forests, forest--------------are to be protected.

paths

fauna

corridors

10.The species closest to elephants are,

rhinos

dugongs

hippos

Please try our quiz for the current month at Elephants-Part III

Indian Wildlife Club Ezine (December, 2002)