Answers To Quiz Of The Month
No one got all the correct answers for the tiger quiz. However four members got 9/10. Congratulations to Amitabh Agarwal( amitabhag1@rediffmail.com)Poonam
Singh ( poonam@ranthambhore.com) M.Sandeep ( lobo69@indiatimes.com)and Jyotsana ( vijrathi@ndb.vsnl.net.in). We have a new quiz on 'APES' which is online now. So hurry up and attempt it!!
Correct answers are written in red.
1. The official estimate of tiger population in India is,
| O 3000-4000 |
9000-10,000 |
500-600 |
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| 'Project Tiger' was launched in India in the year,
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| 3.In India we have ---------number designated tiger reserves.
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4. The Javan and Bali tigers are now
| O extinct |
O endangered |
O threatened |
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5. Recently, in Valmiki tiger resrve in Bihar, the forest staff staged a walk out and went on a fast unto death because,
| O a tiger had attacked one of them |
O they had not received salaries for fourteen months |
O authorities had suspended a staff worker. |
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6. In Sunderbans man-eaters have been attacking forest permit holders. The maximum casualities during '75-'85 were found to be
| O fishermen |
O honey collectors |
O wood cutters |
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7. The Ranthambhore Foundation which aims to restore the relative harmony that once existed between the forests and those who lived around them, was founded by
| O Fatheh Singh Rathore |
O Valmik Thapar |
O Billy Arjan singh |
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8. Among the following reasons which one is most responsible for decline in tiger populations
| O poaching |
O scattered and small populations |
O loss of prey |
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9. Out of the three prey animalsmentioned below, the most preferred prey of the tiger is,
| O wild boar |
O cheetal deer |
O rhesus monkey |
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10. The last recorded white tiger in the wild was in 1951, in ,
| O Uttar Pradesh |
O Bengal |
O Madhya Pradesh |
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This month we have put on line a quiz on Apes. The first two all correct answers attempted online before 7th of January will get special gifts.Click
here for quiz on Apes
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