Amitabh Agarwal and Vinai Shukla, last month's winners, have again given all correct answers to this month's bird quiz.
Congratulations!
1. Which of these birds has the largest wingspan?
| O Arctic Tern |
O Lapwing |
O Albatross |
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2. Which of these birds
can travel the longest without flapping its wings?
| O Andean Condor |
O The Black Vulture |
O The Whisteling Hawk |
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3. The Flamingo has a very
curiously inverted beak. What is it used for?
| O To peck the leg of intruders |
O To scoop the mud bottom and strain the minute food particles through |
O To act as a pouch for uneaten fish |
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4. Birds have no teeth. Where is their food broken up before being digested?
| O In the gizzard |
O In the throat |
O In the stomach |
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5. Which bird can rotate its head a 180 degrees on either side?
| O The Owl |
O The Roller |
O The Nightjar |
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6. Which is the weakest sense of birds?
| O Taste |
O Hearing |
O Smell |
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7. What is the name of the earliest known bird?
| O Anapsida |
O Archaeopteryx |
O Sauropterygia |
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8. Which is the only bird that can move both the
upper and lower parts of its beaks?
| O Parrot |
O Vulture |
O Falcon |
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9. Which is the tallest Indian bird?
| O The Sarus Crane |
O The Adjutant Stork |
O The Barheaded Goose |
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10. The African Honeyguide bird loves honeywax but it cannot break the honeybee hive. What does it do?
| O It pushes the branches of the tree till the hive falls and breaks |
O It leads honey badgers to the hive |
O It pecks at the exterior, worrying the bees till they abondon the hive |
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