Last month no one has given all right answers, but riyas4you@rediffmail.com has given 9 right answers
Here are right answers to Threatened fauna of India
| 1.In terms of the number of threatened mammals, India ranks………. |
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| 2.A species is declared extinct if there are no records for …………….years when scientists have carried out repeated searches in all possible habitats.
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25 years |
50 years |
100 years
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| 3.The main cause of extinction of this magnificent animal was destructionof habitat and use for sports.
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Asiatic cheetah |
the pink headed duck |
swamp deer
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| 4.The pink headed duck ………….. |
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has gone extinct |
lays perfectly spherical eggs |
Both the above statements are correct
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| 5.Asiatic lions are confined to just one area, the Gir forest in Gujarat. A major disaster/disease within the park could wipe out the entire population at a stroke. Therefore an alternative
home for the lions has been identified at |
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Kanha National Park
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Kuno Palpo sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh |
Tadoba national Park in Maharashtra
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| 6.This endangered tree dwelling animal is found in Central and Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Arunachal Pradesh |
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Himalayan Brown Bear |
Lion tailed Macaque |
Red Panda
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| 7.This animal, in the crtically endangered list, is important for its gene pool from which domesticated stocks have been derived.
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Wild Yak |
Asian elephant |
Indian Wild Ass
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| 8.After cheetah, it is said to be the fastest animal which can reach to a speed of 100-104 km per hour.
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Barasingha |
Black Buck |
Leopard
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| 9.Most threatened among Indian serpents, this one is considered `endangered` |
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Reticulated Python |
Saw scaled viper |
Russel`s viper
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| 10."There is nothing in nature to prove that it cares for our human species than for daffodils. We may vanish as quickly and as radically as thousands of other breeds before us." Where are
these words written? |
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`Only the Paranoid Survive` by Andrew Grove |
`Heaven, earth and I ` by Vivek Menon |
`Vanishing Species` by Romain Grey
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