Evolutionary history of elephant

Evolution of elephant

MCQS

Evolutionary history of elephant

1: Where can you find elephants?

a-North America and Asia

b-Africa and Europe

c-Asia and Africa

d-Asia and Australia

Answer-c

2: How much on average do they need to eat to survive?

a-100kg a day

b-300kg a day

c-250kg a day

d-150kg a day

Answer-d

3: Do they have any special skills?

a-Flying

b-Snorkelling

c-Telepathy

d-Mimicry

Answer-b

4: How much have Asian elephant numbers declined in the last three generations?

a-20%

b-50%

c-70%

d-15%

Answer-b

5: How long can African elephants live for in the wild?

a-20 years

b-60 years

c-70 years

d-10 years

Answer-c

6: How many muscles does an elephant have in its trunk?

a-30

b-100

c-10000

d-150000

Answer-d

7: What is the average weight of an African elephant?

a-7,000kg

b-25,000kg

c-6,000kg

d-200kg

Answer-c

8: What do they use their trunks for?

a-Smell

b-Carry food

c-Communication

d-All of the above

Answer-d

9: How do they communicate with other elephants?

a-Scent

b-Infrasonic rumbling

c-Voice calls

d-All of the above

Answer-d

10: How thick is the thickest area of an elephant’s skin?

a-1cm

b-10cm

c-6cm

d-2.5cm

Answer-d

11: On average, how long are elephants pregnant for?

a-22 months

b-30 months

c-12 month

d-6 months

Answer-a

12: Is it true that elephants have great long-term memory?

a-No

b-They have photographic memories

c-They can only remember short term

d-They have amazing long-term memory

Answer-d

13: Trilophodont is also called as__

a-moeritherium

b-stegolophodon

c-gamphotherium

d-phiomia

Answer-c

14:In which tusk only present in males

a-loxodont

b-elephas

c- mammuthus

d-phiomia

Answer-b

15: carcasses of mammuthus are found in _____?

a-asia

b-Africa

c-poland

d-siberia and alaska

Answer-d

16:  in elephas lophs are of______ shaped?

a-Circular

b-straight

c-oval

d- none

Answer-c

17: why mammuthus extinct

  1. Due to glaciation
  2. Dehydration
  3. heating up of environment
  4. a and b both

Answer-a

18- Proboscis was absent in_____

  1. gamphotherium
  2. Moeritherium
  3. Stegolophodon
  4. Stegodon

Answer-b

19:_____ used lower tusk for digging plant roots

  1. platybelodon
  2. Rhynchotherium
  3. Amebelodon
  4. B and c

Answer-d

20: in which molars were hypsodont?

a-Tetralophodont

b-synchonolophus

c-rhynchotherium

d -platybelodon

 Answer-a