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
- Due to glaciation
- Dehydration
- heating up of environment
- a and b both
Answer-a
18- Proboscis was absent in_____
- gamphotherium
- Moeritherium
- Stegolophodon
- Stegodon
Answer-b
19:_____ used lower tusk for digging plant roots
- platybelodon
- Rhynchotherium
- Amebelodon
- B and c
Answer-d
20: in which molars were hypsodont?
a-Tetralophodont
b-synchonolophus
c-rhynchotherium
d -platybelodon
Answer-a