A) Crocodylus acutus B) Melanosuchus niger C) Alligator mississippiensis D) Gavialis gangeticus
A) India B) Australia C) Kenya D) Brazil
A) Meat B) Fruits C) Insects D) Fish
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 1
A) Vulnerable B) Least Concern C) Endangered D) Critically Endangered
A) Up to 2 hours B) Up to 45 minutes C) Up to 30 minutes D) Up to an hour
A) Underwater breathing B) Basking in sun C) Hibernating D) Burrowing underground
A) Ambush hunting B) Eagle swoop C) Scavenging D) Chase and catch
A) Telepathy B) Pheromones C) Mimicking calls of other species D) Vocalization and body language
A) Rocky outcrops B) Sandbanks C) Tree branches D) Grassy fields
A) Varanidae B) Gavialidae C) Crocodylidae D) Alligatoridae
A) 110 B) 150 C) 80 D) 50
A) Southern African region B) Northern Indian subcontinent C) Southeast Asia D) Amazon Basin
A) During the monsoon B) Throughout the year C) In spring D) At the end of the cold season
A) 100–150 eggs B) 50–70 eggs C) 5–10 eggs D) 20–95 eggs
A) About 10,000 years old B) About 1,000 years old C) About 4,000 years old D) About 500 years old
A) Mesopotamian B) Egyptian C) Indus Valley D) Minoan
A) River deity Gaṅgā B) War god Kṛṣṇa C) Sun god Surya D) Wind god Vayu
A) 50% B) 75% C) 90% D) Only 2%
A) Georges Cuvier B) Carl Linnaeus C) Johann Friedrich Gmelin D) Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
A) Crocodilus arctirostris B) Crocodilus longirostris C) Rhamphostoma D) Gavialis
A) Johann Georg Wagler B) Arthur Adams C) Nicolaus Michael Oppel D) François Marie Daudin
A) 1807 B) 1789 C) 1830 D) 1811
A) Arthur Adams B) John Edward Gray C) Richard Lydekker D) Albert Günther
A) John Edward Gray B) Johann Friedrich Gmelin C) Richard Lydekker D) Nicolaus Michael Oppel
A) Rhamphostoma B) Gharialis hysudricus C) Tomistoma schlegelii D) Crocodilus gangeticus
A) Gavialis B) Crocodilus C) Longirostres D) Rhamphostoma
A) 700 B) 300 C) 600 D) 494
A) Nile crocodile. B) Saltwater crocodile. C) American alligator. D) The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris).
A) Clayey soil away from water. B) Rocky crevices in riverbanks. C) Grassy fields. D) Sandy soil near water.
A) 900 individuals B) 500 individuals C) 1000 individuals D) 600 individuals
A) Olive-colored B) Yellowish-white C) Dark brown D) Black
A) The Siva–Malayan route B) The Himalayan route C) A saltwater crossing route D) An overland migration path
A) Bite and tear pieces B) Swim in circles around the prey C) Jerk their heads back D) Use their tails
A) 24 months B) 8–9 months C) 36 months D) 12 months
A) Baburnama B) Ramayana C) Arthashastra D) Mahabharata
A) Rainfall B) Sight of predators C) Temperature change D) Hatching chirps
A) 'Nakar' B) 'Thantia kumhira' C) 'Ghadiala' D) 'Susar'
A) Yes, they always guard the nests B) No, they generally do not C) They only guard if there are no females present D) Only during mating season
A) It spends more time on land than in water. B) It can stay underwater for extended periods without surfacing. C) It primarily hunts in saltwater environments. D) It is the most thoroughly aquatic crocodilian.
A) A hissing sound B) A roaring sound C) A croaking sound D) A whistling sound
A) 4 times longer B) 2 times longer C) Equal in length D) 3.5 times longer
A) Jewellery B) Seeds C) Plastic waste D) Fruits
A) 1988 B) 2007 C) 2019 D) 1970
A) 169–229 cm B) 80–116 cm C) 130–158 cm D) 34–39.2 cm
A) 251 B) 150 C) 400 D) 300
A) 1991 B) 2004 C) 1975 D) 1982
A) Alligatoroids B) Nile crocodile C) The false gharial D) American alligator
A) During the rainy season. B) Throughout the year without specific timing. C) By mid February. D) In the early spring.
A) Pollution control B) Legal protection C) Reintroduction D) Habitat destruction
A) Great Wall of China B) Stonehenge C) Sanchi Stupa D) Pyramids of Giza
A) 400 adults B) 196 adults C) 300 adults D) 100 adults
A) 80–120 km (50–75 mi) B) 10–20 km (6–12 mi) C) 500–600 km (310–373 mi) D) 200–300 km (125–186 mi)
A) 150 B) 107 C) 50 D) 200
A) 50–60% B) 96–98% C) 85–90% D) 75–80%
A) 169–229 cm B) 34–39.2 cm C) 80–116 cm D) 140–167 cm
A) 94% B) 60% C) 100% D) 80%
A) 1998 B) 2023 C) 2004 D) 2017
A) London Zoo B) San Diego Zoo C) Berlin Zoo D) Frankfurt Zoological Garden
A) The Eocene B) The Late Pleistocene C) The Early Miocene D) The Pliocene
A) Montreal Protocol B) Bonn Convention on Migratory Species C) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species D) CITES Appendix I
A) Sun, light, warmth B) Tree, leaf, branch C) Beak, snout, elephant's trunk D) River, water, flow
A) The gharial weighs more, about 680 kg B) The gharial weighs about 700 kg C) Both weigh the same D) The gharial weighs less, around 560 kg
A) 2021 B) 2018 C) 2020 D) 2019
A) 250 captive-reared gharials B) 100 captive-reared gharials C) 164 captive-reared gharials D) 200 captive-reared gharials
A) Webbed feet B) Brightly colored scales C) Longer tails D) A hollow bulbous nasal protuberance
A) 25 B) 40 C) 36 D) 30
A) 977 kg (2,154 lb) B) 560 kg (1,230 lb) C) 600–750 kg (1,320–1,650 lb) D) 160 kg (350 lb)
A) Bardia National Park B) Valmiki Tiger Reserve C) Chitwan National Park D) Corbett National Park |