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Animals & Birds

No. Question Answer
01 The largest bird alive is the Ostrich

02 The smallest bird alive is the Humming bird

03 An animal doctor is called a Veterinarian

04 How many arms an octopus has Eight

05 The arms of the octopus are called Tentacles

The fastest moving land snake in the

06 Black Mamba
world is the

07 A group of lions is called a Pride

A group of invertebrate animals which

08 have segments body and jointed limbs Arthropods
are called

A period of dormancy in winter by some

09 Hibernation
animals known as

Animals having backbone (vertebra) are

10 Vertebrates
known as

11 Albatross is a large Sea bird

A small fish having a head like that of a

12 Sea horse
horse is known as

African donkey with black and white

13 Zebra
stripes is called a

A small worm which lives in ponds and

14 Leech
rivers and sucks the blood of animals is

The world's largest zoological reserve is Etosha National

15
the Park,Namibia

16 Egg laying mammals are called Prototherians

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The bird which lays more than 100 eggs

17 Ostrich
in one nest is the

18 The largest Kangaroo in the world is the Red Kangaroo

19 The only mammal that can fly is the Bat

The animal revered by the buddhists as

20 White elephant
their sacred animal is the

It is widely believed that Ostrich buries

21 Not true
its head in sand which is

Austrian scientist Konard Lorenz is

22 Study on Geese
famous for

23 Bharatpur bird sanctuary is situated in Rajasthan

The fish which is known as the king of

24 Shark
fishes is the

25 The world's largest aquarium is the Sydney Aquarium

26 The tallest living animal is the Giraffe

Corbett National Park

27 India's first sanctuary was the
in Uttar Pradesh

28 The largest living animal is the Rorqual or blue whale

The continent which is known as the

29 Australia
land of Kangaroo is

The first forest show was established in

30 1898
Mexico in the year

31 The country in which Yak is found is Tibet

32 The country in which kiwi is found is New Zealand

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Zoology is

33 Delhi
located at

34 Dudhwa National Park is located in Uttar Pradesh

35 The wildlife sanctury where we find Gir Forest

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asiatic lion is the

36 A two humped camel is called A Bacteria camel

37 Butterflies come under the family Lepidoptera

The temple in which rats are revered,fed Karnimata in

38
and protected is the Rajasthan

39 The fastest land animal is the Cheetah

40 The largest land animal is the African bush elephant

41 Rat snakes are found in South-East Asia

A common domesticated animal which

42 Cat
cannot taste sweet is the

Skunk like zorilla of

43 The world's smallest animal is the
Africa

The mammal that lives at the greatest

44 Hog nosed bat
altitude is the

The smallest member of the cat family is

45 Yak
the

Rusty spotted cat of

46 The only flying mammals are the
south India

47 The largest flying mammal is the Bats

48 The world's largest deer is the Mouse eared bat

49 The world's heaviest flying bird is the Alaskan moose

The bird which has the largest wing span

50 Great Bustard
is the

51 The largest of all lizards is the Albatros

52 The largest known frog is the Ora

53 The longest known frog is the Goliath Grog

54 The longest insect in the world is the Giant stick Insect

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The fastest moving insect in the world is

55 Tropical cockroach
the

56 The giant stick Insect is found in Indonesia

There are how many kinds of cat species

57 Fifteen
in India

The animal known as the river horse is

58 Hippopotamus
the

The elephant's trunk is actually a

59 Incisor
modified

60 The diet of a gorilla is purely Vegetarian

61 The only ape found in India is the Hoolock's Gibbon

The number of known species of

62 4230
mammals are

The fish that can taste with its whole

63 Catfish
body is the

64 The average weight of a blue whale is 1,20,000 kg.

65 The most widely eaten fish in India is the Pomfret

66 The only fish that makes nest is the Stickle back

67 A group of peacocks are called a Muster

68 Gold fish originally belongs to China

69 Red panda is also known as the Cat bear

70 A female rabbit is called a Doe

71 A female horse is called a Mare

72 A female pig is called a Sow

The whale believed to be a fish,is

73 Mammal
actually a

74 The organ which is missing in the Camel Gall bladder

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is the

75 The Archer fish catches its flies by Spitting at them

76 The smallest known fish is the Dwaft pygmy goby

The country which is the largest exporter

77 Hungary
of hippopotamuses in Europe is

A bird which lays only one egg in two

78 Albatross
years is the

79 The size of a newly born kangaroo is 2.5 cms

The only animal that sleeps on its back

80 Man
is

The only animal which has four knees is

81 Elephant
the

82 An animal which is dumb is the Giraffe

83 A frog catches insects with its Tongue

84 The number of teeth a fox has is Forty two

85 The smallest dog on earth is the Chihuahua

A common domesticated animal which is

86 Dog
colour-blind is the

87 The largest seabird is the Albatross

88 A group of eagles are called a Convocation

89 A group of hares are called a Husk

90 A group of quail are called a Bevy

91 A group of fish are called a Shoal

92 A group of sheep are called a Flock

93 A group of wolves are called a Pack

94 A group of cattle are called a Herd

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95 A group of gorillas are called a Band

96 A group of elephants are called a Herd

97 The female of a stag are called a Hind

98 The male of a cow is called a Bull

99 The young of an elephant is called a Calf

100 The young one of a goat is called a Kid

101 The cat belongs to the family called Falidate

The cat which is commonly used in the

102 Cheetah
hunting game is the

The largest member of the cat family is

103 Tiger
the

104 A camel can remain without water for 30 days

Ranganthittu bird sanctuary is located

105 Mysore
near

The oldest domestic Cat on record lives

106 Thirty six
for how many years

107 How many teeth a horse has Forty

108 Snow leopards are found in Himalayas

The insect which has the largest

109 Wasp
population on earth is the

110 Fishes evolved in which era Silurian

111 Elephant fish are found in Tropical Africa

112 How many arms a giant squid has Ten

113 The whale's nostrils are situated on the Top of its head

114 The largest Indian deer is the Sambar

The average pregnancy period of a

115 63 days
female dog is

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116 Penguins are found in the South pole

Project Tiger was launched in India in

117 1972
the year

The largest division of the animal

118 Arthropoda
kingdom is the

119 The first animal to go into space was Dog

120 How many teeth a turtle has Eight

The number of bones in the giraffe's

121 Seven
neck is

122 A fox's tail is called a Brush

123 A female Ass is called as Jenny

124 The young once of a tiger are called Ligon

125 A squirrel's home is called a Drey

126 A group of snakes are called a Den

127 A group of foxes are called a Skulk

128 The word hamster means Hoarder

129 A group of cats are called a Clutter

130 The word langur means Long tailed

131 The Science of fossils is called Palaentology

132 A young kangaroo is called a Joey

133 A young pigeon is called a Swab

134 The word reptile means To creep

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