Last month no one has given all right answers, but roopam_dhawan@eth.net has given 9 right answers
Right Answer to
Quiz on Leopards
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| 1.During the 1960s and 1970s, -----------------------was a major threat to the leopards in many areas. |
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fur trade |
deforestation |
killing in retaliation of attacks on humans
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| 2.During 1998-2000, -------------------------- people were attacked by leopards in Bori Budruk( Western Gahts) |
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| 3.The reason for increased man-leopard conflicts in the Western Ghats is |
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Forests drowned by vast new dams |
Hunting of wild deer, boar and sheep
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Both the above
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| 4.Adapted leopards find ideal habitat in
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cane fields
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flower beds |
vegetable fields
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| 5.Forest Officers deal with the problem by |
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trapping & housing the leopards in nearby zoos
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trapping & releasing leopards
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shooting the man-eaters
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| 6.Wildlife Protection Society of India ( WPSI) has for the first time in India used sub cutaneous microchips on lepards caught in |
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Guwahati |
Kerala |
Maharashtra
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| 7.In the year -----------------Peter Pallas first described the snow leopard identifying it as a species separate from the common leopard
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| 8.The snow leopard prey mostly on ungulates like |
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chinkara & bison |
chital & sambhar |
bharal & ibex
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| 9.This leopard inhabits alpine and sub alpine regions and is usually found above the tree line over 3000 meters
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snow leopard |
clouded leopard |
leopard cat
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| 10.Among the cat family, these are the best climbers; they can climb upside down and hang from branches with their hind feet.
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Snow leopard |
Common leopard |
Clouded leopard
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