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Museums and zoos - class-XI

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Which of the following is the largest museum in India

  1. National museum

  2. The prince of wales museum

  3. Indian museum

  4. Salarjung museum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata in the year 1814 and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. 
So, the correct answer is option c.

Prince of wales museum is located in

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. London

  4. Italy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Prince of Wales Museum is the main museum in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was founded in the early years of the 20$ _th$ century by prominent citizens of Mumbai, with the help of the government, to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales.
So, the correct answer is option A.

The Calico museum of textile is located in

  1. Mumbai

  2. Delhi

  3. Ahmedabad

  4. Mysore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The calico museum is located in Shahibaug of Ahmedabad.

It is a famous textile industry in India and is among the finest textile museums.
So, the correct answer is 'Ahmedabad'.

Select the correct pair of types of museum and its location.

  1. Small museum- university

  2. Medium museum- village

  3. Large museum- big city

  4. Small museum- home


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A museum is a non-profit institution in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. The large museums are concentrated through the major cities and small and local museums are located in smaller cities.

So, the correct answer is option C.

National Zoological Park is situated at.

  1. Delhi

  2. Lucknow

  3. Jaipur

  4. Darjeeling


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The National Zoological Park called as Delhi Zoo is situated in New Delhi. 

So, the correct option is 'Delhi'.

Which of the following is not a cause for loss of biodiversity?

  1. Destruction of habitat

  2. Invasion by alien species

  3. Keeping animals in zoological parks

  4. Over-exploitation of natural resources


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Keeping of animals in zoological parks is a method to provide protection to the organisms in some other area instead of its natural habitat. The animals transferred  from their  natural habitat to a safer area either due to an injury or other physical ailment or a change in environmental conditions that is no longer sustainable

So, the correct option is 'Keeping animals in zoological parks'

Which one manages zoo in India?

  1. CZA

  2. SSC

  3. IUCN

  4. WZCS


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Central Zoo Authority of India(CZA) is the body of the government of India. It manages the zoos in India.CZA's main aim is to bring Indian zoos up-to international standards.

So the correct answer is "CZA"

Preservation of insect specimen for museum involves one of the following steps.

  1. Use of NaCl solution as preservative

  2. Pinning

  3. Pressing

  4. Treating specimen with $CuSO _4$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Answer : 
Pinning -Use the pin through the thorax to pin the insect into the display case. On larger, heavier insects you may want to use additional pins to keep the insect's body from pivoting.
So correct answer is option B.Pinning.

The title 'Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus' goes to:

  1. P. Maheshwari

  2. Carolus Linnaeus

  3. E. Mayr

  4. G. N. Ramachandran


Correct Option: C

Match the column I with Column II:


Column I Column II
a. Royal Botanical Garden 1. Howrah
b. Indian botanical garden 2. Lucknow
c. National botanical research institute 3.  Kew (England)

  1. $a\, \rightarrow3; \, b\, \rightarrow2; \, c\, \rightarrow1$

  2. $a\, \rightarrow3; \, b\, \rightarrow1; \, c\, \rightarrow2$

  3. $a\, \rightarrow1; \, b\, \rightarrow2; \, c\, \rightarrow3$

  4. $a\, \rightarrow1; \, b\, \rightarrow3; \, c\, \rightarrow2$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Royal botanical garden - Kew (England)
Indian botanical garden - Howrah
National botanical research institute - Lucknow
So, the correct option is B. 

Choose the correct Answer.
Dudhwa National Park is located at Lakhimpur in U.P.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is not correct statement?

  1. Herbarium is the collection of dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.

  2. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.

  3. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.

  4. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens, which may be a whole plant or plant parts, usually be in a dried form mounted on a sheet.
  • Botanical gardens are the establishment, where plants are grown for the display to the public and often for scientific study.
  • The museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.
  • A dichotomous key is a list of paired statements that guide to the identification of a species.
  • So, the correct answer is option C.

Which among the following National Park in India is also called the last house of White winged Wood Duck?

  1. Salim Ali National Park, Jammu & Kashmi

  2. Nameri National Park, Assam

  3. Ghana National Park, Rajastha

  4. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Haryana


Correct Option: B

The world's largest museum is

  1. Ashmolean museum

  2. Salarjung museum

  3. Smithsonian

  4. Uffizi gallery


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Smithsonian is the world's largest museum. It is the museum, education and research complex and consists of 19 galleries, 9 research centers, the national zoological park and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world. So, the correct option is C.

Identify the first museum of the world.

  1. Uffizi gallery

  2. Ashmolean museum

  3. Indian museum

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural interest are documented, stored and exhibited. The first museum which was developed in the world was Ashmolean museum. This museum is present in Oxford and was set up in 1683. There are various cabinets in the museum which displays the various artefacts of Elias Ashmole. He was an astrologer and politician. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

The main purpose of museum is

  1. Educating people

  2. Preserving natural and historic objects

  3. Economic development

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. In museum, values of vanished societies such as fossils, armour, ornaments, paintings, etc are kept and preserved. It maintains the permanent record of the flora and fauna. This is done for educating people about flora, fauna and vanished values.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Science museum foresee 

  1. Technological changes

  2. Temperature changes

  3. Pressure changes

  4. Behavioural changes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In near future, science museams will be more developed than ever due to technological changes. New preservative techniques, use of radioisotopes resulting in enhanched shelf life are some of the most important factors governing the given change.

So, the correct option is 'Technological changes'.

Where was the first museum built in India?

  1. Delhi

  2. Mumbai

  3. Kolkata

  4. Hyderabad


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The first museum built was Indian Museum in Kolkata was founded in 1814 within the Asiatic Society Building. The museum was opened to public in 1878. It houses over 60 galleries and is divided into six prime sectors.
So, the correct answer is option C.

The city with the largest number of museum is

  1. London

  2. Mexico

  3. New york

  4. Delhi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
According to the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta), Mexico City is the city with the most museums in the whole world. It is home to more than 150 museums. These ranges from European art museums, to museums devoted to communication and learning, to science focused museums and more.
So, the correct answer is option B.

Zoological museum is a part of

  1. Art

  2. Archaeology

  3. Science

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

zoological museums are a part of the scientific preservation of animals which are dead or extinct.

So the answer would be both science and archaeology that is the study of ancient human activities.

Which of the following animal product is displayed in the museum?

  1. Pearl

  2. Silk

  3. Milk

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Several types of animal products are displayed in the museum. It includes honeycombs, bees wax, honey, silk, pearls, lac, musk, ivory etc.

While milk is never displayed in museums.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Objects exhibited in zoological museum is

  1. Stuffed animals

  2. Bird beaks

  3. Skeletons

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The answer is all of the above because a zoological museum is an institution in which animal collections are assembled. (animals prepared in fixation,stuffed animals,skeletons,hides,and articles made from horns,bones,shells.etc).

So the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

The finest textile museum in the world is

  1. Indian museum

  2. Calico museum of textile

  3. National museum

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The Calico Museum of Textiles is located in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat.
  • It was founded by famed industrialist Gautam Sarabhai and his sister Gira Sarabhai.
  • Calico Museum of textiles is the finest textile museum in the world.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Calico museum of textile'

Which of the following precaution should be taken while in the museum?

  1. Should not touch any objects

  2. Should not make noise

  3. Make a note of important exhibit

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

A person skilled in taxidermy is called as 

  1. Taxonomist

  2. Taxidermist

  3. Archeologist

  4. Scientist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Taxidermy is the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals for display or for other sources of study. It can be done on all vertebrate species of animals and invertebrate species including insects and arachnids and the person skilled in this is called as taxidermist.
So, the correct answer is option B.

National Botanical Research Centre is located at

  1. Lucknow

  2. Calcutta

  3. Delhi

  4. Mumbai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

National Botanical Research Centre ( or NBRI) is located in Lucknow. It is a research institute of CSIR (i.e. council of scientific and industrial research). It was set up by prof. Kailash Nath Kaul. NBRI works in the field of Taxonomy and Modern bIology.

The correct answer is A. 

Which is not correct ?

  1. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.

  2. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.

  3. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.

  4. A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Museum has collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference. Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions. Plant and animal specimens may also be preserved as dry specimens. 
  • So, the correct option is 'A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference'.

Which one is a taxonomic aid?

  1. Manual

  2. Monograph

  3. Museum

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The most important taxonomical aids are herbaria, botanical gardens, keys, museums, and zoological parks.

1. Manual: These provide information for identification of names of species occurring in an area.
2. Monograph: These are handbooks which provide the available information of any one taxon.
3. Museum: It is the institution where artistic and educational plants or animals are preserved, stored and exhibited to the public.
So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Science museum foresee

  1. Technological changes

  2. Environmental changes

  3. Climatic changes

  4. Behavioural changes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Science museums are important for, research studies and have important impacts on science literacy of the greater community, and can impact public understanding, attitudes and behaviours toward science and technology.

So, the correct option is ‘Technological changes’.

Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks world wide is

  1. 297

  2. 400

  3. 650

  4. 800


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • A zoo is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.
  • The"  Arignar Anna Zoological Park' is the largest zoo in India which houses about 2,553 species of flora and fauna across 1,265 acres and is the largest zoological garden in India.
  • The Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks worldwide is 800.
  • So, the correct answer is '800'.

A fungus that is predator of a species of frog have killed 50 frogs to save this species of frog scientist set other 35 frog to a different area then tell which process will save this type of frog species?

  1. Bottle neck effect

  2. Founder effect

  3. Big bang theory

  4. Natural selection


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- Population bottlenecks occur when a population's size is reduced for at least one generation. Because genetic drift acts more quickly to reduce genetic variation in small populations, undergoing a bottleneck can reduce a population's genetic variation by a lot, even if the bottleneck doesn't last for very many generations. 

B- A founder effect occurs when a new colony is started by a few members of the original population. This small population size means that the colony may have:
  • reduced genetic variation from the original population.
  • a non-random sample of the genes in the original population.

So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

Read the following statements regarding biological museums.
(i) Biological museums are generally set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges.
(ii) Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions.
(iv) Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting killing and pinning.
(v) Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved.
(vi Skeletons of mammals are not allowed to be kept in museums.
Which of the given statements is/are not correct?

  1. (ii) and (iii)

  2. (i) and (vi)

  3. (v) only

  4. (vi) only


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and references. Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and printing. Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved. Museums often have collections of skeletons of animals.

In which city are the headquarters of Zoological Survey of India situated?

  1. Delhi

  2. Thiruvananthapuram

  3. Kolkata

  4. Guwahati


Correct Option: C

India museum was established in 

  1. 1759

  2. 1814

  3. 1955

  4. 1957


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India museum is the oldest museum in India. It was established in 1814. It is situated in West Bengal, India. It has collection of fossils, ornaments, antiques, armor and paintings. It comprises of six sections, namely Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Economic Botany.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Zoological museum displays

  1. Living plants

  2. Living animals

  3. Inanimate objects

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A zoological museum displays specimens that are dried and preserved. No living plants and animals are kept in a zoological museum. Living plants are preserved in botanical gardens and herbariums while living animals are kept and protected in the zoo.

Museum is a centre of 

  1. Documentation

  2. Experiments

  3. Communication

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

museum is a centre for preservation of ancient data and specimens.

so the correct answer is documentation.

The collection of natural, historical and scientific objects is called as

  1. Herbarium

  2. Museum

  3. Library

  4. Botanical garden


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. In museum fossils, armour, ornaments, paintings, etc is kept and preserved. It maintains the permanent record of the flora and fauna.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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