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A snake charmer's story - class-V

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Snakes dance to the tune of snake charmer because

  1. They are charmed by music.

  2. Snake charmers flute is very melodious.

  3. They are trained liked other pets.

  4. They change position with the change in position of the flute.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • The snakes have a poorly developed sense of hearing. 
  • So, it cannot hear the snake charmer's tune but moves along with the hands and other movements made by the snake charmer.

    Hence, the correct option is D.


Which of the following snake is poisonous?

  1. Cobra

  2. Krait

  3. Afai

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Venomous or poisonous snakes are species capable of producing venom (poison), which is used primarily for immobilizing prey and defense. It is mostly done via mechanical injection by fangs. The varieties of snake that most often cause serious snakebites depend on the region of the world. 
Africa- Mambas, Egyptian cobras, Puff adders and Carpet vipers
Middle East- Carpet ipers and Elapids
Central and South America- Bothrops and Crotalus 
In South Asia- Indian cobras, Common kraits, Russell's viper, Saw-scaled vipers (Afai snake) and Carpet vipers
So, the answer is D.

Poisonous sea-snakes possess a

  1. Compressed tail

  2. Printed tail

  3. Depressed tail

  4. Conical tail


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Sea snakes are very poisonous. The beaked sea snake is the most poisonous sea snake. They have flattened or compressed paddle-like or oar-like tails.
  •  This is the distinguishing feature of sea snakes. They have laterally compressed bodies.  

Thus, the correct answer is 'Compressed tail.'

Snakes are not found in Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland and New Zealand because 

  1. They are cold blooded

  2. They are carnivores

  3. They have poisonous fangs

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Many carnivores are found in extremely cold areas.

Fangs are not affected by external temperatures hence they aren't contributing in the habitats of snakes.
They are cold blood or their inability to maintain a body temperature limits their existence to some areas having warm climates as they will not be able to survive in such extreme cold.
So the correct answer is 'They are cold blooded'.

Which of the following snakes is non-venomous?

  1. Cobra

  2. Krait

  3. Viper

  4. Python


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Python is non-poisonous snake. They are found in Africa, Australia and Asia. Pythons use their sharp backward curving teeth, four rows in the upper jaw, two in the lower to grasp prey which is then killed by constriction, after an animal has been grasped to restrain it, the python will quickly wrap a number of coils around it. Death occurs primarily via asphyxiation. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following is distantly related among each other?

  1. Crocodiles.

  2. Snakes.

  3. Tuataras.

  4. Turtles.


Correct Option: B

Snakes cannot shed their skin.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given statement is false. The molting of the skin occurs regularly in snakes. This is when old skin is outgrown. It is called shedding or ecdysis. Snakes will rub against rough surfaces to shed their skin. A shed skin is much longer than the snake that shed it, as the skin covers the top and bottom of each scale. 

When tail is cylindrical and ventral scales do not extend the entire width of the belly, the snake is 

  1. Non-Poisonous

  2. Definitely Poisonous

  3. deadly Poisonous

  4. Either Poisonous or Non-Poisonous


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The most important differences between poisonous and non poisonous snakes include :

1. Poisnous snakes have large ventral scales covering the entire extent of the belly. Non-poisnous snakes have smaller scales absent over belly.
2. Poisnous snakes have a compressed tail while it is not compressed in non-poisnous snakes.
3. Fangs of poisonous snakes are hollow like hypodermic needle while they are short and solid in non-poisonous snakes.
Looking at the given characteristics, the correct option is 'Non-Poisnous'.

Snake charmer hypnotize snake by

  1. Playing Pungi (been)

  2. Playing basoon

  3. Playing cornet

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Snakes can't hear, they can only feel the vibrations. It dances to the movement of pungi which is caused by it's mimic neurons and not to the sound of pungi.

So, the correct option is 'Playing Pungi'.

How does the male snake locate the female for breeding?

  1. By looking for her trail marks

  2. By sight

  3. By smell

  4. By hearing her movements


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The slippery female snake will discharge a pheromone noticeable all around that creates a unique fragrance that starts wind mating season. Male snakes from all over will smell the fragrance and will endeavor to mate with the female.

So, the correct option is 'By smell'.

Snakes live everywhere in the earth except

  1. India

  2. Ireland

  3. New zealand

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

No variety of snakes are found on the Ireland. It is because during the last ice age, the whole of Ireland and mainland  was permanently covered with snow and ice. It is highly unlikely that any wildlife, which might have been in Ireland before this ice age, survived this period. When the climate warmed up again, snakes would have been able to recolonise Britain from the south, in any case there were land bridges to the continent from time to time. They would not, however, unless deliberately transported, be able to reestablish themselves in Ireland.

So, the correct option is 'Ireland'.

Identify the non venomous snake

  1. Python

  2. Kobra

  3. Anaconda

  4. Viper


Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:

Venomous snakes are capable of injecting venom by their bite. They use venom for defense and killing prey. Viper and Kobra are examples of venomous snakes.

Python and anaconda are non venomous snakes. They kill their prey by crushing them in their coils and slowly squeezing them to death.
So, the correct options are 'Anaconda' and 'Python'.

How do snakes eat?

  1. Chew their food

  2. Swallow the whole food

  3. They first digest and then swallow their food

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Snakes are carnivorous. Snakes do not have the right kind of teeth to chew their food so they eat their catch whole. Their jaw is structured in such a way that it allows the mouth to open wider than their own body in order to swallow their prey whole.

So, the correct option is 'Swell their whole food'.

Snake possess external ear.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Snakes have no visible ear. They have vestiges of the apparatus for hearing inside their heads, and that setup is attached to their jaw bones, so they feel vibrations very well and may hear low-frequency airborne sounds.

Which of the following is the ancestor of snake?

  1. Chameleon

  2. Lizard

  3. Crocodile

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Many evolutionary biologists believe that snakes evolved from lizard like ancestors. This has been established by comparing skulls of different lizards and snakes that have existed on earth and comparing body shapes. Also, few fossils of snakes having 4 legs like legs have been found indicating further common ancestry.
So, the correct option is 'Lizard'.

Which of the animal possess split tongue?

  1. Lion

  2. Dog

  3. Frog

  4. Snake


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Snakes possess split tongue. It is thought to be advantageous because it allows the snake to smell in three dimensions. Since the two tips pick up odors from slightly different locations in space, the snake can detect the direction of the source of the smell.

So, the correct option is 'Snake'.

In which of the following animals, snake venom is not effective?

  1. Lizard

  2. Rat

  3. Mangoose

  4. Jackal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mangoose are immune to the snake venom. It is because the acetylcholine receptors of mangoose render them resistant or immune to snake venom primarily composed of neurotoxin. Due to this the snake's venom fails to react the way it normally does to animals who are not immune to the venom.

So, the correct option is 'Mangoose'.

The scaly skin of snakes 

  1. Protects them from drying.

  2. Scares human beings.

  3. Makes them beautiful.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The scaly skin of snakes plays a lot of different functions. Snakes are food for animals like eagles, hawks or foxes and to protect themselves from these animals, snakes have scales. These scales are thick and prickly, which makes it difficult for animals to bite or injure them. Other than protection from animals, scales also protect snakes from harmful sun rays and decreases water loss. Hence, scales protect snakes from dying due to multiple reasons.

Which of the following snakes kills its prey by constriction?

  1. Banded bait

  2. Python

  3. Viper

  4. Rat snake


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Eight genera and 31 species are currently recognized. A constricting snake like python kills its prey by suffocation. It uses the momentum of its strike to throw coils around its victim’s body. Then, it squeezes. Every time the prey exhales, the snake squeezes a little more tightly. Soon, the victim can breathe no more.
So the correct option is 'python'.

The poisonous teeth of snake is called as

  1. Fang

  2. Poisonous saliva

  3. Poisonous tongue

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fangs are modified teeth present in the upper jaw. They store and inject the venom when the snake bites.

The snake smell by using

  1. Skin

  2. Tongue

  3. Scales

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Snakes have vomeronasal organs on the top of their mouths that recognise smells and tongue helps them do so.

The skin or scales do not have any such receptors hence they do not contribute in detection of smell.
So the correct answer is 'Tongue'. 

Which of the following is the shortest snake?

  1. Python

  2. Thread snake

  3. Cobra

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Python and Cobra can range about several meters in length.

While the Thread snake is only 10 cms in length.
So the correct answer is 'Thread snake'.

The poison of the snake is known as

  1. Venom

  2. Saliva

  3. Blood

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Poison of snake is known as venom it is secreted by glands that produce saliva and stored in fangs. It helps the snake in hunting and protecting itself.

Snake releases venom by poisonous

  1. Saliva

  2. Tongue

  3. Fang

  4. Scales


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Snakes release venom that is stored in fangs. These are modified teeth that inject the venom into the prey or the predator to most of the times to kill it.

The largest poisonous snake is

  1. Python

  2. Cobra

  3. Brown snakes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pythons are the largest snakes but they are not poisonous.

Cobra is also considerably large and extremely poisonous which can kill any organism instantly.
Brown snakes are venomous but are smaller in size as compared to cobra.
So the correct answer is 'Cobra'. 

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