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Snakes and Snake Charmers

Class 5 science multiple choice questions about snakes, snake charmers, and related cultural traditions

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Naag Gumphan are __________.

  1. snake poisons
  2. medicines made from snakes
  3. fangs of poisonous snake, like cobra
  4. snake designs used in rangoli and wall decoration
  5. caves in which snakes live
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A poisonous snake has ___________.

  1. four hollow teeth
  2. two hollow teeth
  3. four solid teeth
  4. two solid teeth
  5. no teeth
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How did snake charmers help people in villages, where doctors and hospitals were not available?

  1. They gave them medicines prepared from forest plants.
  2. They gave them medicines prepared from dead snakes.
  3. They carried the villagers to hospitals in big baskets.
  4. They chanted some mantras.
  5. They gave them medicines prepared from non-poisonous snakes.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why do people kill snakes?

  1. People kill snakes to have fun.
  2. They kill snakes to sell their fangs.
  3. They kill them to sell off their skin.
  4. They kill them because snakes destroy crops.
  5. They kill snakes to sell their skeleton.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Common Krait is a _____________.

  1. non-poisonous snake
  2. medicine for snake-bite
  3. poisonous snake
  4. tree from which been is made
  5. tribe of snake charmers
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Medicine for snake bites is made from _________.

  1. snake skin
  2. snake blood
  3. snake kidneys
  4. snake tongue
  5. snake poison
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a false statement?

  1. People cannot catch wild animals and keep them.
  2. Snake charmers treat the snakes badly.
  3. Snakes are friends of farmers.
  4. There are only four types of poisonous snakes in our country.
  5. Some snake bites even cause death on the spot.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The other name for 'Saw-scaled Viper' is __________.

  1. Tumba
  2. Afai
  3. Duboiya
  4. Krait
  5. Kalbelia
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Been of the snake charmers is made of ______________.

  1. dried gourd
  2. bamboo
  3. iron
  4. gold
  5. dried seeds
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a function of snake charmers?

  1. Making medicines
  2. Recognising snakes from the bite marks
  3. Entertaining people
  4. Killing poisonous snakes
  5. Keeping snakes in bamboo baskets
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following musical instruments is not made from dried gourd?

  1. Khanjiri
  2. Tumba
  3. Been
  4. Dhol
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

___________ people can make snakes dance by playing the been.

  1. Naga
  2. Santhali
  3. Kalbeliya
  4. Bonda
  5. Bhil
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How do snake charmers come to know which snake had bitten a person?

  1. By seeing the colour of skin of the affected part.
  2. By touching the bitten area.
  3. By asking the person who had been bitten.
  4. By seeing the bite marks.
  5. By playing the been.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kalbelia dance has movements similar to the dance of the __________.

  1. peacock
  2. bees
  3. snake
  4. penguin
  5. bear
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why are snakes called friend of farmer?

  1. Snakes add to soil's fertility.
  2. Snakes entertain them.
  3. Snakes eat the weeds in the fields.
  4. Snakes eat the rats in fields.
  5. Snakes help farmers in tilling soil.
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