Museums and Zoological Parks

Questions about museums, zoos, taxonomic aids, and related institutions covering their history, locations, purposes, and preservation practices

31 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Prince of wales museum is located in

  1. Mumbai
  2. Kolkata
  3. London
  4. Italy
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Calico museum of textile is located in

  1. Mumbai
  2. Delhi
  3. Ahmedabad
  4. Mysore
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Zoological Park is situated at.

  1. Delhi
  2. Lucknow
  3. Jaipur
  4. Darjeeling
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one manages zoo in India?

  1. CZA
  2. SSC
  3. IUCN
  4. WZCS
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 $CuSO _4$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The world's largest museum is

  1. Ashmolean museum
  2. Salarjung museum
  3. Smithsonian
  4. Uffizi gallery
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the first museum of the world.

  1. Uffizi gallery
  2. Ashmolean museum
  3. Indian museum
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main purpose of museum is

  1. Educating people
  2. Preserving natural and historic objects
  3. Economic development
  4. Both A and B
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Science museum foresee 

  1. Technological changes
  2. Temperature changes
  3. Pressure changes
  4. Behavioural changes
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where was the first museum built in India?

  1. Delhi
  2. Mumbai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Hyderabad
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The city with the largest number of museum is

  1. London
  2. Mexico
  3. New york
  4. Delhi
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zoological museum is a part of

  1. Art
  2. Archaeology
  3. Science
  4. Both B and C
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Pearl
  2. Silk
  3. Milk
  4. Both A and B
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Objects exhibited in zoological museum is

  1. Stuffed animals
  2. Bird beaks
  3. Skeletons
  4. All of the above
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The finest textile museum in the world is

  1. Indian museum
  2. Calico museum of textile
  3. National museum
  4. None of the above
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A person skilled in taxidermy is called as 

  1. Taxonomist
  2. Taxidermist
  3. Archeologist
  4. Scientist
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is a taxonomic aid?

  1. Manual
  2. Monograph
  3. Museum
  4. All of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Science museum foresee

  1. Technological changes
  2. Environmental changes
  3. Climatic changes
  4. Behavioural changes
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks world wide is

  1. 297
  2. 400
  3. 650
  4. 800
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Delhi
  2. Thiruvananthapuram
  3. Kolkata
  4. Guwahati
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India museum was established in 

  1. 1759
  2. 1814
  3. 1955
  4. 1957
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zoological museum displays

  1. Living plants
  2. Living animals
  3. Inanimate objects
  4. All of the above
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Museum is a centre of 

  1. Documentation
  2. Experiments
  3. Communication
  4. None of the above
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Herbarium
  2. Museum
  3. Library
  4. Botanical garden