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Which one manages zoo in India?

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  1. CZA

  2. SSC

  3. IUCN

  4. WZCS

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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.

zoology diversity in living world botanical gardens, zoological parks and zoological museums museums and zoos tools of taxonomy

  1. Use of NaCl solution as preservative

  2. Pinning

  3. Pressing

  4. Treating specimen with $CuSO _4$

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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:

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  1. P. Maheshwari

  2. Carolus Linnaeus

  3. E. Mayr

  4. G. N. Ramachandran

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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)

zoology diversity in living world botanical gardens, zoological parks and zoological museums museums and zoos tools of taxonomy

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

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

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

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

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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.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is not correct statement?

zoology diversity in living world botanical gardens, zoological parks and zoological museums museums and zoos tools of taxonomy

  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.

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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?

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  1. Salim Ali National Park, Jammu & Kashmi

  2. Nameri National Park, Assam

  3. Ghana National Park, Rajastha

  4. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Haryana

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Correct Option: B

The world's largest museum is

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  1. Ashmolean museum

  2. Salarjung museum

  3. Smithsonian

  4. Uffizi gallery

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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.

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  1. Uffizi gallery

  2. Ashmolean museum

  3. Indian museum

  4. None of the above

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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

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  1. Educating people

  2. Preserving natural and historic objects

  3. Economic development

  4. Both A and B

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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.