Snake Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Quiz about Snakes:

Question: Which of the following systems in man is affected by the bite of cobra?
(a) Digestive
(b) Nervous
(c) Excretory
(d) Circulatory
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Question: Study of snakes is called
(a) Ichthyology
(b) Enterology
(c) Serpentology
(d) Entomology
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Question: Which of the following is a poisonous snake?
(a) Eryx
(b) Natrix
(c) Tree snake
(d) Russel’s viper
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Question: The injection of serum of horse which has been repeatedly injected by cobra venom into a person bitten by cobra results in
(a) No immunity
(b) Natural immunity
(c) Active immunity
(d) Passive immunity
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Question: Snakes receive sound vibrations by
(a) Tympanum
(b) Body
(c) Internal ear
(d) Earth
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Question: Snake has
(a) Movalbe eyelids
(b) No eyelids
(c) Immovable eyelids
(d) Eyelids placed in pouches
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Question: A snake can be distinguished from a lizard by the absence of
(a) Limbs and tympanum
(b) Limbs and girdles
(c) Limbs, girdles and tympanum
(d) Limbs, girdles, tympanum and sternum
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Question: Poison glands of snakes are modified
(a) Sebaceous glands
(b) Ceruminous glands
(c) Salivary glands
(d) Endocrine glands
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Question: Large-sized scales fully extended from side to side on the belly are characteristics of
(a) Krait and sea snake
(b) Cobra and python
(c) Rat snake and Cobra
(d) Python and Krait
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Question: Which of the following is a non-poisonous viviparous snake?
(a) Ptyas
(b) Echiscarinots
(c) Uropeltis
(d) All of these
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Question: Zoological name of the common Indian Krait is
(a) Bungarus coeruleus
(b) Ophiopagus Hannah
(c) Viper russeli
(d) Naja naja
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Question: Teeth conducting poison in a snake are called
(a) Incisors
(b) Canines
(c) Heterodont
(d) Fangs
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Question: the scientific name of king cobra is
(a) Naja naja
(b) Bungarus coerulus
(c) Naja hunnah
(d) Vipera russelli
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Question: The snake having a head shield and elongated hexagonal vertebral is
(a) Naja
(b) Eryx
(c) Bungarus
(d) Ptyas
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Question: The important character of Cobra is
(a) Presence of hood
(b) Small scales on the head
(c) Rounded tail
(d) None of these
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Question: Which is a poisonous snake?
(a) Enhydrina
(b) Typhlops
(c) Python
(d) Eryx
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Question: Pear-shaped head, sharply separated from the rest of the body and covered with small scales is a feature of
(a) Pythons
(b) Vipers
(c) Kraits
(d) Cobras
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Question: Poisonous fangs of a snake are modified
(a) Mandible
(b) Maxillary teeth
(c) Canines
(d) Nasals
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Question: Snake moulting consists of
(a) Epidermis
(b) Dermis
(c) Cornified cells
(d) Stratum germinativum
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Question: A stumpy laterally compressed tail is characteristic of
(a) Tree snake
(b) Sea snake
(c) Rat snake
(d) Rattle snake
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Question: The most poisonous snake is
(a) Krait
(b) Tree snake
(c) Python
(d) Rat snake
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Question: Which of the followig is a marine snake?
(a) Enhydrina
(b) Typhlops
(c) Bungarus
(d) Naja
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Question: Which of the following snakes has hind legs?
(a) Python
(b) Bungarus
(c) Typhlops
(d) King cobra
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Question: Typhlops is
(a) Sea snake
(b) Grass snake
(c) Glass snake
(d) Blind snake
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Question: Snake is an example of
(a) Primary Carnivores
(b) Secondary Carnivores
(c) Herbivores
(d) None of these
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