Animal Classification by MCQs with Answers

Sexual maturity in a larval form is called ?

• A.Paedogenesis
• B.Metamorphosis
• C.Neoteny
• D.Parthenogenesis

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A borrowing animals having limbs for digging are?

• A.Arboreal
• B.Cursorial
• C.Fossorial
• D.Scansorial

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What are animals that capture and kill living animals for food called?

• A.Predators
• B.Scavengers
• C.Parasites
• D.Herbivores

Development of egg without fertilization by the sperm is known as ?

• A.Parthenogenesis
• B.Oogenesis
• C.Gametogenesis
• D.Spermatogenesis

A key stimulus results in a fixed action pattern through a(n) ?

• A.Operant conditioning
• B.Conditioned reflex
• C.Innate releasing mechanism
• D.Habituation process

The disadvantage of storage of lipids as a strategy to reduce weight for buoyancy is _?

• A.Requires high oxygen consumption
• B.Increases overall body density
• C.Linked with metabolism
• D.Causes rapid heat loss

Learnia is an parasite of fish.

• A.Internal
• B.External
• C.Obligate
• D.Facultative

The amazing example of genetic and environmental influence on animal behavior is?

• A.Conditioning
• B.Habituation
• C.Imprinting
• D.Migration

The social organization of howling monkeys was studied by ?

• A.Carpenter
• B.Goodall
• C.Fossey
• D.Lorenz

Maternal behaviour in a virgin female can be induced through _?

• A.Surgical removal of ovaries
• B.Injection of estrogen
• C.Injection of progesterone
• D.Blood transfusion from newly parturient