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

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  1. Pearl

  2. Silk

  3. Milk

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Several types of animal products are displayed in the museum. It includes honeycombs, bees wax, honey, silk, pearls, lac, musk, ivory etc.

While milk is never displayed in museums.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Objects exhibited in zoological museum is

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  1. Stuffed animals

  2. Bird beaks

  3. Skeletons

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The answer is all of the above because a zoological museum is an institution in which animal collections are assembled. (animals prepared in fixation,stuffed animals,skeletons,hides,and articles made from horns,bones,shells.etc).

So the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

The finest textile museum in the world is

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  1. Indian museum

  2. Calico museum of textile

  3. National museum

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The Calico Museum of Textiles is located in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat.
  • It was founded by famed industrialist Gautam Sarabhai and his sister Gira Sarabhai.
  • Calico Museum of textiles is the finest textile museum in the world.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Calico museum of textile'

Which of the following precaution should be taken while in the museum?

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  1. Should not touch any objects

  2. Should not make noise

  3. Make a note of important exhibit

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

A person skilled in taxidermy is called as 

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  1. Taxonomist

  2. Taxidermist

  3. Archeologist

  4. Scientist

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Taxidermy is the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals for display or for other sources of study. It can be done on all vertebrate species of animals and invertebrate species including insects and arachnids and the person skilled in this is called as taxidermist.
So, the correct answer is option B.

National Botanical Research Centre is located at

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  1. Lucknow

  2. Calcutta

  3. Delhi

  4. Mumbai

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

National Botanical Research Centre ( or NBRI) is located in Lucknow. It is a research institute of CSIR (i.e. council of scientific and industrial research). It was set up by prof. Kailash Nath Kaul. NBRI works in the field of Taxonomy and Modern bIology.

The correct answer is A. 

Which is not correct ?

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  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.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Museum has collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference. Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions. Plant and animal specimens may also be preserved as dry specimens. 
  • So, the correct option is 'A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference'.

Which one is a taxonomic aid?

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  1. Manual

  2. Monograph

  3. Museum

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The most important taxonomical aids are herbaria, botanical gardens, keys, museums, and zoological parks.

1. Manual: These provide information for identification of names of species occurring in an area.
2. Monograph: These are handbooks which provide the available information of any one taxon.
3. Museum: It is the institution where artistic and educational plants or animals are preserved, stored and exhibited to the public.
So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Science museum foresee

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  1. Technological changes

  2. Environmental changes

  3. Climatic changes

  4. Behavioural changes

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Science museums are important for, research studies and have important impacts on science literacy of the greater community, and can impact public understanding, attitudes and behaviours toward science and technology.

So, the correct option is ‘Technological changes’.

Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks world wide is

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  1. 297

  2. 400

  3. 650

  4. 800

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • A zoo is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.
  • The"  Arignar Anna Zoological Park' is the largest zoo in India which houses about 2,553 species of flora and fauna across 1,265 acres and is the largest zoological garden in India.
  • The Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks worldwide is 800.
  • So, the correct answer is '800'.