Snakes have long, cylindrical limbless bodies with a tympanum and movable eyelids. Snakes are nocturnal, carnivorous but usually do not attack unless molested. Out of 330 Indian species of snake, 69 species are poisonous which comprises 29 species of sea snake and 40 species of land snakes. Venom/ poison of a snake is the secretion of poison glands present in the head region. The basic purpose of injecting venom is to capture and paralyze the prey. Poison is acidic in reaction and is fatal only when mixed with blood, otherwise if there is no cut in the mouth or alimentary canal they are passed out with faeces. Venom can be neurotoxic or hemolytic. So take this quiz and know more about poisonous snakes of India.
1. Which of the following snakes build a nest?
A. King Cobra
B. Coral snake
C. Viper
D. Krait
2. Snakes poison glands are modified...
A. Oil gland
B. Salivary gland
C. Sebaceous gland
D. All of these
3. Bite of King Cobra effect the....... System of our body.
A. Respiratory
B. Circulatory
C. Nervous
D. Digestive
4. Which is the most poisonous snake among the following?
A. Tree snake
B. Cobra
C. Pitiless Viper
D. Bungarus
5. Teeth conducting poison in the snake are called...
A. Bunodonts
B. Carnassial
C. Canines
D. Fangs
6. Which one is not the characteristic of a poisonous snake?
A. Tail of poisonous snake is always cylindrical
B. Maxillary teeth of upper jaw are modified to form fangs
C. Third supra labial is large
D. Forth infra labial is largest
7. Which of these poisonous snake inflicts only superficial wounds?
A. Water snake
B. Cobra
C. Krait
D. Viper
8. A saw-scaled poisonous snake is...
A. Vipera russelli
B. Echis carinatus
C. Micrurus fulvius
D. None of these
9. Coral snakes are...
A. Oviparous
B. Ovo viviparous
C. Viviparous
D. Parthenogenetic
10. Cobra can be distinguished by the presence of...
A. Agile habit
B. Only Hood
C. Hood and third supra labial shields
D. Single row of subcaudal shields
11. Which system is affected by the Venom of Viper?
A. Digestive
B. Circulatory
C. Nervous
D. Excretory
12. If snake bite leaves two large and row of small punctures, the snake is always...
A. Non poisonous
B. Ovoviviparous
C. Poisonous
D. Parthenogenetic
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