1. Interpretation of behavioral data in terms of human experience is called
A) anthropocentrism
B)
anthropomorphism
C) teleology
D) ethology
2. Every
morning a research student turns on the light in a laboratory aquarium to feed
the fish. After a couple of weeks of this routine, the student noticed that the
fish come to the surface to feed as soon as the lights are turned on. The behavior
of the fish is a result or
A) habituation.
B) positive
phototaxis
C) classical
conditioning
D) imprinting
3. The behavior of young ducks following their mother is known as
A)
imprinting
B) innate
C) mimicry
D) habituation
4. An animal’s ability to escape from a predator by using the explored knowledge of home are is an example of
A) latent learning
B)
imprinting
C) mimicry
D) insight
learning
5. A female ‘spotted sand piper’ court male repeatedly this behavior can be explained by the term
A)
polyandry
B) sexual
cannibalism
C) monogamy
D) human
RBCs
6.
Community suckling of young ones is found in
A) cats
B) dogs
C) lions
D) humans
7. Marsupials are naturally found in Australia. The hallmark of the marsupials is
A) ovo-
B) prolonged
placental development
C)
incomplete adaptive radiations
D) parturition before completion of embryonic development
8. in the
fish species, where internal fertilization occurs, the parental care is provided
by
A) both parents
B) father
C) neither
D) mother
9. During
hibernation in a hibernating mammal, its body temperature would be
A) lower than normal state
B) higher
than normal state
C) fluctuate
between high and low points
D) same as normal state
10. Which
combination of mechanism best explain cross continental migration of animals
A) orientation and
navigation
B)
orientation and piloting
C)
navigation and piloting
D)
orientation, navigations and piloting
Learn more : MCQ on Ethology and Animal Behavior
Answers:
1. D) ethology
2. C) classical conditioning
3. A) imprinting
4. A) latent learning
5. A) polyandry
6. B) dogs
7. D) parturition before completion of embryonic development
8. B) father
9. A) lower than normal state
10. D) orientation, navigations and piloting
