B.Sc.
6thSemester (Honours) Examination, 2022 (CBCS)
Subject: Zoology
Paper: DSE-3
(Animal Behaviour)
Full Marks: 40 Time: 2 Hrs.
The figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give the answers in their own words as far as practicable.
Group - A
1. Answer any five questions of the following: 2×5=10
a) What is ‘sexual conflict’?
b) What is meant by lek polygyny?
c) Define ‘inclusive fitness’.
d) Differentiate between ‘honest signals’ and ‘dishonest signals’.
e) What is reciprocal altruism?
f) Differentiate between ‘vocalization’ and ‘mechanical call’ as mating calls.
g) How does ‘reverse countershading’ help in increasing fitness?
h) What is meant by sign stimulus?
Group - B
2. Answer any two questions of the following: 5×2=10
a) Comment on sexual conflict in parental care with suitable examples. 5
b) What are the factors influencing biological clock? What is jet lag? 3+2=5
c) Elaborate ‘Hamilton's rule’ in Kin Selection. 5
d) Briefly describe evolutionary disadvantages of Fixed Action Pattern 5
(FAP).
Group - C
3. Answer any two questions of the following: 10×2=20
a) Explain how waggle dance is helpful to determine the direction and 6+2+2=10
distance of the food sources in honey bee. Write about the advantages of
being social. What is queen substance?
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b) Discuss the possible theories/hypotheses that could explain why female 5+3+2
mate choice has evolved in nature. Illustrate male rivalry with an
example. What is extra-pair copulation?
c) Describe the mechanisms of navigation in animals. 10
d) Describe with diagram the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm in 10
Drosophila following the PER/TIM and the CLK/CYC transcription-
translation feedback loop.
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B.Sc. 6thSemester (Honours) Examination, 2022 (CBCS)
Subject: Zoology
Paper: DSE-3
(Wildlife Conservation)
Full Marks: 40 Time: 2 Hrs.
The figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give the answers in their own words as far as practicable.
Group - A
1. Answer any five questions of the following: 2×5=10
a) Differentiate between pug marks of dog and cat family.
b) Define wildlife according to Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
c) What is ecesis?
d) What is community reserve?
e) Define ecology of perturbance.
f) Write down full form of NTCA and IBWL.
g) Mention two ways for mitigation of human-wildlife conflict.
h) What do you mean by Red Data Book?
Group - B
2. Answer any two questions of the following: 5×2=10
a) Explain the Ex-situ mode of wildlife conservation with a suitable 4+1
flowchart. Define Gene Bank.
b) Why “Cover construction' is important for habitat management of 2+3
wildlife? Briefly describe different strategies for ‘cover construction’.
c) Differentiate between National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary with suitable 4+1
example. Name the Ramsar site of West Bengal.
d) Describe the causes and consequences of human-wildlife conflicts. 5
Group - C
3. Answer any two questions of the following: 10×2=20
a) Describe both positive and negative values of wildlife. Write down causes of 3+3+4
wildlife depletion in India.
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b) What do you mean by eco-tourism? ‘Reintroduction is necessary for population 4+6
stability’ –– Explain with example.
c) What is meant by census? How does the size of a population of carnivorous 2+4+4
animals can be estimated through fecal analysis and from analysis of pug marks?
d) Define biodiversity hotspots. State the Role of remote sensing and GIS in 1+7+2
wildlife management. Cite two examples from Schedule-I (Part-I).
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