New deep-sea shark: type specimens kept at ZSI Chennai – Quiz (12.11.2026)

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New deep-sea shark: type specimens kept at ZSI Chennai – Quiz (12.11.2026) – 5 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
What is the scientific name of the new species "Indian Bramble Shark" described in 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Echinorhinus roinee]

Explanation:

Echinorhinus roinee was mistaken for decades for the Atlantic bramble shark (E. brucus). It is named after Roinee, daughter of ZSI Director Dr Dhriti Banerjee.

2.  
Where is the headquarters of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), founded in 1916?

Correct Answer: A [Kolkata]

Explanation:

ZSI was set up on 1 July 1916 in Kolkata under the Environment Ministry; its Marine Biology Regional Centre is in Chennai.

3.  
When a new species is described, the single specimen designated as the name-bearer is called the:

Correct Answer: B [Holotype]

Explanation:

Holotype = the single name-bearing specimen; other specimens studied with it are paratypes. Together they are "type specimens", kept in the National Zoological Collections.

4.  
Which ministry funded the Indian Bramble Shark study under the Deep Ocean Mission?

Correct Answer: D [Ministry of Earth Sciences]

Explanation:

The Deep Ocean Mission (2021) belongs to the Ministry of Earth Sciences; under it, Samudrayaan's manned submersible Matsya 6000 is being built by NIOT, Chennai.

5.  
Sharks belong to which animal class?

Correct Answer: B [Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)]

Explanation:

Sharks and rays have a skeleton of cartilage and no swim bladder.

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