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Question
Given below are names of some animals.
- Goat
- Human beings
- Cockroach
- Eagle
Which of the above animals form a pair of omnivores?
Options
(i) and (ii)
(ii) and (iii)
(iii) and (iv)
(ii) and (iv)
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Solution
(ii) and (iii)
Explanation:
Goats eat only plants and plant products so they are herbivores. Eagles eat flesh of other animals so, they are carnivores. Humans and cockroaches eat both animals and plants so, they are omnivores.
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