Biodiversity And Conservation
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Diversity of organisms living in the region:
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Birds
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Angiosperms
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Fungi
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Insects
A hotspot of biodiversity in India is :
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Eastern Ghats
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Western Ghats
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Gangetic plain
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Sunderbans
A more conservative and scientifically sound estimate about the total number of species present on earth, was made by
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- (b)
- (c)
David Tilman
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What is the total number of species present on earth as estimated by Robert May?
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- (b)
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7 million
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option. The values of z lies in the range of ______ regardless of the taxonomic group or the region.
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
A critically endangered animal is
- (a)
passenger pigeon
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dodo
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Introduction of Nile Perchin lake Victoria of South Africa resulted in
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- (b)
- (c)
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The reasons behind conserving biodiversity have been grouped into which of the following categories?
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Narrowly utilitarian
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Broadly utilitarian
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Ethical
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More than 25% of drugs are derived from plants. What kind of benefit does this describe?
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Ethical value
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Aesthetic value
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- (d)
Read the given statements and select the correct option regarding this.
(i) Ecosystem services provided by nature to human beings such as oxygen for respiration, aesthetic value, ete.
(ii) Direct economic benefits derived from nature by human beings such as food, medicines, ete.
(iii) Every species has an intrinsic value, even if it is not of any economic use to us.
With respect to above given codes (i), (ii) and (iii) choose the correct option.
- (a)
Narrowly utilitarian Broadly utilitarian Ethical (iii) (ii) (i) - (b)
Narrowly utilitarian Broadly utilitarian Ethical (ii) (i) (iii) - (c)
Narrowly utilitarian Broadly utilitarian Ethical (i) (ii) (iii) - (d)
Narrowly utilitarian Broadly utilitarian Ethical (ii) (iii) (i)
India has _____ biosphere reserves, ________ national parks and _______ wildlife sanctuaries till 2018.
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- (b)
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First biosphere reserve was established in 1986 at
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Nilgiri
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Nanda Devi
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- (d)
Nanda Devi biosphere reserve is found in
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Uttaranchal
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Assam
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Himachal Pardesh
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Select the correct option regarding sacred forests or groves
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Which of the following is not an objective of Convention of Biodiversity?
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- (d)
Symbol of WWF is
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tiger
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- (c)
- (d)
Which of the following is not an invasive alien species in the Indian context?
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Lantana
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Cynodon
- (c)
- (d)
Eichhornia
The extinction of passenger pigeon was due to
- (a)
- (b)
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In the following question, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
Assertion: If the species-area relationships are analysed among very large areas like the entire continents, the value of Z, i.e., slope of line lies in the range of 0.1 to 0.2.
Reason: The value of Z, i.e., slope of line of species area relationships lies in the range of 0.6 to 1.2 when analysis is done among small areas.
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In the following question, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
Assertion: Broadly utilitarian arguments say that we should conserve biodiversity because biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides.
Reason: Exploration of molecular, genetic and species level diversity to obtain the products of economic importance is included under broadly utilitarian category.
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- (b)
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- (d)
In the following question, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
Assertion: Biodiversity hotspots are the regions which possess high levels of species richness, high degree of endemism and no loss to habitats
Reason: Total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world is 32 with two of these hotspots found in India
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
In the following question, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
Assertion: Jim Corbett National Park is the first National Park of India and is famous for tigers
Reason: Though the main focus is protection of wildlife the reserve management has also encouraged ecotourism in this national park.
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
In the following question, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason. Mark the correct choice as :
Assertion: One of the most important traditional uses of sacred groves was that they acted as a repository for various ayurvedic medicines.
Reason: In modern times, sacred groves have become biodiversity rich areas, as they provide refuge to various plant and animal species of conservation significance
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Regional diversity is also called
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Alpha diversity
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Which of the following exotic species has become menace to many water bodies in India?
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Lantana camara
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Eichhornia crassipes
- (c)
- (d)
Man made mass extinction of species represent a very serve depletion of biodiversity called as
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Which is not a criteria used for determining hot spots?
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- (b)
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- (d)
How many hot spots cover India's high biodiversity regions?
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25
- (b)
3
- (c)
34
- (d)
2
Silent valley of Kerala is being preserved because it has
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Sacred groves are specially useful in
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- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
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