- Choose the wrongly matched pair.
(a) Simplipal - Odisha
(b) Periyar Sanctuary - Tiger
(c) Khasi and Jaintia hills - Meghalaya
(d) Khecheopalri - Sikkim
- Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1 : National parks have been set up to protect
wildlife.
Statement 2 : Biosphere reserves have greater importance
than the national parks.
(a) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and 2 is the correct
explanation of 1.
(b) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct but 2 is not the
correct explanation of 1.
(c) Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
(d) Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
- Identify labelled areas X, Y and Z from the given pie chart
representing the proportion of global biodiversity of plants.
Y
Z
X
Ferns and allies
AlgaeLichens
(a) X-Pteridophytes, Y-Gymnosperms, Z-Fungi
(b) X-Angiosperms, Y-Gymnosperms, Z-Pteridophyte
(c) X-Mosses, Y-Fungi, Z-Angiosperms
(d) X-Angiosperms, Y-Fungi, Z-Mosses
- Which of the following is incorrect regarding hotspots?
(a) High level of species richness
(b) High level of endemism
(c) It is in situ method of conservation
(d) None of these
- In the table given below the species richness and species
equitability of five communities (I, II, III, IV and V) is shown.
Communities Species
richness
Species
equitability
I 50 3
II 98 3
III 90 2
IV 88 8
V 85 7
Which communities has maximum and minimum diversity?
(a) Maximum diversity-III, minimum diversity-I
(b) Maximum diversity-III, minimum diversity-IV
(c) Maximum diversity-V, minimum diversity-III
(d) Maximum diversity-IV, minimum diversity-I
- Which of the following statement is incorrect about D-diversity?
(a) It is dependent upon species richness and evenness.
(b) It is the diversity present in range of communities.
(c) There is lot of competition, adjustments and inter-
relationships amongst members of the same community.
(d) There are limited variations.
- Which of the following group of plants are endangered in
India?
(a) Diospyros celibica, Rhynia, Lotus corniculatus
(b) Petrocarpus santalinus, Nepenthes khasiana,
Bentinckia nicobarica
(c) Lotus corniculatus, Petrocarpus santalinus, Berberis
nilghiriensis
(d) Psilotum nudum, Berberis nilghiriensis, Cupressus
cashmeriana
- Read the given statements and select the option which
correctly identifies true (T) and false (F) ones.
I. No human activity is allowed in the buffer zone of a
biosphere.
II. Shannon index is a diversity index, commonly used in
ecological studies.
III. Antilope cervicapra and Cupressus cashmeriana are
critically endangered species.
I V. Bishnois of Rajasthan protect Prosopis cineraria and
Black Buck religiously.
I II III IV
(a) T F F T
(b) T T F F
(c) F T F T
(d) T F T F
- Which of the following is not included in evil quartet
responsible for accelerated rate of species extinction?
(a) Overexploitation (b) Alien species invasion
(c) Coextinction (d) Intensive agriculture
- K-T boundary extinction is also known as
(a) natural extinction
(b) mass extinction
(c) anthropogenic extinction
(d) none of these.
- Nile Perch when introduced in lake Victoria of South Africa
resulted in
(a) excessive growth of cichlid fish
(b) elimination of water weeds
(c) excessive growth of water weeds
(d) elimination of native species of cichlid fish.
- The forest within which the plants are located represents
(a) epsilon diversity (b) alpha diversity
(c) beta diversity (d) gamma diversity.
