(i) Active cooperation is present between reserve
management and local people for settlements and
cropping.
(ii) In this region limited human activity is allowed.
(iii) This area is undisturbed and legally protected
ecosystem.
(i) (ii) (iii)
(a) B A C
(b) A C B
(c) A B C
(d) C B A
- Five species (i) to (v) sampled in four areas A-D given below.
Which of the following areas has maximum biodiversity?
(Note: ‘+’ symbol is used for Present and ‘–’ is used for
Absent).
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
A. + – + – +
B. + + + + +
C. + + – + +
D. – + – + +
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
- Select the incorrectly matched pair.
(a) In situ conservation–sacred groves
(b) Savanna – Acacia tree
(c) Hangul project – Bandipur National park
(d) Wildlife protection act – 1972
- Match the column I with column II.
Column I Column II
A. Gandhi Zoological Park (i) Andhra Pradesh
B. Kamala Nehru Zoological Park (ii) Madhya Pradesh
C. National Zoological Park (iii) West Bengal
D. Sri Venkateswara Zoological (iv) Gujarat
Park
E. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan (v) Delhi
Zoological Park
(a) A-(i), B-(v), C-(iv), D-(ii), E-(iii)
(b) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(v), D-(i), E-(iii)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i), E-(v)
(d) A-(i), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(iii), E-(v)
- Maximum amphibian species are endemic in which
biogeographical region of India?
(a) North-East (b) Western ghats
(c) Gangetic plain (d) Islands
- More diversity is generated where there is
(a) co-extinctions (b) over exploitation
(c) heterogenecity (d) both (b) and (c).
- Biogeographical region where a large number of cultivated
plants originated is
(a) desert (b) Deccan peninsula
(c) Gangetic plain (d) North-East region.
- Tiger is not protected in which one of the following National
Parks?
(a) Sunderbans (b) Gir
(c) Jim Corbett (d) Bandipur
- Which one of the following is not a wildlife conservation
project?
(a) Project Dodo (b) Project great Indian Bustard
(c) Project Tiger (d) Project Hangul
- Oran is a
(a) sacred grove (b) sacred landscape
(c) sacred animal (d) endangered animal.
- Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Species diversity, in general, increases from poles to
the equator.
(b) Species evenness is the number of species per unit area.
(c) India’s share of global species diversity is about 18%.
(d) There are about 25000 known species of plants in
India.
- Genetic diversity in agricultural crops is mostly threatened by
(a) introduction of high yielding varieties
(b) intensive use of fertilisers
(c) extensive intercropping
(d) intensive use of biopesticides.
- Select the correct statement about biodiversity.
(a) Biodiversity of a geographical region represents
endangered species found in the region.
(b) Large scale planting of Bt cotton has no adverse effect
on biodiversity.
(c) Western ghats have a very high degree of species
richness and endemism.
(d) Algae represent maximum number of species among
global biodiversity.
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