1. Which one of the following is related to ex situ conservation of threatened animals and plants?
(a) Biodiversity hotspots (b) Amazon rainforest
(c) Himalayan region (d) Wildlife safari parks
2. Alexander von Humboldt described for the first time
(a) laws of limiting factor (b) species area relationships
(c) population growth equation (d) ecological biodiversity.
3. How many hotspots of biodiversity in the world have been identified till date by Norman
Myers?
(a) 17 (b) 25 (c) 34 (d) 43
4. Red list contains data or information on
(a) all economically important plants
(b) plants whose products are in international trade
(c) threatened species
(d) marine vertebrates only
5. Which of the following is the most important cause of animals and plants being driven to
extinction?
(a) Habitat loss and fragmentation
(b) Coextinctions
(c) Overexploitation
(d) Alien species invasion
6. The species confined to a particular region and not found elsewhere is termed as
(a) endemic (b) rare (c) keystone (d) alien.
7. In which of the following, both pairs have correct combination?
a) In situ conservation : Seed Bank
Ex situ conservation : National Park
(b) In situ conservation : Tissue culture
Ex situ conservation : Sacred groves
(c) In situ conservation : National Park
Ex situ conservation : Botanical Garden
(d) In situ conservation : Cryopreservation
Ex situ conservation : Wildlife Sanctuary
8. Cryopreservation of gametes of threatened species in viable and fertile condition can be
referred to as
(a) in situ conservation by sacred groves
(b) in situ cryoconservation of biodiversity
(c) in situ conservation of biodiversity
(d) advanced ex situ conservation of biodiversity.
9. An example of ex situ conservation is
(a) national park (b) seed bank
(c) wildlife sanctuary (d) sacred grove
10. Which organization publishes the ‘Red Data Book’?
(a) IUCN (b) UNEP (c) WWF (d) GEF
11. Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity?
(a) Eastern Ghats (b) Gangetic Plain
(c) Sunderbans (d) Western Ghats
12. Sacred groves are specially useful in
(a) generating environmental awareness
(b) preventing soil erosion
(c) yearround flow of water in rivers
(d) conserving rare and threatened species.
13. Which one of the following have the highest number of species in nature?
(a) Fungi (b) Insects (c) Birds (d) Angiosperms
14. Which one of the following is not used for ex situ plant conservation?
(a) Shifting cultivation (b) Botanical gardens
(c) Field gene banks (d) Seed banks
15. Which of the following has maximum genetic diversity in India?
(a) Mango (b) Wheat (c) Groundnut (d) Rice
16. World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) was held in
(a) Argentina (b) South Africa (c) Brazil (d) Sweden
17. Which one of the following pairs of organisms are exotic species introduced in India?
(a) Lantana camara, water hyacinth
(b) Water hyacinth, Prosopis cineraria
(c) Nile perch, Ficus religiosa
(d) Ficus religiosa, Lantana camara
18. One of the endangered species of Indian medicinal plants is that of
(a) Ocimum (b) garlic (c) Nepenthes (d) Podophyllum.
19. Which of the following is considered a hotspot of biodiversity in India?
(a) Aravalli hills (b) Western ghats (c) Indogangetic plain (d) Eastern ghats
20. Biodiversity Act of India was passed by the Parliament in the year
(a) 1992 (b) 1996 (c) 2000 (d) 2002.
21. According to IUCN Red List, what is the status of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)?
(a) Critically endangered species
(b) Vulnerable species
(c) Extinct species
(d) Endangered species
22. wich of the foiiowing is not a cause for ioss of biodiver sitY?
(A) Destruction of habitat
(B) invasion by alien species
(C) Keeping animals in zoological parks
(D) Over-exploitation of natural resources
23. Which of the foilowing is not an invasive alien species in the Indian context?
(a) Lantana (B) Cynodon (C) Parthenium (D) Eichhornia
24. Where among the fbliowing wiil you find pitcher piant?
(A) Rain forest of Norlh-East india (B) Sunderbans
(C) thar Desert (D) Western Ghat
25. match the columns I and II, and choose the correct combination from the options given.
Colum I columnll
(a) Dodo I . Africa
(b) Qugga ll .Russia
(c) Thylacine lll. Mauritius
(d) Stellers sea cow lv. Australia
Choose the correct match from the following:
(A) i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d (B) i-d, ii-c, iii-a, iv b
(C) i--c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d (D) i--c, ii-a, iii-d, iv- b
26. Match the columns I and II, and choose the correct combination from the options given.
(a) a-1, b-2, c- 3, d-4 (b) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
(c) a-1, b-4,c-2,d—3 (C) a-1, b-3,c-2,d--4
27. Which of the follorving species extinct in the last 500 years due to over-exploitation
a. Quagga b. Steller's sea cow
c. Passenger's pigeon d. Thylacine
(A) a and b (B) b and c
(C) a, b and c (D) a, b, c and d
28. The alien species (Nile perch) introduced into Lake Vic toria in
(A) SouthAfrica (B) NorthAmerica (C) South America (D) East Africa
29. Bali, Javan and Caspian are the three
(A) Species of tiger (B) Species of Cheetah
(C) Species of lion (D) Subspecies of tiger
30. The last twenty years alone have rvitnessed the disap pearence of
(A) 31 species (B) 12 species (C) 2l species (D) 32 species
