A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicat

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101.

Which one of the following is not used for ex-situ plant conservation?

  • Field genebanks

  • Seed banks

  • Shifting cultivation

  • Shifting cultivation

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102.

Which of the following represent a maximum number of species among global biodiversity?

  • Algae

  • Lichens

  • Fungi

  • Fungi

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103.

The species confined lo a particular Region and not found elsewhere is termed as

  • Keystone

  • Alien

  • Endemic

  • Endemic

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104.

An example of ex-situ conservation is 

  • National Park

  • Seed bank

  • wildlife Sanctuary

  • wildlife Sanctuary

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105.

A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that the

  • trees are very healthy

  • trees are heavily infested

  • the location is highly polluted

  • the location is highly polluted


D.

the location is highly polluted

The situation suggests that the site is no polluted as lichens are the bioindicators for air pollution. These are the living organisms that respond in an especially clear way to a change in the environment. Te lichens are useful indicators of especially SO2 pollution because they derive their water and essential nutrients mainly from the atmosphere rather than from the soil.

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106.

Match the following and select the correct option.

Column I

Column II

a

Earthworm

1.

Pioneer species

b.

Succession

2.

Detritivore

c.

Ecosystem service

3.

Natality

d.

Population growth

4.

Pollination

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    1

    2

    3

    4

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    4

    1

    3 2
  • A

    B

    C

    D

    3

    2 4 1
  • A

    B

    C

    D

    3

    2 4 1
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107.

A species facing extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future is called

  • Vulnerable 

  • endemic

  • critically endangered 

  • critically endangered 

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108.

Which one of the following areas in India, is a hot spot of biodiversity?

  • Eastern Ghats

  • Gangetic plain

  • Sunderbans

  • Sunderbans

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109.

Just as a person moving from Delhi to Shimla to escape the heat for the duration of hot summer, thousand of migratory birds from Siberia and other extremely cold Northern regions move to

  • Western Ghat

  • Meghalaya

  • Corbett National Park

  • Corbett National Park

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110.

Sacred groves are specially useful in

  • Generating environmental awareness

  • Preventing soil erosion

  • Year-round flow of water in rivers

  • Year-round flow of water in rivers

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