Multiple Choice QuestionsWildlife is destroyed most when
there is lack of proper care
mass scale hunting for foreign trade
its natural habitat is destroyed
natural calamity
Find the wrongly matched pair
Endemism - species confined to one region and not found anywhere else
Hot spots - regions with species richness
Alien species to India - Clarias gariepinus
Lungs of the planet - Amazon Rain Forest
Lungs of the planet - Amazon Rain Forest
Which one among these is NOT an ex-situ conservation strategy?
Seed banks
Botanical gardens
Cryopreservation
Biosphere reserves
Biosphere reserves
Read the statements regarding a stable community and choose the correct option
(1) must be resistant to occasional disturbances
(2) should show much variation in productivity from year to year
(3) must be resistant to invasions by alien species
(1) and (2) are correct
(1), (2) and (3) are correct
(1) only is correct
(2) and (3) are correct
(2) and (3) are correct
E.
(1) and (3) are correct
Among the given opions, statement 1 and 3 are correct. Stable community must be either resistant or resilient to occasional disturbances.
Find the wrongly matched pair
Endemism - species confined to a region and not found anywhere else
Hot spots - Western ghats
Sacred groves - Jaintia hills of Rajasthan
ex situ conservation - Zoological parks
ex situ conservation - Zoological parks
Organisms that tolerate narrow range of salinity are
Euryhaline
Stenohaline
Eurythermal
Hypersaline
Hypersaline
Match the environmental activist in Column I with the environmental issue in Column II and choose the right option
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Ramesh Chandra Dagar | A. Conservation od forests |
| 2. Ahmed Khan | B. Organic farming |
| 3. Amrita Devi | C. Plastic waste recycling. |
1 - B; 2 - C; 3 - A
1 - C; 2 - A; 3 - B
1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C
1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C
1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C
Which one of the following is not in situ conservation method?
National parks
Wildlife sanctuary
Biosphere reserves
Scared groves
Scared groves
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