All of the following are included in ‘ex-situ conservation’ except

  • Wildlife safari parks

  • Sacred groves

  • Seed banks

  • Botanical gardens


B.

Sacred groves

In-situ conservation is the on-site conservation or the conservation of genetic resources in natural populations of plant or animal species. Example, Sacred Groves.


The region of Biosphere Reserve which is legally protected and where no human activity is allowed is known as

  • Core zone

  • Buffer zone

  • Transition zone

  • Transition zone


A.

Core zone

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Which of the following is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India?

  • Western ghats

  • Indo-Gangetic plain

  • Eastern ghats

  • Eastern ghats


A.

Western ghats

Hot spots are the areas with high density of diversity or megadiversity which are also the most threatened once. Today, the number of hot spots identified by ecologists are 25 of which two hotspots are present in India i.e., Western Ghats occur along the western coast of India for a distance of about 1600 km in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala extending over to Srilanka.
Eastern Himalayas hot spot extends from Bhutan to Myanamar covering most of north-east.
In India, Indo-gamatic plain, Eastern ghats and Aravali hills are mainly not considered a hot spot of biodiversity.

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Which one of the following is related to Ex-situ conservation of threatened animals and plants?

  • Wildlife Safari parks

  • Biodiversity hot spots

  • Amazon rainforest

  • Amazon rainforest


A.

Wildlife Safari parks

D.

Amazon rainforest

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The taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the identification and classification of plants and animals. It is used in the preparation of 

  • Monographs

  • Flora

  • Both (a) and (b)

  • None of these


B.

Flora

Taxonomic keys are tools that help in the identification of organisms based on the description of specific characters. 

For example, flora ( A resource providing information on the taxonomy, nomenclature and descriptive data of newly discovered plants.)

Monographs (A comprehensive treatment of a taxon).


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