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1 ___________ is defined as the number of species represented in a specific region, landscape or an ecological community.
A Coevolution
B Commensalism
C Species richness
D Population density

Answer:Species richness
2 Global warming can significantly be controlled by _____________
A Increasing solid waste
B Reducing water wastage
C Burning human-generated waste
D Reducing fossil fuel consumption

Answer: Reducing fossil fuel consumption
3 _______ is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank
A Species
B Genus
C Class
D Order

Answer: Species

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4 Which of the following animals is now extinct?
A Tasmanian tiger
B Tasmanian devil
C Pademelon
D Quoll

Answer:Tasmanian tiger
5 MAB program stands for
A Man and biotechnology
B Material and biology
C Man and Biology
D Man and Biosphere

Answer: Man and Biosphere
6 Red data book contains data of
A all plant species
B all animal species
C economically important species
D threatened species

Answer:threatened species
7 IUCN (The International Union For Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources) headquarters is at
A Morges, Switzerland
B Paris, France
C Vienna, Austria
D NewYork, USA

Answer:Morges, Switzerland
8 IUCN is also called as
A Man and Biosphere program
B World Conservation Union
C World Conservation Consortium
D World Wide Conservation Union

Answer:World Conservation Union
9 Which of the following region has maximum diversity
A mangrooves
B temperate rainforest
C taiga
D coral reefs

Answer:coral reefs
10 Approximately, 50% of total world species are present on
A tropical rain forest
B temperate rain forest
C temperate deciduous forest
D coral reefs

Answer: tropical rain forest
11 Biodiversity
A increases towards the equator
B decreases towards the equator
C remains same throughout the planet
D has no effect on change in latitude

Answer: increases towards the equator
12 The most important reason for decrease in biodiversity is
A habitat pollution
B introduction of exotic species
C over-exploitation
D habitat destruction

Answer: habitat destruction
13 Dodo is
A endangered
B critically endangered
C rare
D extinct

Answer:extinct
14 Blue whale is placed under
A endangered
B rare
C extinct
D critically endangered

Answer:endangered
15 Conservation within the natural habitat is
A insitu conservation
B exsitu conservation
C invivo conservation
D exvivo conservation

Answer: insitu conservation
16 All are insitu conservation efforts except
A National parks
B Sanctuaries
C Zoo
D biosphere reserves

Answer:Zoo
17 Ex situ conservation includes
A Zoo
B Botanic garden
C Germplasm bank
D all of the above

Answer:all of the above
18 Hot spots are regions of high
A rarity
B endemism
C critically endangered population
D diversity

Answer:endemism
19 Endemic species are
A rare species
B species localised in a specific region
C cosmopolitan in distribution
D critically endangered species

Answer:species localised in a specific region
20 Biodiversity can be broadly classified into how many types?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5

Answer:3
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