In the following questions a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R).
Assertion(A): | Sacred forests are refuge of rare, endangered and endemic taxa. |
Reason(R): | The land of sacred forests is fertile. |
1. | Both (A) & (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
2. | Both (A) & (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
3. | (A) is true statement but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false statements. |
Statements I: | Species confined to a particular region and are not found anywhere else are called endemic species |
Statement II: | Keystone species are usually abundant in an ecosystem |
A. | It increases from high to low latitudes |
B. | Increased biodiversity contributes to higher productivity |
C. | Within a region, species richness increases with increasing explored area |
D. | Loss of biodiversity in a region leads to decreased variability in ecosystem processes |
E. | Tropical environments promote niche specialization and lead to decrease in biodiversity |
(a) | Plants | (b) | Invertebrates |
(c) | Fishes | (d) | Mammals |
(e) | Birds |
1. | (a) > (b) > (e) > (d) > (c) | 2. | (a) > (c) > (d) > (b) > (e) |
3. | (b) > (a) > (e) > (d) > (c) | 4. | (b) > (a) > (c) > (e) > (d) |
1. | A significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. |
2. | Declaration of more biodiversity hotspots. |
3. | Increase in agricultural production |
4. | Collection and preservation of seeds of different genetic strains of commercially important plants. |