Assertion (A): | Removal of a keystone species from a community affects community structure significantly. |
Reason (R): | Keystone species are always the apex predators in an ecosystem. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
Assertion (A): | The ‘Sixth Extinction’ presently in progress is different from the previous episodes of species extinction. |
Reason (R): | The current species extinction rates are estimated to be 100 to 1,000 times faster than in the pre-human times |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
3. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
Consider the given two statements:
Statement I: | The broadly utilitarian argument for conserving biodiversity says that humans derive countless direct economic benefits from nature. |
Statement II: | The ethical argument for conserving biodiversity says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
4. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
Statement I: | More than 25% of the drugs currently sold in the market worldwide are derived from plants. |
Statement II: | Amazon forest is estimated to produce, through photosynthesis 5 % of the total oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere. |
1. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
3. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
4. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
1. | The number of lichens is much more than the number of algae |
2. | The number of mosses is much less than the number of ferns and allies |
3. | The number of angiosperms is equal to the number of gymnosperms |
4. | The number of fungi is much more than the number of algae, ferns and allies, mosses and lichens put together |
A stable community in an ecosystem:
I: | should show a considerable increase in productivity every year |
II: | must be either resistant or resilient to occasional man-made and natural disturbances |
III: | must be resistant to invasions by alien species |
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
Statement I: | The Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 was called for the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits. |
Statement II: | The World Summit on sustainable development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa pledged for a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss at global, regional and local levels by 2010. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |