Which one of the following is related to Ex-situ conservation of threatened animals and plants?
1. Wildlife Safari parks
2. Biodiversity hot spots
3. Amazon rainforest
4. Himalayan region
The region of Biosphere Reserve which is legally protected and where no human activity is allowed isknown as :
1. Core zone
2. Buffer zone
3. Transition zone
4. Restoration zone
All of the following are included in 'Ex-situ conservation' except
1. Wildlife safari parks
2. Seed banks
3. Botanical gardens
4. Sacred groves
One of the ex situ conservation method for endangered species is
1. Wildlife sanctuaries
2. Biosphere reserves
3. Cryopreservation
4. national Parks.
Which pair of geographical area shows maximum diversity in our country.
1. Sunderbans and Rann of Kutch
2. Eastern Ghates and Western Ghats
3. Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats
4. Kerala and Punjab
In India, we find mangoes with different flavours, colours, fibre content, sugar content, and even shelf life. The large variation is on account of:
1. | Genetic diversity | 2. | Species diversity |
3. | Hybridisation | 4. | Induced mutations |
The Earth Summit was held in Rio do Janeiro in:
1. | 1987 | 2. | 1990 |
3. | 1992 | 4. | 2002 |
When a threatened plant needs urgent measures to save it from extinction, the desirable approach is:
1. | in-situ conservation | 2. | ex-situ conservation |
3. | cryopreservation | 4. | biopreservation |
Biodiversity should be conserved as it plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. Such an argument is called:
1. | broadly utilitarian | 2. | narrowly utilitarian |
3. | ethical | 4. | moral |
The search for previously unknown compounds in organisms that have never been used in traditional medicine is known as:
1. | Biopiracy | 2. | Bioprospecting |
3. | Molecular pharming | 4. | Bioremediation |