The extent of the global diversity of invertebrates is represented in the image below. Choose the correct combination of groups (A-D) respectively:
A | B | C | D | |
1. | Insects | Crustaceans | Other animal groups | Molluscs |
2. | Crustaceans | Insects | Molluscs | Other animal groups |
3. | Molluscs | Other animal groups | Crustaceans | Insects |
4 | Insects | Molluscs | Crustaceans | Other animal groups |
Which one of the following is not used for ex-situ plant conservation?
1. Seed banks
2. Shifting cultivation
3. Botanical Gardens
4. Field gene banks
Which one of the following areas in India is a hot spot of biodiversity?
1. Eastern Ghats
2. Gangetic plain
3. Sunder bans
4. Western Ghats
Tiger is not a resident, in which one of the following national parks?
1. | Ranthambore | 2. | Sunderbans |
3. | Gir | 4. | Jim Corbett |
One of the endangered species of Indian medicine plants is:
1. Podophyllum
2. Ocimum
3. Garlic
4. Nepenthes
Which one of the following pairs of organisms are exotic species introduced in India?
1. Ficus religiosa. Lantana camara
2. Lantana camara, Water hyacinth
3. Water hyacinth, Prosopis cineraria
4. Nile perch, Ficus religiosa
Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India?
1. Bentinckia nicobarica and red panda
2. Tamarind and rhesus monkey
3. Cinchona and leopard
4. Banyan and black buck
Newly formed Biosphere Reserve of India (2013) is:
1. Pachmarhi
2. Himalaya
3. Cold desert
4. Panna
Choose the wrong pair.
1. Cenchrus-Savanna
2. Abies- Coniferous forest
3. Quercus- Broad leaf forest
4. Tectona- Temperate forest
Select the incorrect statement.
1. | Stellar's sea cow and passenger pigeon got extinct due to over-exploitation by men |
2. | The Mitotic Convention on Biological Diversity was held in 1992 |
3. | Species diversity increases as we move away from the equator towards the poles |
4. | Lantana and Eichhornia are invasive weed species in India |