Q. No.Biodiversity loss is now one of the world’s most pressing crisis. The primary reason for this is that:
1.
we cannot do anything about it
2.
we are not responsible for this loss
3.
we still do not know its entire extent
4.
it is only affecting the developing countries
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
1. Kaziranga national park - one horned rhinoceros
2. Keoladeo national park - siberian cranes
3. Dachigam national park - hangul or kashmiri stag
4. Manas national park - great Indian bustard
The first biosphere reserves established in India was:
| 1. | Nilgiri | 2. | Kanchenjunga |
| 3. | Gulf of Mannar | 4. | Sunderbans |
The biodiversity hotspots in India include all the following except:
| 1. | Western Ghats and Sri Lanka | 2. | Indo-Burma |
| 3. | Himalayas | 4. | Deccan plateau |
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What percent of earth’s area is covered by hotspots of biodiversity?
| 1. | less than 2 | 2. | about 7 |
| 3. | about 11 | 4. | more than 16 |
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According to your NCERT text, the number of biosphere reserves, national parks and wildlife sanctuary in India are respectively:
| 1. | 14, 90 and 448 | 2. | 11, 98 and 440 |
| 3. | 15, 101 and 403 | 4. | 13, 92 and 427 |
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The historic convention on Biological Diversity held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 is known as:
| 1. | CITES Convention | 2. | The Earth Summit |
| 3. | G-16 Summit | 4. | MAB Programme |
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| Assertion (A): | Biologists are not sure about how many prokaryotic species there might be. |
| Reason (R): | A large number of species have not been data based so far. |
| 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): | There is a steady increase in species richness from the arctic to the tropics. |
| Reason (R): | Seasonal variation is substantially more in tropics than in arctics. |
| 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. |
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