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 | 
On a logarithmic scale, the species-area relationship turns out to be a:
| 1. | Straight line | 2. | Rectangular hyperbola | 
| 3. | Bell shaped | 4. | U shaped | 
| Assertion (A): | Species diversity contributes to the well-being of an ecosystem. | 
| Reason (R): | Rich biodiversity contributes to higher productivity of 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. | 
The rivet popper hypothesis was given by:
| 1. | Humboldt | 2. | Ehlrich | 
| 3. | Tilman | 4. | Tansley | 
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 | 
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 | 
What percentage of total oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere is produced by Amazon rainforest through photosynthesis?
| 1. | 50 | 2. | 40 | 
| 3. | 30 | 4. | 20 |