Biodiversity And Conservation — DPP 2

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1
Which one of the following is not included under in-situ conservation?
  1. A Biosphere reserve
  2. B National park
  3. C Sanctuary
  4. D Botanical garden
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Correct answer: D

2
Which of the following character is not related to biodiversity hot spot?
  1. A High degree of endemism
  2. B Habitat loss
  3. C Lesser interspecific interaction
  4. D High species richness
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Correct answer: C

3
(A) More than 70 percent of all the species recorded are animals.
(B) Out of every 10 animals on this planet, 7 are insects.
(C) The number of fungi species in the world is more than the combined total of the species of fishes, amphibians, reptiles and mammals.
(D) Number of fishes is very less than that of mammals.
  1. A All correct
  2. B All incorrect
  3. C A, B and C are correct
  4. D Only D is is correct
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Correct answer: C

4
What shall be the effect of destruction of wild life :-
  1. A Wild gene of disease resistance will not be obtained
  2. B Soil erosion
  3. C Floods
  4. D Green house effect
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Correct answer: A

5
India has more than 50,000 strains of rice and 1000 varieties of mango. It is related to :-
  1. A Species diversity
  2. B Genetic diversity
  3. C Ecological diversity
  4. D Temperate climate in India
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Correct answer: B

6
In "rivet popper hypothesis" rivet indicates?
  1. A Community
  2. B Biosphere
  3. C Ecosystem
  4. D Species
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Correct answer: D

7
The following pie chart is showing the global biodiversity of vertebrates:
Biodiversity And Conservation – NEET-791 Which sectors represent fishes and birds species respectively?
  1. A E and B
  2. B B and D
  3. C B and C
  4. D A and C
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Correct answer: D

8
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
labelled as Reason (R).
In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below: Assertion (A) : Biodiversity hotspots are the regions which possess low levels of species richness and high degree of endemism.
Reason (R) : Total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world is 34 with three of these hotspots found in India.
  1. A Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
  3. C (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
  4. D Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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Correct answer: C

9
Which one of the following is not used for ex situ plant conservation ?
  1. A Botanical Gardens
  2. B Field gene banks
  3. C Seed banks
  4. D Shifting cultivation
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Correct answer: D

10
Which of the following biome has largest number of species?
  1. A Taiga
  2. B Deciduous
  3. C Tropical forest
  4. D Subtropical forest
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Correct answer: C

11
Match the column I with column II
Biodiversity And Conservation – NEET-887
  1. A a - iv, b - ii, c - i, d - iii
  2. B a - ii, b - iv, c - i, d - iii
  3. C a - iv, b - iii, c - i, d - ii
  4. D a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv
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Correct answer: C

12
When we conserve and protect the whole ecosystem, it's biodiversity at all levels is conserved called :-
  1. A In-situ conservation
  2. B Ex-situ conservation
  3. C On-site conservation
  4. D Both (A) and (C)
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Correct answer: D

13
Which one of the following cause of biodiversity loss, is because of a positive ecological interaction:-
  1. A Over-exploitation
  2. B Habitat fragmentation
  3. C Co-extinction
  4. D Alien species invasion
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Correct answer: C

14
The species - area relationship studied by Alexander von Humboldt is a straight line on a logarithmic scale and is represented by equation $\log \mathrm { S } = \log \mathrm { C } + \mathrm { Z } \log \mathrm { A }$ in this equation $\mathrm { 'S' }$ stands for :-
  1. A Species richness
  2. B Area
  3. C Slope of the line
  4. D Regression coefficient
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Correct answer: A

15
In which of the following both pairs have correct combination :-
  1. A In situ conservation : Cryopreservation Ex situ conservation : Wildlife Sanctuary
  2. B In situ conservation : Seed Bank Ex situ conservation : National Park
  3. C In situ conservation : Tissue culture Ex situ conservation : Sacred groves
  4. D In situ conservation : National Park Ex situ conservation : Botanical Garden
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Correct answer: D

16
Identify $\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B }$ and $\mathrm { C }$ in the following representation of global biodiversity showing proportionate number of species of major taxa of vertebrates.
Biodiversity And Conservation – NEET-894 Biodiversity And Conservation – NEET-894
  1. A A - Mammals, B - Birds, C - Reptiles
  2. B A - Mammals, B - Birds, C - Amphibians
  3. C A - Mammals, B - Reptiles, C - Amphibians
  4. D A - Fishes, B - Mammals, C - Birds
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Correct answer: C

17
Match the animals given in column A with their extinct place in column B :-
Biodiversity And Conservation – NEET-987 Choose the correct match from the following:
  1. A i-a, ii-c, iii-d, iv-b
  2. B i-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-a
  3. C i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
  4. D i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a
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Correct answer: D

18
The main cause for the extinction of more than 200 species of cichlid fish in the Lake Victoria in East Africa was :-
  1. A Over-exploitation
  2. B Co-extinction
  3. C Alien-species invasion
  4. D Habitat fragmentation
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Correct answer: C

19
Identify the correct set of statements :
(a) Protection of entire forest to save a tiger is an example of in-situ conservation.
(b) Biodiversity hot spot regions shows high degree of endemism and high level of species richness.
(c) The earth summit was held in Rio-de Janeiro in 1992 for the protection of ozone layer.
(d) Zoological parks and botanical gardens serves the purpose of ex-situ conservation.
Choose the correct answer from options given below :
  1. A a, b and d
  2. B a, b and c
  3. C b, c and d
  4. D a, c and d
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Correct answer: A

20
How many statements are correct?
(A) Rauwolfia vomitoria growing in different Himalayan ranges is an example of species diversity.
(B) For many taxonomic groups, species inventories are more complete in tropical than in temperate countries.
(C) Robert May places the global species diversity at about 7 million.
(D) Among vertebrates, insects are the most species-rich taxonomic group, making up more than 70 per cent of the total.
  1. A One
  2. B Three
  3. C Two
  4. D Four
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Correct answer: A

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