MAB stands for:
1. Marine Algal Biology
2. Manmade Air Banks
3. Man and Biosphere
4. Mother and Baby welfare scheme
In a biosphere reserve, active cooperation with local people is established in the:
1. | Natural zone | 2. | Core zone |
3. | Buffer zone | 4. | Transition zone |
The first biosphere reserves established in India was:
1. | Nilgiri | 2. | Kanchenjunga |
3. | Gulf of Mannar | 4. | Sunderbans |
Khecheopalri lake in Sikkim is a:
1. Biosphere reserve
2. National park
3. Sacred lake
4. Inhibited area
The most effective means of conservation is to:
1. remove predators
2. preserve habitats
3. vaccinate against diseases
4. census the species during the breeding season
Species most vulnerable to extinction from human activities are those with:
1. low carrying capacities
2. high population growth rates
3. large niches
4. many natural predators
The Maya ICBG controversy drew attention to the problems of:
1. | Deliberate introduction of invasive species |
2. | use of microbes as weapons |
3. | unethical biopiracy |
4. | overexploitation of threatened species by poachers |
The argument that biodiversity provides many direct economic benefits to humans and therefore must be preserved is:
1. Narrowly utilitarian view
2. Broadly utilitarian view
3. Ethical argument
4. Holistic approach
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
Tiger reserve in India |
State |
|
1. |
Bandipur |
Karnataka |
2. |
Periyar |
Tamil Nadu |
3. |
Kaziranga |
Assam |
4. |
Rajaji |
Uttarakhand |