Q. No.Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
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Column I |
Column II |
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A |
Genetic diversity |
a. |
Western ghats have greater amphibian diversity than eastern ghats |
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B. |
Species diversity |
b. |
India has more than 50000 genetically different strains of rice |
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C. |
Ecological diversity |
c. |
India has more ecosystems than Norway |
Codes :
| A | B | C | |
| 1. | a | b | c |
| 2. | b | a | c |
| 3. | c | b | a |
| 4. | b | c | a |
| 1. | Biodiversity is the term popularised by the sociobiologist Edward Wilson to describe the combined diversity at all levels of biological organisation. |
| 2. | IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources. |
| 3. | Robert May places the global species diversity in the range of 20 to 50 million. |
| 4. | More than 25 percent of the drugs currently sold in the market are derived from the plants. |
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Approximately, what number of species have been identified, named and studied?
| 1. | 1.0 million | 2. | 1.5 million |
| 3. | 1.7 million | 4. | 2.0 million |
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Amongst the vertebrates, the Class with maximum number of species is:
| 1. | Pisces | 2. | Reptilia |
| 3. | Aves | 4. | Mammalia |
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If we consider invertebrates, the maximum global biodiversity, after insects, is seen in:
| 1. | Crustaceans | 2. | Echinoderms |
| 3. | Mollusks | 4. | Annelids |
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Although, India has only 2.4 % of world’s area, its share of global species diversity is about:
| 1. | 3% | 2. | 5% |
| 3. | 8% | 4. | 11% |
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| 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. |
- If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
- If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
- If the assertion is true but the reason is false
- If both the assertion and reason are false
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Regarding the gradients of biodiversity:
| I: | As we move from poles to the equator, broadly speaking, biodiversity decreases. |
| II: | There is an increase in species diversity from lower to higher altitudes. |
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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The greatest biodiversity on the earth is found in:
| 1. | African grasslands |
| 2. | Amazonian rain forest in South America |
| 3. | Western Ghats in India |
| 4. | Nile delta in Egypt |
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