Q. No.
Khecheopalri lake in Sikkim is a:
1. Biosphere reserve
2. National park
3. Sacred lake
4. Inhibited area
1. Biosphere reserve
2. National park
3. Sacred lake
4. Inhibited area
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 agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time is called as:
1. Monoculture
2. Polyculture
3. Oligoculture
4. Agriculture
| Assertion(A): | Umbrella species are species selected for making conservation-related decisions. |
| Reason(R): | Umbrella species has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance. |
| 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 pink headed duck has got extinct mainly due to:
1. Habitat destruction
2. Overexploitation
3. Alien invasion
4. Pollution
Identify the correct statements regarding the “EDGE” species:
I. They are the only survivor members of their genus or even higher taxon.
II. To increase their conservation many are designated as “focal” species
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
The ‘Himalayan Quail’ got extinct due to:
1. Habitat destruction
2. Overexploitation
3. Alien invasion
4. Pollution
A bird that was previously thought to be extinct till its rediscovery in 1986 by Bharat Bhushan of Bombay Natural History Society is:
1. Great Indian Bustard
2. Jerdon’s Courser
3. White Peacock
4. Siberian crane
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
|
1. |
Dodo |
Migratory bird |
|
2. |
Quagga |
A relative of Zebra |
|
3. |
Thylacine |
Largest carnivorous marsupial |
|
4. |
Stellar’s sea cow |
Aquatic mammal |
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Zygogrammabicolorata is:
| 1. | an invasive species in India that has disrupted many aquatic ecosystems |
| 2. | a beetle introduced in India to biocontrol carrot grass |
| 3. | a very important decomposers in polar regions |
| 4. | a threatened species of amphibian in western ghats of India |
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