When a threatened plant needs urgent measures to save it from extinction, the desirable approach is:
1. | in-situ conservation | 2. | ex-situ conservation |
3. | cryopreservation | 4. | biopreservation |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Extinction of Stellar’s sea cow and passenger pigeon was due to:
1. | Habitat loss and fragmentation | 2. | Over exploitation |
3. | Invasion of alien species | 4. | Co-extinctions |
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Loss of biodiversity may lead to all except:
1. decline in plant production
2. increased resistance to environmental perturbance
3. increased variability in water use
4. increased variability in pest and disease cycle
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Which group, amongst the following, has the maximum percentage of species facing threat of extinction?
1. | Amphibians | 2. | Birds |
3. | Mammals | 4. | Gymnosperms |
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Which of the following species of tiger has not gone extinct?
1. | Bali | 2. | Javan |
3. | Caspian | 4. | Siberian |
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The rivet popper hypothesis was given by:
1. | Humboldt | 2. | Ehlrich |
3. | Tilman | 4. | Tansley |
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Which of the following is not a reason that accounts for greater biodiversity of tropics?
1. availability of more solar energy
2. more niche specialization
3. more time for species diversification
4. large seasonal variations in environmental factors
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