Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity
1. Eastern Ghats
2. Gangetic Plain
3. Sunderbans
4. Western Ghats
Sacred groves are specially useful in :
1. Generating environmental awareness
2. Preventing soil erosion
3. Year-round flow of water in rivers
4. Conserving rare and threatened species
Which one of the following is not used for ex situ plant conservation?
1. Seed banks
2. Shifting cultivation
3. Botanical Gardens
4. Field gene banks
A species facing extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future is called:
1. Vulnerable
2. Endemic
3. Critically Endangered
4. Extinct
The organization which published the Red List of species is :
1. ICFRE
2. IUCN
3. UNEP
4. WWF
Cryopreservation of gametes of threatened species in viable and fertile condition can be referred to as :
1. Advanced ex-situ conservation of biodiversity
2. In situ conservation by sacred groves
3. In situ cryo-conservation of biodiversity
4. In situ conservation of biodiversity
The UN Conference of Parties on climate change in the year 2011 was held in:
1. South Africa
2. Peru
3. Qatar
4. Poland
How many hot spots of biodiversity in the world have been identified till date by Norman Myers?
1. 43
2. 17
3. 25
4. 34
Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. Stratification-Population
2. Aerenchyma-Opuntia
3. Age pyramid-Biome
4. Parthenium hysterophorus-Threat to biodiversity
Which of the following National Parks is home to the famous musk deer or hangul?
1. Dachigam National Park, Jammu & Kashmir
2. Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur
3. Bandhavgrah National Park, Madhya Pradesh
4. Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh