Biodiversity and Conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation - MCQs 2

Question 1

Which one of the following is not used for ex situ plant conservation? [NEET 2013]

A	Field gene banks
B	Seed banks
C	Shifting cultivation
D	Botanical Gardens

Question 2

Which of the following represent maximum number of species among global biodiversity? [NEET 2013]

A	Algae
B	Lichens
C	Fungi
D	Mosses and Ferns

Question 3

Prolonged liberal irrigation of agricultural fields is likely to create the problem of

A	Aridity
B	Metal toxicity
C	Salinity
D	Acidity

Question 4

The greatest problem of water conservation is to reduce the amount of

A	Precipitation
B	Runoff water
C	Groundwater
D	Evaporation

Question 5

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group:

A	Monera
B	Plantae
C	Fungi
D	Animalia

Question 6

Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity?

A	Sunderbans
B	Western Ghats
C	Eastern Ghats
D	Gangetic Plain

Question 7

Which one of the following is not included under in situ conservation?

A	National park
B	Wild life sanctuary
C	Zoological garden
D	Biosphere reserve

Question 8

An inexhaustible non-conventional universal source of energy is

A	Wind energy
B	Solar energy
C	Hydrothermal energy
D	Tidal energy

Question 9

Which one of the following expanded forms of the followings acronyms is correct?

A	IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
B	IPCC = International Panel for Climate Change
C	UNEP = United Nations Environmental Policy
D	EPA = Environmental Pollution Agency

Question 10

Wild life conservation aims at :

(a) Maintaining the ecological process

(b) To enrich the wildlife diversity with exotic species

(c) Preventing migration of species

(d) Maintaining the diversity of life

The correct statements are

A	a, b
B	b, c
C	c, d
D	a, d

Question 11

Plants like Aegle marmelos, Ocimum sanctum and Ficus religiosa are a group of plants designated as

A	Traditional food crops
B	Sacred species of plants
C	Medicinal plant species
D	Lesser known food plants

Question 12

–1°C to 13°C annual variations in the intensity and duration of temperature and 50 to 250 cm annual variation in precipitation, account for the formation of major biome as:

A	Tropical forest
B	Coniferous forest
C	Temperate forest
D	Grassland

Question 13

Sacred groves are specially useful in

A	Generating environmental awareness
B	Preventing soil erosion
C	Year-round flow of water in rivers
D	Conserving rare and threatened species

Question 14

Some of the nutrient cycles are labelled as below: Sulphur cycle (a), Phosphorus cycle (b), Carbon cycle (c) and Nitrogen cycle (d) Of these, the sedimentary cycle is represented by

A	(a) only
B	(b) only
C	(c) only
D	(a) and (b) only

Question 15

Study the four statements (a–d) given below and select the two correct ones out of them

(a) A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on grain are ecologically similar in being consumers

(b) Predator star fish Pisaster helps in maintaining species diversity of some invertebrates

(c) Predators ultimately lead to the extinction of prey species

(d) Production of chemicals such as nicotine, strychnine by the plants are metabolic disorders

The two correct statements are:

A	(a) and (b)
B	(b) and (c)
C	(c) and (d)
D	(a) and (d)