Biodiversity and Conservation questions
316 published questions with worked solutions.
- Since the origin and diversification of life on Earth, there have been five episodes of mass extinction of species. How is the...
- Which of the following statements are correct? A. The Amazon rainforest being cut and cleared for cultivation of soyabeans is an...
- Which of the following is an in situ conservation method?
- "The Evil Quartet" of biodiversity loss includes which of the following?
- Arrange the following in descending order of number of species in the Amazonian rain forest. (a) Plants (b) Birds (c) Fishes (d)...
- Which of the following is a correct sequence of decreasing order of number of species?
- Which of the following animal extinct recently?
- Genetic diversity of agricultural crops is threatened by:
- **Statement 1:** Wild varieties of crop plants must be conserved. **Statement 2:** The genome of wild plants serves as an...
- An institution, where valuable plant material likely to become irretrievably lost in the wild or in cultivation is preserved in...
- Keystone species deserve protection because these
- Why exotic species become invasive sometime and starts spreading fast because of
- Which part of the world has a high density of organisms (species richness)?
- Statement 1: The prickly pear cactus introduced into Australia in the early 1920s caused havoc by spreading rapidly into millions...
- **Assertion:** Tropical rain forests are disappearing fast from developing countries such as India. **Reason:** No value is...
- What is the main cause for the extinction of some species in tropical forest? **[MHT-CET 2009]**
- The Wildlife Protection Act was introduced in
- Which of these is an *in situ* method of conservation? **[Kerala CEE 2005]**
- Habitat loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation, alien species invasion and co-extinction are causes for **[Kerala CEE 2008]**
- The alien species introduced into lake Victoria that was responsible for the extinction of cichlid fishes is **[Kerala CEE 2010]**
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