MCQ | BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF SOILS
- The ‘‘environment as a self sustaining system’’ is mainly preserved by
(a) Man (b) Animals
(c) Trees (d) Wild life
- The worst dangerous threat to wild life is by [Pb. PMT 2000]
(a) Habitat destruction (b) Hunting
(c) Overgrazing (d) Exotic species
- Ecological diversity includes [MP PMT 2005]
(a) Species diversity (b) Genetic diversity
(c) Ecosystem diversity (d) All of the above
- Which of the following represents the biodiversity of an area
[AMU 2005]
(a) Gene (b) Species
(c) Ecosystem (d) All of above
- Adherence to two-children norm shall help in [AMU 1998]
(a) Improving food web (b) Checking pollution
(c) Stabilising ecosystem (d) Fertility of soil
- A major cause of mortality of many birds visitors of aquatic habitat is
(a) Nutrient enrichment (b) Lead poisoning
(c) Salt enrichment (d) All the above
- A species spread over a large tract with varied environmental conditions will have
(a) Higher genetic diversity (b) Uniform gene pool
(c) Little genetic diversity (d) Either (b) or (c)
- Which animal is symbol of ’World Wide Fund for Nature’
(a) Red panda (b) Polar bear
(c) Lion (d) None
- ’Project Tiger‘ in India was started in [MP PMT 1994]
(a) 1970 (b) 1972
(c) 1981 (d) 1985
- At present, the lions (Panthera leo) are found only in
[MP PMT 2000]
(a) Africa (b) India
(c) Both India and Africa (d) Zoos
- Which of the following bird has gained importance as wild life in recent years
(a) Phesant (b) Egret
(c) Indian Bustard (d) Pelican
- The biological name of domestic cat is [MP PMT 1993]
(a) Panthera domestica (b) Felis domestica
(c) Felis leo (d) Panthera indica
- Hippopotamus is found in
(a) Amazon river (b) Nile river
(c) Ganges river (d) Darling river
- Source of ‘Ivory’ is
(a) Tusks of elephant (b) Bones of whale
(c) Antlers of deer (d) Bones of elephant
- The percentage of living species in danger is
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) 30 (d) 40
- Corbett national park is in [KCET 2001]
(a) Uttar Pradesh and is famous for tiger
(b) Rajasthan and is home for black buck
(c) Punjab and is home for antelopes
(d) Himachal Pradesh and is famous for birds
- Lions in India are now found in [CPMT 1973; MP PMT 2001]
(a) The forest of western ghats
(b) Gir forest
(c) The forests of Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jim Corbett national park
- The number of national parks in India is
(a) 56 (b) 69
(c) 76 (d) 86
- In which state is the Kanha National Park [MP PMT 1997]
(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam
- The animals which are in danger or extinction of which is also possible are known as [BHU 2003]
(a) Threatened (b) Vulnerable
(c) Endangered (d) Rare
- The species which may become the endangered category are known as
(a) Vulnerable (b) Threatened
(c) Rare (d) Living fossils
1 | d | 2 | a | 3 | a | 4 | b | 5 | c |
6 | a | 7 | a | 8 | a | 9 | b | 10 | c |
11 | c | 12 | b | 13 | b | 14 | a | 15 | a |
16 | a | 17 | b | 18 | b | 19 | c | 20 | c |
21 | a |
- (a) Ecological diversity is made up of community of plants and animals which consist of different species.
- (b) Because species is the basic unit of ecosystem.
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