Biodiversity and Conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

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Advanced Botany

Plant Growth and Development
Organisms and Populations
Ecosystem
Biodiversity and Conservation
Environmental Issues
Microbes in Human Welfare
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Reproduction in Organisms
The Living World
Respiration in Plants
Photosynthesis
Mineral Nutrition
Transport in Plants
Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Cell-The Unit of Life
Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Morphology of Flowering Plants
Plant Kingdom
Biological Classification
  1. At which latitude, heat gain through insolation approximately equals heat loss through terrestrial radiation?








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    At 40º North and South.

    Correct Option: B

    At 40º North and South.

  1. Which one of the following is the correct matched pair of an endangered animal and National Park?








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    Kaziranga National Park in Assam is famous as a protection environmental park for rhinoceros.

    Correct Option: A

    Kaziranga National Park in Assam is famous as a protection environmental park for rhinoceros.

  1. Quercus species are the dominant component in








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    Quercus species is a dominant component in temperate deciduous forests. The common name of Quercus is cork oak belongs to family fabaceae. Cork used as a bottle stoppers, soles for shoes, insulating material and for manufacture of linoleum.

    Correct Option: A

    Quercus species is a dominant component in temperate deciduous forests. The common name of Quercus is cork oak belongs to family fabaceae. Cork used as a bottle stoppers, soles for shoes, insulating material and for manufacture of linoleum.

  1. The table below gives the population (in thousands) of ten species (A-J in four areas (a-d) consisting of the number of habitats given within brackets against each. Study the table and answer the question which follows:

    Which area out of a to d shows maximum species diversity?








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    Species richness refers to the number of species per unit area. Species evenness is the relative abundance with which each species is represented in an area. Thus variation in the number of species, kinds of species as
    well as the number of individuals per species lead to greater diversity. Area(d) and number of habitats (12) shows the maximum species diversity.

    Correct Option: C

    Species richness refers to the number of species per unit area. Species evenness is the relative abundance with which each species is represented in an area. Thus variation in the number of species, kinds of species as
    well as the number of individuals per species lead to greater diversity. Area(d) and number of habitats (12) shows the maximum species diversity.

  1. The organization which publishes the Red List of species is:








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    IUCN or WCN maintains a red data book which is a catalogue of threatened plants and animals facing risk of extinction. The IUCN red list (2004) documents the extinction of 784 species (including 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 87 plants) in the last 500 years.

    Correct Option: B

    IUCN or WCN maintains a red data book which is a catalogue of threatened plants and animals facing risk of extinction. The IUCN red list (2004) documents the extinction of 784 species (including 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 87 plants) in the last 500 years.