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Biodiversity and Conservation
NEET Syllabus
Biodiversity and its conservation: Concepts of biodiversity, patterns of biodiversity, Importance of
Biodiversity, Loss of Biodiversity, Biodiversity conservation, Hotspots, endangered organisms,
extinction, red data book, biosphere reserve, national parks and sanctuaries
01.
Match List – I with List – II with reference to vast diversity of
earth:
A.
Ant
species I. 20.000
B. Beetles species II. 28.000
C. Fish species III. 3.00.000
D. Orchid species
IV. 20.000
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
1. A – III, B – II, C – IV, D – I 2. A – II, B – IV, C – I, D – II
I
3. A
– IV, B – II, C – III,
D – I 4. A – IV, B – III, C – II, D – I
02. ________ and _________ biologists have been trying to understand the significance of
biodivers
ity.
1. E
cologists
and physiologists
2.
Evolution
ary and ecologists
3. E
mbryologists and ec
ologists 4. Ecologist
s and Geneticians
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3.
Within our biosphere, the heterogeneity or biodiversity is observed at the level of:
1. Species 2. Cell 3. Biome 4. All of these
04.
Assertion (A): In different himalayan ranges, Rauwolfia vomitoria exhibit good example
of
genetic di
versity.
Reason (R): In Himalayan ranges, single species of Rauwolfia show great diversity in terms of
the potency and concentration of the chemical reserpine that the plant produces.
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and the (R) is correct explanation of the (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but the (R) is not correct explanation of the (
A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. B
oth (A) and (R) are false.
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5.
Find out the correct statement:
A. The term biodiversity was popularized by sociobiologist Edward Wilson.
B. Wilson described the combined diversity at all the levels of biological organization.
C. A single
species might show high diversity at the genetic level over its distributional range.
D. In
the world, 50,000 genetically different strains of rice and 1000 varieties of Mangoes are
examples of genetic diversity.
1. O
n
ly B abd C 2. A and C 3. A, B and C 4. A, B, C and D.
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6.
Westren ghats have a greater _________ species diversity than the eastern ghats.
1. Fishes 2. Reptilian 3. Avian 4. Amph
ibian
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7.
Read the following statements carefully:
A. As
per IUCN (2004) data, the total number of plant and animal species described so far is
slightly more than 1.5 million.
B. For man
y taxonomical groups, species inventories are more complete in tropics than in
temperate countries.
C. Overwhelmingly large proportion of the species waiting to be discovered are in the tropics.
D. Robery May places
the global species diversity estimate of about 7 billion.
The correct statements among the above are:
1. Only B abd C 2. A and C 3. Only A 4. A, B, C and D.
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Gi
ven below are two statements: