AXercise

1. Term biodiversity was popularized by 17

(NCERT Pg. 258)
a) Paul Ehrlich b) David Tilman
c) Edward Wilson d) Robert May
3. The genetic variation shown by Rauwolfia might be in
terms of (NCERT Pg. 259)
a) Potency of reserpine
b)Concentration of reserpine
2. Three levels of biodiversity are (NCERT Pg. 259) c) Fragrance of reserpine
a) Genetic diversity, species diversity and ecological d) Botha and b
diversity
b) Species diversity, ecological diversity and habitat
diversity 4.Recognise the figure and find out the correct matching
c) Geographical diversity, genetic diversity and according to the global biodiversity of vertebrates.
habitat diversity (NCERT Pg. 260)
d) Ecological diversity, species diversity and
community diversity
D
 10. The greatest biodiversity on Earth is found in

a) Tropical Amazonian rain

(NCERT Pg. 261
forest in South
b) Temperate Amazonian rain forest in NorthAmerica
c) Tropical Amazonian rainforest in South AF
d) Temperate Amazonian rain forest in South
America
a) a- fishes, America
mammalsb-amphibians,
c- reptiles,d -birds,
b) e-fishes, d- 11. The number of species of birds in Columbia, located
mammals amphibians, reptiles, c -birds,
b-
c) a- fishes, b -
e
near the cquator is
a) 2,400 b) 1,400
(NCERT Pg. 261
amphibians
mammals, c - Birds, d - Reptiles, e - d) 2,500
c) 2,000
d) b- fishes, a -
mammals
amphibians, d - reptiles, e -birds,
12. Species - Arca relationship was given by
5. India has only ..... of world's land (NCERT Pg, 262)
a) British zoologist and geographer David Tilman
area
b) German botanist and geographer Alexander yon
a) 8.1% b) 2.4% (NCERT Pg. 261) Humboldt
c) 5.1% d) 22%
c) German naturalist and geographer Alexander von
Humboldt
6 The species diversity of plants on d) British naturalist and geographer Alexander von
earth will be Huboldt
a) 2.4% b) 22% (NCERT Pg. 260)
c) 8.1% d) 85%
DD
13. The relation between species richness and area for a
7. India comprises of ...... wide variety of taxa (angiosperm plants, birds. bats,
global species diversity freshwater fishes) turns bea
a) 22% (NCERT Pg. 261) a) Rectangular parabola (NCERT Pg. 262)
b) 8.1% c) 70% d) 5.1% b) Rectangular hyperbola
c) Straight line/linear
8. d) Sigmoid
India has nearly varieties of plants
a) 25,000 (NCERT Pg. 261)
b) 54,000 14.
c) 45,000 d) 35,000 Communities with more species tend to be more stabie
than those with less species. This was contirmed by
a) Alexander von (NCERT Pg. 263)
9. Fill in the blanks: b) David Tilman Humboldt
A. In general, species diversity ...a.... as we move c) Paul Ehrlich
away from equator towards the poles. d) Edward Wilson
B. With very few exceptions, tropics harbour ...b..
species than temperate or polar areas.
C. A forest in a torpical region like Equador has up to
15. Rivet popper
hypothesis
...C...as many species of ...d... as a forest of
equalarea in a temperate region like the Midwest aeroplane and the...B... toassunmes the...A... 0 be
be the rivets, ioning all pa
of the USA. together. Here A and B reters to (NCERT Pg. 263)
a) A-species; B-ecOsystem
(NCERT Pg. 261) b) A-ecosystem; B-speces
a) A increases, B less, C - two times, D
c) A-species; B-community
amphibians d) A-community; B-species
b) A - decreases, B more, C- ten time, D vascular
plants
c) A- increases, B- more, C ten times, D- vascular
plants I6. In tropics, rate of extinction is
a) High (NCERT Pg. 26)
d) A - decreases, B- less, C - two times, D vascular
C) Low b) Moderate
plants
DO d)Negligible
 extinction of I5
17. The IUCN red list, 2004 documents the a) That has been
found inintroduced
including to a
784 species in the last 500 years b) That new
many different geographic area
(NCERT Pg. 263)
a)359 vertebrates, 338invertebrates and 87
plants
c) That
found only on islands geographic area
d) That is found
b) 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 87 plants naturally in just one geographic area
c) 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 78 plants
d) 359 vertebrates, 338invertebrates and 78 plants 23. World Summit on
in Sustainable Development was held
18. The alien species (Nile perch) introduced into Lake
a) Argentina
c) Brazil
(NCERT
b) South africa Pg. 267)
Victoria in (NCERT Pg. 265) d) Sweden.
a) South Afica b) North America
c) South America d) East Africa
24. Match the
columns I
and II and choose the
19. Which of the following is exotic species?
combination from the options given correct
(NCERT Pg. 265) Column I (NCERT Pg. 267)
a) Parthenium b) Lantana Conservation Column II
c) Eichhornia d) All of these Number in
technique India
1. Hotspots A 34
2. National parks
3. 90
20. Which is not included under in situ
conservation?
Wildlife sanctuaries C 14
4.
(NCERT Pg. 267) Biosphere reserves D 448
a) National park 3
b) Sanctuary 2 3
c) Biosphere reserve a) A B C D
d) Zoological/Botanical garden b) A B D
c) E C B D
d) E B D
D
21. The hotspots that cover our country's
exceptional high
biodiversity regions are (NCERT Pg, 266) 25. Modern ex situ
conservation includes
A. Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
B. Indo - Burma (NCERT Pg. 267)
C. Himalaya a) In vitro fertilization
D. Eastern Ghats b) Cryopreservation techniques
a) AandB c) Plants can be propagated using tissue culture
b)B andC methods
c) A, B and C d) A, B, C and D d) All of the above

22. An endemic species is the one

(NCERT Pg. 266)

I. The most important component(s) of
a) Genetic diversity
c) Ecological diversity
2. Genetic diversity is shown by
a) Rauwolfia vomitoria
c) Mango
Home Assignment
a)Species diversity b)Genetic diversity
biodiversity is/are d) None of these
(NCERT Pg. 259) c) Ecological diversity
b) Species diversity
d) Allof the above genetically d1tterent strains
4. India has more than
statement with reterence to
of rice. Complete the given (NCERT Pg. 259)
(NCERT Pg. 259) b)S0000
b) Rice a) l000
d)25000
d) Allof the above c) 20000

taxonomic group
3. The Western animals, the most species rich(NCERTPg. 260)
Ghats have a greater amphibians diversity 5. Among
than the Eastern Ghats. It is an is b) Vertebrates
of
 c) Insects d) Crustaceans a) South American jungles
b) North American
c)South African jungles
d)East African jungles
6. If we accept May's global estimates, then the total
species that have been recorded so far are about
between the
(NCERT Pg.261) 11. On a logarithmnic scalc, therelationship
a) 70% b)22% c) 68% d) 8.1% species and arca is described by (NCERT Pg.262)
a) Log C- log S + Z log A
b) Log S= log C+ Z log A
7. The species diversity of animals on carth is c) Log S= log A +Z log C
(NCERT Pg. 260) d)S = CA
a) 70% b) 8.1% c) 22% d) 55%

12. Bali, Javan and Caspian are the three

8. Given below are pie diagrams I, II and lII
related to the (NCERT Pg. 263)
proportionate number of species of major taxa of a) Species of Tiger b)Species of Cheetah
invertebrates, vertebrates and plants respectively. c) Species of Lion d) Subspecies of Tiger
Critically study and fill in the blanks A, B, C andD
(NCERT Pg. 260)
Other animal groups
Crustaccans Fishes Mammals 13. Which of the following is responsible for biodiversity
Birds
loss? (NCERT Pg. 264 -365)
a) Habitat loss and fragmentation
b) Alien species invasions
c) Coextinctions
Insects d) Allof the above
Reptiles
I Invertebrates B
II. Vertebrates
Mosses Ferns and allies 14. The term The Evil Quartet' is related with the
causes of
major
a) Population explosion (NCERT Pg. 264)
b)Forest loss
D c) Biodiversity loss d) Air pollution

15. Main case of extinction of

Algae Lichens species from ropical areas is
III. Plants
a) Afforestation (NCERT Pg. 264)
b) Deforestation
a) A-Molluscs, B-Amphibians, C-Angiosperms, D c) Pollution
d) Soil Erosion
Gymnosperms
b) A-Molluscs, B-Amphibians, C-Fungi, D
Angiosperms 16. Which of these is an i situ
c) A-Turtles, B-Amphibians, C-Fungi, D-Angiosperms method of conservation?
d) A-Hexapoda, B-Amphibians, C-Fungi, D a) National park (NCERT Pg. 266 -267)
Angiosperms c) Tissuce culture b) Botanical garden
d) Genetic engneeng
9. Which of the following rain forest is home to more than 17. The total numtber ot hot
40,000 species of plants, 3,000 of fishes, I,300 of birds, spots preNCat in the world are
427 of mammals, 427of amphibians, 378 of reptiles and
more than 125,000 invertebrates? (NCERT Pg. 261)
a) 29 b) 25 (NCERT Pg. 266)
d) 34
a) Amazonian b)Tropical
c) Arctic tundra d) Temperate
I8. What is true approxmate
covercd by hot spots? percentage of the earth
b)3.5°o(NCERT Pg. 266)
) 2.5°
10. The observation of the species area relationship was e) 5"% (less than o)
given by Humboldt after his pioneering and extensive
explorations in the wilderness of (NCERT Pg. 262)
 India are related with
19. Sacred grooves in (NCERT Pg. 267)
a) Cultural tradition
20. Which one of the
b) It is the place where threatened species are protecled following is an example of ex situ
conservation?
c) It is the place where only artificial animal brecding a) Wildlife sanctuary (NCERT Pg. 267)
is allowed
c) Sacred groves
b) Seed bank
d) Forest patches around the places of worship d) National park
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DPP-15 Daily Practice Paper

1. Habitat loss and fragnentation, Over exploitation, alien a) vulnerable
SDecies invasion and co-cxtinction are causes for: b) endemic
c)critically endangered d)extinct.
(NCERT Pg.263,264)
a) Population explosion b)Competition
c) Biodiversitv loss d) Natality
8. The organization which
publishes the Red list of species
a) ICFRE (NCERT Pg. 263)
2. According to Robert May, the global species diversity is b) IUCN
c) UNEP
about d) wWF.
(NCERT Pg. 259)
a)20 million b) 50 million
c)7 million d) 1.5 miilion
9. Which organization publishes the 'Red Data Book'?
a) IUCN (NCERT Pg. 263)
3. Which of the following regions of the
globe exhibits b)UNEP
c) WWF
highest species diversity? d) GEF
a) Madagascar
(NCERT Pg. 261)
b) Himalayas
c) Amazon forests d) Western Ghats of India
10. Which of the following is not a method of ex situ
conservation?
a) In vitro (NCERT Pg. 267)
4. Which of the following is the
fertilization b) National Parks
most important c) Micropropagation d) Cryopreservation
animals and plants being driven to extinction? cause for
a) Habitat loss and fragmentation (NCERT Pg. 264)
11. In - situconservation refers to:
b) Drought and floods a) Protect and conserve the whole NCERT Pg. 266)
c) Economic exploitation b) Conserve only high risk species ecosystem
d) Alien species invasion.
c)Conserve only endangered species
d) Conserve only extinct species
5. Decline in the population of
Indian native
introduction of Clarias gariepinus in river fishes due to
Yamuna can 12. The earth Summit held in Rio de
be categorized as called:
Janeiro in |992 was
a) Alien species (NCERT Pg. 265) (NCERT Pg. 267)
invasion
c) Habitat fragmentation b) Co-extinction a) to reduce CO: emissions and global warming.
d) Over exploitation. b) for conservation of
bodiversity and sustanable
utilization of its benetits.
c) to assess tlhreat posed to lative
speces by invasIve
weed species.
6. Alexander von Humboldt described for the first ime d) for immediate steps to discontmue use of
CFC's that
(NCERT Pg. 262) were damagmg the ozole layer.
a) laws of limiting
b) species area
actor
relationships
c) population growth
equation
d)ecological biodiversity. I3. Westen Ghats have large number ot plant and animal
Species that are not tound auywhere clse. Which ot the
following terns will you use lo lOuty such species?
7. A species facing extremely high risk of extinction in he a) Keyslone
(NCERT
b) Endemic Pg. 266)
immediate future is called (NCERT Pg. 263, 264) c) Vulnerable d) Threatened
 c) in situ conservation of biodiversity
d)advanced ex situconservation of biodiversity.
14. Which one of the following is not a method of in situ
conservation of biodiversity? (NCERT Pg.267)
a) Biosphere Reserve b) Wildlife Sanctuary 18. Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot
c) Botanical Garden d) SacredGrove ofbiodiversity? (NCERT Pg. 266)
a)Eastern Ghats b) Gangetic Plain
c) Sunderbans d) Western Ghats
15. All of the following are included in 'ex-situ
conservation'` except (NCERT Pg. 267)
a) Wildlife safari parks b) Sacredgroves 19. Sacred grove; are especially useful in
c)Seed banks d) Botanical gardens (NCERT Pg. 267)
a) generating environmental awareness
b) preventing soil erosion
16. The species confined to a particular region and not c)year-round flow of water in riven
found elsewhere is tamed as d) conserving rare and threatened species.
(NCERT Pg. 266)
a) endemic b) rare
c) keystone d) alien.
20. Which one of the following is not included under insitu
conservation? (NCERT Pg. 266, 267)
a) National park b) Sanctuary
17. Cryopreservation of gametes of threatened species in c) Botanical garden d) Biosphere reserve
viable and fertile condition can be referred to as
(NCERT Pg. 267)
a) in situ conservation by sacred groves
b) in situ cryo-conservation of biodiversity