Which one of the following areas in India, is a hot spot of biodiversity?

• Eastern Ghats

• Gangetic plain

• Sunderbans

• Sunderbans

Just as a person moving from Delhi to Shimla to escape the heat for the duration of hot summer, thousand of migratory birds from Siberia and other extremely cold Northern regions move to

• Western Ghat

• Meghalaya

• Corbett National Park

• Corbett National Park

Sacred groves are specially useful in

• Generating environmental awareness

• Preventing soil erosion

• Year-round flow of water in rivers

• Year-round flow of water in rivers

Select the correct statements about biodiversity

• The desert areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat have a very high level of desert animal species as well as numerous rare animals

• Large scale planting of Bt cotton has no adverse effect on biodiversity

• Western Ghats have a very high degree of species richness and endemism

• Western Ghats have a very high degree of species richness and endemism

In which of the following both pairs have correct combination

• In situ conservation/National park
  Ex situ conservation/Botanical garden

• In situ conservation/Cryopreservation
  Ex situ conservation/Wildlife Sanctuary

• In situ conservation/Seed Bank
  Ex situ conservation/National Park

• In situ conservation/Seed Bank
  Ex situ conservation/National Park

Most animals are tree dwellers in a 

• coniferous forest

• thorn woodland

• temperature deciduous forest

• temperature deciduous forest

Cryopreservation of gametes of threatened species in viable and fertile condition can be referred to as

• In situ conservation of biodiversity

• advanced exsitu conservation of biodiversity

• in situ conservation by sacred groves

• in situ conservation by sacred groves

Which one of the following have the highest number of species in nature?

• Insects

• Birds

• Angiosperms

• Angiosperms

Large woody vines are more epithelial cells in humans are known to occur in 

• mangroves

• tropical rainforests

• alpine forests

• alpine forests

Which one of the following shows maximum genetic diversity in India? 

• Rice 

• Maize

• Mango

• Mango