Download PDF
Free download in PDF Biodiversity Objective Type Questions and Answers for competitive exams. These short objective type questions with answers are very important for Board exams as well as competitive exams like NEET, AIIMS, JIPMER etc. These short solved questions or quizzes are provided by Gkseries./p>
(1)
___________ is defined as the number of species represented in a specific region, landscape or an ecological community.
[A]
Coevolution
[B]
Commensalism
[C]
Species richness
[D]
Population density
(2)
Global warming can significantly be controlled by _____________
[A]
Increasing solid waste
[B]
Reducing water wastage
[C]
Burning human-generated waste
[D]
Reducing fossil fuel consumption
Answer: Reducing fossil fuel consumption
(3)
_______ is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank
[A]
Species
[B]
Genus
[C]
Class
[D]
Order
(4)
Which of the following animals is now extinct?
[A]
Tasmanian tiger
[B]
Tasmanian devil
[C]
Pademelon
[D]
Quoll
(5)
MAB program stands for
[A]
Man and biotechnology
[B]
Material and biology
[C]
Man and Biology
[D]
Man and Biosphere
Answer: Man and Biosphere
(6)
Red data book contains data of
[A]
all plant species
[B]
all animal species
[C]
economically important species
[D]
threatened species
Answer: threatened species
(7)
IUCN (The International Union For Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources) headquarters is at
[A]
Morges, Switzerland
[B]
Paris, France
[C]
Vienna, Austria
[D]
NewYork, USA
Answer: Morges, Switzerland
(8)
IUCN is also called as
[A]
Man and Biosphere program
[B]
World Conservation Union
[C]
World Conservation Consortium
[D]
World Wide Conservation Union
Answer: World Conservation Union
(9)
Which of the following region has maximum diversity
[A]
mangrooves
[B]
temperate rainforest
[C]
taiga
[D]
coral reefs
(10)
Approximately, 50% of total world species are present on
[A]
tropical rain forest
[B]
temperate rain forest
[C]
temperate deciduous forest
[D]
coral reefs
Answer: tropical rain forest
(11)
Biodiversity
[A]
increases towards the equator
[B]
decreases towards the equator
[C]
remains same throughout the planet
[D]
has no effect on change in latitude
Answer: increases towards the equator
(12)
The most important reason for decrease in biodiversity is
[A]
habitat pollution
[B]
introduction of exotic species
[C]
over-exploitation
[D]
habitat destruction
Answer: habitat destruction
(13)
Dodo is
[A]
endangered
[B]
critically endangered
[C]
rare
[D]
extinct
(14)
Blue whale is placed under
[A]
endangered
[B]
rare
[C]
extinct
[D]
critically endangered
(15)
Conservation within the natural habitat is
[A]
insitu conservation
[B]
exsitu conservation
[C]
invivo conservation
[D]
exvivo conservation
Answer: insitu conservation
(16)
All are insitu conservation efforts except
[A]
National parks
[B]
Sanctuaries
[C]
Zoo
[D]
biosphere reserves
(17)
Ex situ conservation includes
[A]
Zoo
[B]
Botanic garden
[C]
Germplasm bank
[D]
all of the above
(18)
Hot spots are regions of high
[A]
rarity
[B]
endemism
[C]
critically endangered population
[D]
diversity
(19)
Endemic species are
[A]
rare species
[B]
species localised in a specific region
[C]
cosmopolitan in distribution
[D]
critically endangered species
Answer: species localised in a specific region
(20)
Biodiversity can be broadly classified into how many types?
Take Mock Tests