Biodiversity MCQs with Answers Set 2: Environment and Ecology Quiz

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Question 1. The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together wit traditional human life is the establishment of?

(A) Biosphere reserves

(B) Botanical Gardens

(C) National parks

(D) Wildlife Sanctuaries

Question 2. Which of the following is not a reason for the loss of biodiversity in Uttarakhand? 

(A) Expansion of roads

(B) Urbanization

(C) Afforestation of barren land

(D) Extension of agriculture

Question 3. Which of the following gas is commonly used in Cryo-Bank for ex-situ conservation?

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Oxygen

(C) Carbon dioxide

(D) Methane

Question 4. Which one of the following is not a site for an in-situ method of conservation of flora?

(A) Biosphere Reserve

(B) Botanical Garden

(C) National Park

(D) Wildlife Sanctuary

Question 5. Which one of the following ecosystems has maximum plant biomass?

(A) Tropical deciduous forest

(B) Tropical rainforest

(C) Temperate deciduous forest

(D) Desert shrubs

Question 6. The maximum biodiversity is found in?

(A) Tropical rainforest

(B) Temperate forest

(C) Coniferous forest

(D) Arctic forest

Question 7. The richest biodiversity is found in the?

(A) Silent Valley

(B) Kashmir Valley

(C) Valley of Flowers

(D) Surma Valley

Question 8. Biodiversity changes occur? 

(A) Increases towards the equator

(B) Decreases towards the equator

(C) Remains unchanged throughout the Earth

(D) Increases towards the poles

Question 9. Which one of the following States is related to ‘Silent Valley Project’?

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu

Question 10. ‘Silent Valley’ is located in?

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Kerala

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

Question 11. Which of the following is a Ramsar site under Ramsar Convention?

(A) Godavari delta

(B) Krishna delta

(C) Sunderban

(D) Bhoj wetland

Question 12. ‘Valley of Flowers’ is situated in?

(A) Kerala

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Uttarakhand

(D) Himachal Pradesh

Question 13. Wetland day is observed on? 

(A) 2nd February

(B) 2nd April

(C) 2nd May

(D) 2nd March

Question 14. The Ramsar Convention was associated with the conservation of?

(A) Bio-fuels

(B) Forests

(C) Wetlands

(D) Drylands

Question 15. Biosphere reserves are areas for conservation of? 

(A) Grasslands

(B) Agriculture production

(C) Atmospheric balance

(D) ) Genetic variation

Question 16. In India, which one of the following States has the largest inland saline wetland?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Haryana

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Rajasthan

Question 17. Which one of the following is the most effective factor of coral bleaching?

(A) Marine pollution

(B) Increase of salinity of seas

(C) Rise in normal temperature of sea-water

(D) The outbreak of diseases and epidemics

Question 18. Cartagena protocol is related to?

(A) Bio-safety agreement

(B) Pollution

(C) Ozone depletion

(D) Climate change

Question 19. The Himalayan Range is very rich in species diversity. Which one among the following is the most appropriate reason for this phenomenon?

(A) It has a high rainfall that supports luxuriant vegetative growth

(B) It is a confluence of different biogeographical zones

(C) Exotic and invasive species have not been introduced in this region

(D) It has less human interference

Question 20. Which of the following is the most significant factor in coral bleaching?

(A) Mining of coral rocks

(B) Outbreak of coral diseases

(C) Siltation of seawater

(D) Global warming

Question 21. Who among the following had used the term ‘Biodiversity’ for the first time?

(A) C.J. Barrow

(B) De Carter

(C) Walter G. Rosen

(D) D.R. Batish

Question 22. Which of the following is not responsible for the increase in the biodiversity of an ecosystem? 

(A) Productivity of the ecosystem

(B) Intermediate-disturbance

(C) Age of the ecosystem

(D) Less number of trophic levels

Question 23. The Biodiversity Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in?

(A) May, 2000

(B) December, 2002

(C) January, 2004

(D) October, 2008

Question 24. The decade 2011-20 has been designated by the UNO as the decade of?

(A) Natural disaster decade

(B) Biodiversity decade

(C) Climate-change decade

(D) Environment decade

Question 25. National Biodiversity Authority of India was established in?

(A) 2003, in Chennai

(B) 2003, in Bengaluru

(C) 2003, in Hyderabad

(D) 2003, in Kerala