Biodiversity(Environment Management ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. How can we say India as one of the bio-rich nations?
  1.    Because of its great variety of plants and animals
  2.    Because of its low variety of planets and animals
  3.    Because of the more population of humans
  4.    Because of more pollution
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Because of its great variety of plants and animals
Answer: (a).Because of its great variety of plants and animals

Question 2. India is one of the mega diverse countries among 17 nations.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    May be True or False
  4.    Can't say
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> True
Answer: (a).True

Question 3. Who introduced the term hotspot of diversity?
  1.    Darwin
  2.    McLean
  3.    Mike Housie
  4.    Myers
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Myers
Answer: (d).Myers

Question 4. Into how many terms Whittaker described for measuring biodiversity over spatial scales?
  1.    One
  2.    Two
  3.    Three
  4.    Four
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Three
Answer: (c).Three

Question 5. How many mega diverse countries are there in the world?
  1.    11
  2.    17
  3.    25
  4.    34
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 17
Answer: (b).17

Question 6. How many percent of the world’s species found in India?
  1.    Around 7.8%
  2.    Around 10.5%
  3.    Around 12.4%
  4.    Around 15.7%
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Around 7.8%
Answer: (a).Around 7.8%

Question 7. In terms of the number of threatened mammals, what is India’s rank in the world?
  1.    First
  2.    Second
  3.    Third
  4.    Fourth
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Fourth
Answer: (d).Fourth

Question 8. Which one of the following endemic species of tarantula found only in a small area in India?
  1.    Gooty tarantula
  2.    Cobalt blue tarantula
  3.    Pink toe tarantula
  4.    Chilean rose tarantula
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Gooty tarantula
Answer: (a).Gooty tarantula

Question 9. Which is the only surviving member used to be considered of an amphibian family called the Nasikabatrachidae until 2006?
  1.    Indian yellow frog
  2.    Indian white frog
  3.    Indian green frog
  4.    Indian purple frog
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Indian purple frog
Answer: (d).Indian purple frog

Question 10. In which part of India we can found fan-throated lizard?
  1.    Northern India
  2.    Western India
  3.    Southern India
  4.    Eastern India
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Southern India
Answer: (c).Southern India