Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Conservation — Practice

Question 1

According to Lindeman's 10% law, approximately what percentage of energy transfers from one trophic level to the next?

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Question 2

Which ecological pyramid is always upright, with no exception in any ecosystem?

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Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of India's four biodiversity hotspots?

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Question 4

In the IUCN Red List's threat hierarchy, which category indicates a HIGHER extinction risk than 'Vulnerable' but LOWER than 'Critically Endangered'?

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Question 5

The Asiatic Lion's only wild habitat anywhere in the world is

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Question 6

The Great Indian Bustard, a Critically Endangered species found chiefly in Rajasthan and Gujarat, is significantly threatened by

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Question 7

Which of the following distinguishes a National Park from a Wildlife Sanctuary in India?

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Question 8

In a Biosphere Reserve's three-zone structure, sustainable human use is explicitly permitted in the

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Question 9

Project Tiger, India's flagship tiger conservation programme, was launched in which year?

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Question 10

A Tiger Reserve, notified under Project Tiger, has which zone structure?

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Question 11

The Ramsar Convention (1971) is an international treaty specifically focused on

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Question 12

CITES (1973) primarily regulates

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Question 13

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 1992, has which THREE main objectives?

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Question 14

Among the Ramsar Convention, CITES, and the CBD, which came first chronologically?

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Question 15

Under CITES, species listed in which Appendix face the most restricted international trade, generally banned except in exceptional circumstances?

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Practice — Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Conservation