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Match the terms in List-I with their corresponding locations or events in List-II: List-I: (A) Biodiversity hotspot, (B) Sacred groves, (C) Johannesburg South Africa, (D) Alien species invasion List-II: (I) Khasi and Jantia hills in Meghalaya, (II) World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, (III) Parthenium, (IV) Western Ghats
Cryopreservation technique is used for:
Which one of the following is not included under in-situ conservation?
The regions with high level of species richness, high degree of endemism and a loss of 70% of the species and habitat are identified as:
The highest annual Net Primary Productivity is observed in which of the following ecosystems?
Identify the place(s) from the following where sacred groves are not found:
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Rain forests, which used to cover more than 14% of the earth's land surface, are now reduced to 6%. Statement II: The Amazon rain forest has the greatest biodiversity on earth. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match the scientists in List-I with their corresponding hypotheses or contributions in List-II: List-I: (A) Robert May, (B) Alexander von Humboldt, (C) Paul Ehrlich, (D) David Tilman List-II: (I) Species-Area relationship, (II) Long-term ecosystem experiment using outdoor plots, (III) Global species diversity is about 7 million, (IV) Rivet Popper hypothesis
Which one of the following plants does not show plasticity?
Given below are two statements : Statement I : Cleistogamous flowers are invariably autogamous. Statement II : Cleistogamy is disadvantageous as there is no chance for cross pollination. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The girdling experiment shows that phloem is the tissue responsible for translocation of food; and that transport takes place in one direction i.e. towards the root.
Identify the incorrect statement related to Pollination:
Production of Cucumber has increased manifold in recent years. Application of which of the following phytohormones has resulted in this increased yield as the hormone is known to produce female flowers in the plants:
Exoskeleton of arthropods is composed of :
Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements : (a) Euchromatin is loosely packed chromatin (b) Heterochromatin is transcriptionally active (c) Histone octomer is wrapped by negatively charged DNA in nucleosome (d) Histones are rich in lysine and arginine (e) A typical nucleosome contains 400 bp of DNA helix. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The flowers are Zygomorphic in: (a) Mustard (b) Gulmohar (c) Cassia (d) Datura (e) Chilly Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which one of the following statements cannot be connected to Predation?
What amount of energy is released from glucose during lactic acid fermentation?
Which of the following are regarded as major causes of biodiversity loss? A: Over exploitation B: Co-extinction C: Mutation D: Habitat loss and fragmentation E: Migration
Tropical regions show greatest level of species richness because: A: Tropical latitudes have remained relatively undisturbed for millions of years, hence more time was available for species diversification. B: Tropical environments are more seasonal. C: More solar energy is available in tropics. D: Constant environments promote niche specialization. E: Tropical environments are constant and predictable.