Classification of Threatened Species

Q.

Viable Genetic Materials from an endangered species can be stored in gene banks. True or false?

1. False

2. True

Q.

Which of the following is not an endangered species?

1. Monarch Butterfly.

2. Lesser florican

3. Red panda

4. Lion-tailed Monkey

Q. Which among the following is indeterminate species?

1. Lion-tailed monkey
2. Red panda
3. Giant squirrel
4. Tiger

Q.

A species facing extremely high risk of extinction is termed as:

1. ​​​​​​Vulnerable

2. Rare species

3. Endangered

4. ​​​​​​Extinct

Q. Which of the following categories does the lion-tailed macaque fall under?

1. Endangered species
2. Indeterminate species
3. Vulnerable species
4. Rare species

Q.

The complete loss of all organisms belonging to a particular species is known as:

1. Extinction

2. Migration

3. Conservation

4. Depletion

Q. Identify 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'.
$\begin{array}{c}\text{X}\\ \text{Lion}\\ \text{Tiger}\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text{Y}\\ \text{Red panda}\\ \text{Musk deer}\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text{Z}\\ \text{Lion tailed monkey}\\ \text{Florican}\end{array}$

1. X $\to$ Endangered species
   Y $\to$ Vulnerable species
   Z $\to$ Rare species
2. X $\to$ Vulnerable species
   Y $\to$ Rare species
   Z $\to$ Endangered species
3. X $\to$ Vulnerable species
   Y $\to$ Endangered species
   Z $\to$ Rare species
4. X $\to$ Rare species
   Y $\to$ Vulnerable species
   Z $\to$ Endangered species

Q. Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) is now

1. Endangered
2. Extinct in wild
3. Vulnerable
4. Critically endangered

Q. Different between extinct and endangered species.

Q. Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India-

1. Bentinckia nicobarica and Red Panda
2. Tamarind and Rhesus monkey
3. Cinchona and Leopard
4. Banyan and Black buck

Q. Reasons that the population size of an exotic species often grows rapidly when the species is introduced in a new environment include which of the following?
(i) The exotic species is resistant to pesticides.
(ii) There is a large, underutilised food source in the new environment.
(iii) The exotic species has few natural predators in the new environment.

1. (i) only
2. (ii) only
3. (i) and (iii) only
4. (ii) and (iii) only

Q. Which one of the following is an endangered plant species of India?

1. Santalum album (Sandalwood)
2. Rauwolfia serpentina
3. Cycas beddonei
4. All of the above

Q. A habitat change may result in the decline in the numbers of a given species. Such species slowly become P. This means that the species are on the verge of becoming Q. Some animals whose number has gone down to critically low levels are called R. A species is considered S when no member of the species is still alive.
Which of the following is correct sequence for P, Q, R and S in the above paragraph.

1. P- Endangered, Q- Vulnerable, R- Threatened, S- Extinct
2. P- Vulnerable, Q- Endemic, R- Extinct, S- Endangered
3. P-Vulnerable, Q- Endangered, R- Critically endangered, S- Extinct
4. P- Endangered, Q- Critically endangered, R- Extinct, S- Vulnerable

Q. What is an endangered animal?

1. An animal on the verge of extinction
2. An animal which is extinct
3. An animal that is dangerous to other animals
4. An animal that is dangerous to humans

Q.

Where is the Tungbhadra Sanctuary located?

1. Madhya Pradesh (MP)

2. Uttar Pradesh (UP)

3. Karnataka

4. West Benagl (WB)

Q. A similarity among black buck, gharial and rhinoceros and marsh crocodile is that they are

1. Endangered species
2. Oviparous
3. Animals with thick chitinous skin
4. Found in forests of north-East India

Q. Which group of vertebrates among the following, comprises the highest number of endangered species?

1. Mammals
2. Birds
3. Reptiles
4. Fishes

Q. Elephant is an :

1. Extinct species
2. Endangered species
3. Endemic species
4. All the above
5. None of these

Q. Why do species turn invasive in a foreign habitat?

1. Species coevolve in foreign habitats
2. There are no native species
3. Due to unforeseen ecological factors
4. There are no natural evolutionary constraints

Q. One of the following Indian species whose number has been left to just 195 due to excessive poaching and capturing in forests of south India and included in endangered list is

1. Largest lemur
2. Lion tailed macaque
3. Asiatic wild ass
4. Great Indian bustard

Q. Amongst the animals groups given below, which one has the highest percentage of endangered species?

1. Amphibians
2. Reptiles
3. Mammals
4. Insects

Q. Salamanders are found in the forest area of?

1. Adilabad Dist
2. Kurnool Dist
3. Visakhapatnam Dist
4. Chittoor Dist

Q. What can endanger the existence of the endemic species?

Q. Which of these animals is endangered?

1. Asian elephant
2. Cobra
3. Dodo
4. Kingfisher

Q. The animals which are in danger of extinction are known as

1. Threatened
2. Vulnerable
3. Endangered
4. Rare

Q.

'World biodiversity day' falls on the date:

1. 22 March

2. 22 June

3. 22 April

4. 22 May

Q. Which of the following belong to the category of indeterminate species?

1. Blue Whale
2. Giant Indian Squirrel
3. Red Panda
4. Lion-tailed Macaque

Q. IUCN was established to maintain a database of population of species.

1. True
2. False

Q.

The full form of UNEP is

1. Unlimited Nation Environment Programme

2. United Nation Environment Programme

3. United Nation Ecosystem Programme

4. United Nation Environment Practice

Q. Which among the following is a rare species?

1. Musk deer
2. Lion
3. Barasingha
4. Tiger