IUCN Red List

Q. Which of the following animals has become extinct in India?

1. Snow Leopard
2. Hippopotamus
3. Wolf
4. Cheetah

Q.

Which of the animals has become almost extinct in India?

1. Wolf

2. Rhinoceros

3. Hippopotamus

4. Cheetah

Q. State whether true or false:
Species that cannot be found in the wild in their natural habitats but are preserved in man-made settings like zoological parks are considered extinct.

1. True
2. False

Q. The species listed in the Red List are

1. Near threatened
2. Endangered
3. Not evaluated
4. Any of these

Q. The organisation that maintains the Red List is ___________.

1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
2. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
3. National Wildlife Action Plan
4. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Q. Which one 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 tree and Black buck

Q. A species which is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future is known as

1. rare
2. exotic
3. vulnerable
4. critically endangered

Q.

Those species whose numbers have been reduced considerably and are at the verge of extinction are called

1. Threatened

2. Endangered

3. Vulnerable

4. Rare

Q.

The Red List provides data on

1. Biota of the Red Sea

2. Effect of red light on photosynthesis

3. Red pigmented plants

4. Threatened species

Q. The Red List is maintained by

1. WWF
2. IUCN
3. FAO
4. UNESCO

Q. According to the IUCN Red List, what is the status of the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)?

1. Vulnerable species
2. Critically endangered species
3. Extinct species
4. Endangered species

Q. The Red List maintained by the IUCN contains a list of all of the following except:

1. Extinct species
2. Species extinct in the wild
3. Domesticated species
4. Critically endangered species
5. Endangered species
6. Vulnerable species
7. Low risk species

Q.

A taxon gets moved to the "Endangered" list from the _______ category.

1. Rare

2. Extinct

3. Vulnerable

4. Endangered