Samacheer Kalvi 12th Biodiversity & its Conservation Questions - 1

Question: 1

Which of the following forests is known as the lungs of the planet Earth?

(A) Amazon rain forest

(B) Taiga forest

(C) Rain forest of north east India

(D) Tundra forest

Question: 2

How many number of biogeographic zones are there in India?

(A) Ten

(B) Fifteen

(C) Seventeen

(D) Twelve

Question: 3

Which is considered as the Bio geographical Gateway of India?

(A) North – East India

(B) Mumbai

(C) Himalayas

(D) Andaman and Nicober

Question: 4

Which is not an accepted biodiversity hotspots of India?

(A) Deccan Plateau

(B) Indo-Burma

(C) Western Ghats

(D) Indian Himalayas

Question: 5

The concept of Red list was noted in

(A) 1953

(B) 1963

(C) 1973

(D) 2003

Question: 6

The most important pattern of biodiversity is

(A) Latitudinal gradient in diversity

(B) Longitudinal gradient in diversity

(C) Polar gradient diversity

(D) Equatorial gradient in diversity

Question: 7

Which of the following region has maximum biodiversity?

(A) Tropical forest

(B) Taiga

(C) Mangroves

(D) Temperate rain forest