UGC NET Paper 1 Environmental Science Questions - Quiz

1. Cryopreservation involves sstorage of cells from embryos and shoot tips in liquid nitrogen at ?
   1. 0 Degree Celcius
   2. 5 Degree Celcius
   3. -196 Degree Celcius
   4. 100 Degree Celcius
   
   
2. The study of inter relation between organisms and their environment is known as
   1. Biospere
   2. Autecology
   3. Synecology
   4. Ecology
   
   
3. Father of ecology in India
   1. Ramdeo Mishra
   2. M.S. Swaminathan
   3. B.P.Paul
   4. S.K.Kasyap
   
   
4. Cryopreservation is the storage of things in ultra low temprature
   1. By very rapid cooling
   2. By Gradual cooling
   3. Gradual cooling with stimultaneous dehdration at low temprature
   4. All the above
   
   
5. Extinction of species includes
   1. Natural extinction
   2. Mass extinction
   3. Antropogenic extinction
   4. All the above
   
   
6. "Hot Spots Concept" was developed by
   1. P.K Iyengar
   2. Norman Myers
   3. KP Simson
   4. George Patten
   
   
7. Percentage of land area of India provides to the global diversity is
   1. 2.1 %
   2. 5.4 %
   3. 8 %
   4. 16 %
   
   
8. In India sacred forests are located in
   1. Karnataka
   2. Kerala
   3. Meghalaya
   4. All the above
   
   
9. Rio de Janiero - Earth submit was conducted in the year
   1. 1990
   2. 1991
   3. 1992
   4. 1993
   
   
10. According to the 'Red List' of year 2000, how many spicies were listed under threatened
    1. 5484
    2. 11046
    3. 143
    4. 1939
    
    
11. IUCN 'Red List' system was introduced first in the year
    1. 1963
    2. 1969
    3. 1992
    4. 2000
    
    
12. 'Biosphere reserves also called as:
    1. Ecosystems
    2. National parks
    3. Woodlands
    4. Bio-Conservatives
    
    

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