Rice grown in Asia is protected from four main diseases by gene received from a single wild rice species that is:
1. Oryza nivara
2. Oryza indica
3. Oryza sativa
4. Oryza orientalis

Which one is a correct matching of plant, its habitat and the forest type where it normally occurs
1. Prosopis –Tree–shrub
2. Saccharum–grass–forest
3. Shorea robusta–Herb–tropical rain forest
4. Acacia catechu–tree–coniferous forest

Assertion: Umbrella species are species selected for making conservation-related decisions.
Reason: Umbrella species has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

A bird that was previously thought to be extinct till its rediscovery in 1986 by Bharat Bhushan of Bombay Natural History Society is:
1. Great Indian Bustard
2. Jerdon’s Courser
3. White Peacock
4. Siberian crane

The Maya ICBG controversy drew attention to the problems of:
1. Deliberate introduction of invasive species
2. use of microbes as weapons
3. unethical biopiracy
4. overexploitation of threatened species by poachers

Why are blue whale and whooping crane prone to extinction?
1. It has a low reproductive rate
2. It has fixed migratory route and habitat
3. It is localised and has a narrow range of distribution
4. It has a large body size

Identify the “vulnerable species in India”:
1. Berberis nilghiriensis and Sus salvanius
2. Bentickia nicobarica and Ailurus fulgens
3. Cupressus cashmeriana and Antilope cervicapra
4. Bentickia nicobarica and Antilope cervicapra

Biodiversity act of India was passed by Parliament in
1. 1992
2. 1996
3. 2000
4. 2002

The pink headed duck has got extinct mainly due to:
1. Habitat destruction
2. Overexploitation
3. Alien invasion
4. Pollution

According to IUCN Red List, what is the status of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
1. Critically endangered species 
2. Endangered species
3. Vulnerable species 
4.  Extinct species