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Questions Related to commercial applications
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
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Elephant - Ranthambore
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Wild Ass - Dachigam
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Great Indian Bustard - Assam
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Flamingo - Rann of Kutch
Endemic plants are those which are
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Cosmopolitan in distribution
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Restricted to certain area
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Found in arctic region
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Gregarious in habit
Endemic plants are those that are confined or restricted to a defined geographical location only. They are not found anywhere else. For example- Holgrem's buckwheat (Eriogonum holmgrenii).
Which of the following species are restricted to a given area?
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Sympatric species
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Allopatric species
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Sibling species
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Endemic species
Endemic species are restricted to a given area for various reasons like some special requirements for optimum growth, soil and other environmental conditions etc. Biodiversity hotspots are the regions with very high levels of species richness and a high degree of endemism.
Gorilla and Chimpanzee occur in
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Australia
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South America
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Africa
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China
Orangutan is found in the forests of
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India
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Indonesia
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Africa
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America
Endemic species of amphibians in India is
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33%
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53%
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60%
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36%
An endemic amphibian of India means an amphibian which is native to India and is not found anywhere else in the world. Examples include Blythophryne beryet, Bufoides kempi, Bufoides meghalayanus, etc. Around 60% of Indian ambhibian specieas are endemic . Such great number contributes to such a great biodiversity.
Which one of the following spice has primary home in India?
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Black pepper
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Cardamom
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Ginger
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All of the above
A) Black pepper is native to India, primarily from the Malabar region and the western ghats.
Approximate percentage of endemic flowering plants in India is
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23
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33
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53
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63
Endemic plant means a plant which is native to India and is not found anywhere else in the world. Almost one out of four species of flowering plants found in the country are endemic to it. Tamil Nadu accounts for the highest number of species followed by Karnataka and Maharashtra. About 33% of flowering plants species are endemic to India.
A species restricted to a given area is
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Endemic species
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Allopatric species
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Sympatric species
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Sibling species
Endemic means a species which is native to a place and is not found anywhere else in the world. Endemic basically means indigenous. The more endemic species at a place more is the biodiversity of that place. For example, the Nilgiri tahr also known as Nilgiri Ibex is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and some part of Western Ghats of Kerala.
Peculiar primitive animals found in Madagascar but absent in Africa are
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Elephants
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Lemurs
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Penguins
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Echidnas
Peculiar primitive animals found in Madagascar but absent in Africa are Lemurs. For example, Indri indri lemur also known as babakoto is the largest living lemur on Earth. It as a head-and-body length of about 64–72 cm (25–28 in) and a weight of between 6 to 9.5 kg (13 to 21 lb). It occurs in Madagascar. It plays an important part in the myths of the residents of Madagascar, and legends with various stories in existence accounting for its origin. According to IUCN, it is classified as a critically endangered species.