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Questions Related to diversity in living world

Which is not correct ?

  1. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.

  2. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.

  3. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.

  4. A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Museum has collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference. Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions. Plant and animal specimens may also be preserved as dry specimens. 
  • So, the correct option is 'A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference'.

Which one is a taxonomic aid?

  1. Manual

  2. Monograph

  3. Museum

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The most important taxonomical aids are herbaria, botanical gardens, keys, museums, and zoological parks.

1. Manual: These provide information for identification of names of species occurring in an area.
2. Monograph: These are handbooks which provide the available information of any one taxon.
3. Museum: It is the institution where artistic and educational plants or animals are preserved, stored and exhibited to the public.
So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Science museum foresee

  1. Technological changes

  2. Environmental changes

  3. Climatic changes

  4. Behavioural changes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Science museums are important for, research studies and have important impacts on science literacy of the greater community, and can impact public understanding, attitudes and behaviours toward science and technology.

So, the correct option is ‘Technological changes’.

Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks world wide is

  1. 297

  2. 400

  3. 650

  4. 800


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • A zoo is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.
  • The"  Arignar Anna Zoological Park' is the largest zoo in India which houses about 2,553 species of flora and fauna across 1,265 acres and is the largest zoological garden in India.
  • The Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks worldwide is 800.
  • So, the correct answer is '800'.

A fungus that is predator of a species of frog have killed 50 frogs to save this species of frog scientist set other 35 frog to a different area then tell which process will save this type of frog species?

  1. Bottle neck effect

  2. Founder effect

  3. Big bang theory

  4. Natural selection


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- Population bottlenecks occur when a population's size is reduced for at least one generation. Because genetic drift acts more quickly to reduce genetic variation in small populations, undergoing a bottleneck can reduce a population's genetic variation by a lot, even if the bottleneck doesn't last for very many generations. 

B- A founder effect occurs when a new colony is started by a few members of the original population. This small population size means that the colony may have:
  • reduced genetic variation from the original population.
  • a non-random sample of the genes in the original population.

So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

Read the following statements regarding biological museums.
(i) Biological museums are generally set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges.
(ii) Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions.
(iv) Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting killing and pinning.
(v) Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved.
(vi Skeletons of mammals are not allowed to be kept in museums.
Which of the given statements is/are not correct?

  1. (ii) and (iii)

  2. (i) and (vi)

  3. (v) only

  4. (vi) only


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and references. Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and printing. Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved. Museums often have collections of skeletons of animals.

In which city are the headquarters of Zoological Survey of India situated?

  1. Delhi

  2. Thiruvananthapuram

  3. Kolkata

  4. Guwahati


Correct Option: C

India museum was established in 

  1. 1759

  2. 1814

  3. 1955

  4. 1957


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India museum is the oldest museum in India. It was established in 1814. It is situated in West Bengal, India. It has collection of fossils, ornaments, antiques, armor and paintings. It comprises of six sections, namely Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Economic Botany.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Zoological museum displays

  1. Living plants

  2. Living animals

  3. Inanimate objects

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A zoological museum displays specimens that are dried and preserved. No living plants and animals are kept in a zoological museum. Living plants are preserved in botanical gardens and herbariums while living animals are kept and protected in the zoo.

Museum is a centre of 

  1. Documentation

  2. Experiments

  3. Communication

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

museum is a centre for preservation of ancient data and specimens.

so the correct answer is documentation.