Numbers

Question 1

Ants and Orchids

Answer 1

20,000

Question 2

Beetles

Answer 2

3 lakh

Question 3

Fishes

Answer 3

28,000

Question 4

Who gave the term biodiversity

Answer 4

Edward Wilson

Question 5

Genetic variation shown by medicinal plant Rauwolfia vomitaria would be due to

Answer 5

Potency and concentration of active chemical RESERPINE

Question 6

Mango varieties

Answer 6

1000

Question 7

Rice varieties

Answer 7

50,000

Question 8

What percent of global species are in India

Answer 8

8.1%

Question 9

Species Area relationship was given by

Answer 9

German naturalist

Alexander van Humboldt

Question 10

Z in species area graph is

Answer 10

Regression coefficient

Question 11

For frugivorous birds and mammals in tropical forests of different continents, slope is

Answer 11

1.15

Question 12

More species = less variation was said by

Answer 12

David Tilman

Question 13

IUCN Red list shows extinction of how many species?

Answer 13

784

338 vertebrates
359 invertebrates
87 plants

Question 14

1) Dodo
2) quagga
3) thylacine
4) Stellars sea cow

Answer 14

1) Mauritius
2) Africa
3) Australia
4) Russia

Question 15

Total number of biodiversity hotspots

Answer 15

34

Question 16

Number of
1) Biosphere reserves
2) National parks
3) Wildlife sanctuaries 
     In India

Answer 16

1) 14
2) 90
3) 448

Question 17

Historical convention on Biological diversity (Earth summit)

Answer 17

Rio de Janeiro 1992

Question 18

World Summit on Sustainable development

Answer 18

Johannesburg, South Africa 2002