Test

1. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Haryana?

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Satyadev Narayan Arya
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
Bandaru Dattatraya

2. India is just 2.4 percent of the world land mass. Do you know what percent of the world's biodiversity is found in the country?

20-25
10-12
7-8
1-2

3. Name the Indian environmental activist who founded Navdanya in 1982, an organisation promoting biodiversity conservation and organic farming

Arundhati Roy
Medha Patkar
Vandana Shiva
Ashok Khosla

4. Out of the 36 biodiversity hotspots in the world, how many are there in India?

2
6
10
4

5. The IBA programme of Birdlife International aims to identify, monitor and protect a global network of IBAs for conservation of the world's birds and associated biodiversity. What does IBA stand for?

Identified Bird Areas
Important Bird Areas
Indian Bird Awareness
Inland Bird Area

6. What does the acronym HIPPO indicate in biology?

UN Initiative for Conservation
Major factors that contribute to the destruction of biodiversity
Group for protection of Hippopotamus
An organisation for biodiversity conservation

7. Which decade was designated as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration?

1991-2000
2011-2020
2001-2010
2021-2030

8. Who coined the term 'Foundation species'?

Paul K Dayton
Robert T. Paine
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel

9. Where is the headquarters of Biodiversity International, a global research-for-development organization?

Geneva
Rome
New York
Paris

10. Where is the North East Biodiversity Gallery showcasing the biodiversity of the north-eastern region of India located?

Guwahati
Bhubaneswar
Kolkata
Dimapur

11. Pick out the term that is similar to exotic species

Introduced species
Alien species
Nonindigenous species
Index species

12. Which Indian state is known as the "Botanist's Paradise"?

Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh