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UPSC CSE Indian Geography — practice questions

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Catch the Evil QuartetRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the levels of biodiversityRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the biodiversity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →In situ or ex situRead the answer and worked solution →Extinct, invasive or hotspotRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Biodiversity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Organisms that tolerate a wide range of temperatures are called:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of animals and nearly all plants cannot maintain a constant internal environment?Read the answer and worked solution →Every winter Keoladeo National Park at Bharatpur hosts migratory birds from:Read the answer and worked solution →Bears escaping winter cold by sleeping through it show:Read the answer and worked solution →Snails and fish avoiding summer heat and desiccation enter:Read the answer and worked solution →Which desert animal meets all its water needs through internal fat oxidation?Read the answer and worked solution →Seals in polar seas keep warm with a thick layer of fat called:Read the answer and worked solution →The tiger census in Indian reserves is often based on:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two processes increase population density?Read the answer and worked solution →Individuals of the same species entering a habitat from elsewhere is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1981 the intrinsic rate of natural increase for India's human population was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Verhulst-Pearl model describes which type of growth?Read the answer and worked solution →In the logistic growth equation, K stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →An interaction in which one species is harmed and the other unaffected is:Read the answer and worked solution →Removal of the starfish Pisaster from an intertidal area led to:Read the answer and worked solution →Nearly what share of all insects are phytophagous?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abingdon tortoise of the Galapagos became extinct after the introduction of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Competitive Exclusion Principle is credited to:Read the answer and worked solution →Lice on humans and ticks on dogs are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →The cattle egret foraging beside grazing cattle is a classic case of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mediterranean orchid Ophrys gets pollinated by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the Evil Quartet

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Habitat loss
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Fragmentation
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Overexploit
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Alien species
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Co-extinction
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Pollination
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Seed banks
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Sacred groves
Category
Cause of loss
Instructions
Catch the causes of biodiversity loss. Let the conservation words fall.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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Pop the levels of biodiversity

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Other terms
  1. Seasonal
  2. Political
  3. Digital
Matching terms
  1. Genetic
  2. Species
  3. Ecological
Instructions
Pop the three levels at which biodiversity is measured.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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Find the real term

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Hotspot
    Choices
    1. Hotspot
    2. Hotspit
    3. Hotsput
  2. Correct
    Endemism
    Choices
    1. Endomism
    2. Endemism
    3. Endamism
  3. Correct
    In situ
    Choices
    1. Inn situ
    2. Ine situ
    3. In situ
  4. Correct
    Quagga
    Choices
    1. Quagga
    2. Quogga
    3. Quigga
  5. Correct
    Lantana
    Choices
    1. Lantona
    2. Lantana
    3. Lantuna
  6. Correct
    Biosphere
    Choices
    1. Bioshere
    2. Biosfere
    3. Biosphere
Instructions
Pick the lane with the real biodiversity term. The other two are made up.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._

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