Biodiversity hotspots
Biodiversity hotspots is a Environment concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 7 past MPSC questions across 6 exam years between 2014 and 2024. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालीलपैकी कोणत्या पर्वत रांगा जगातील एक प्रमुख जैवविशिष्टेचे संवेदनशील क्षेत्र आहे ? Which of the following mountains are considered as one of the top biodiversity hot spots ?
The Western Ghats and the Himalayas are among the globally recognized biodiversity hotspots located in India, known for high levels of endemism and threat levels.
योग्य जोड्या लावा : देश राष्ट्रीय उद्याने (a) भारत (i) जिम कार्बेट (b) इक्वेडोर (ii) ग्रँड कॅनियन (c) यू.एस.ए. (iii) गालापागोस (d) ऑस्ट्रेलिया (iv) ग्रेट बॅरियर रीफ Match the correct pairs : Country National Park (a) India (i) Jim Corbett (b) Ecuador (ii) Grand Canyon (c) U.S.A. (iii) Galapagos (d) Australia (iv) Great barrier reef
(a)भारत - जिम कार्बेट
(b)इक्वेडोर - ग्रँड कॅनियन
(c)यू.एस.ए. - गालापागोस
(d)ऑस्ट्रेलिया - ग्रेट बॅरियर रीफ
Jim Corbett is in India, Galapagos is a national park in Ecuador, Grand Canyon is in the U.S.A., and Great Barrier Reef is a marine park associated with Australia.
अमेंझॉन जंगला विषयी योग्य विधान शोधा. Find the correct statements about Amazon forests.
(a)हे एक उष्णकटिबंधीय पावसाळी जंगले आहे. / It is tropical rain forest.
(b)या जंगलाच्या पूर्वेस अटलांटिक समुद्र आहे. / It has Atlantic Ocean at its east side.
(c)या जंगलांनी इक्वेडोरचा 40% भाग व्यापला आहे. / It occupies 40% of Ecuador's total area.
(d)ह्या जंगलात मकाऊ, ट्यूकन्स आणि ब्लॅक स्कीमर्स आहेत. / It is home of Macaws, Toucans and Black Skimmers.
Amazon rainforests are tropical rainforests bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and are home to diverse endemic wildlife like Macaws, Toucans, and Black Skimmers. Ecuador covers a very small percentage of the Amazon basin, not 40%.
प्रजातींची संख्या जगतात सर्वात जास्त आहे. have the largest number of species in the world.
Insects comprise the largest number of species among all living organisms on Earth, accounting for over half of all known species.
पुढील दोन विधानांपैकी कोणते योग्य आहे ? Which of the following two statements is correct ?
(a)विषुववृत्तीय पट्ट्यात जीवांची संख्या अमाप आहे. There is abundance of life forms in the equatorial region.
(b)जैवसंपदेची कोणतीही मोजमाप/पहाणी केली जात नाही. No monitoring whatsoever of biological resources is being done.
Statement (a) is correct because equatorial regions boast high biodiversity and abundance of life forms due to favorable climate. Statement (b) is false as monitoring of biological resources is indeed conducted through various bodies.