Biodiversity threats
Biodiversity threats is a Environment concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2020, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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वस्तीस्थान नष्ट होणे खालीलपैकी कोणत्या उपक्रमामुळे होऊ शकते ? Habitat destruction can happen due to which of the following activity ?
(a)निर्वनीकरण / Deforestation
(b)दलदलींचे पुनःप्रापण / Reclamation of Marsh
(c)जमिनीच्या वापरात होणारे बदल / Change of land use pattern
(d)उदरनिर्वाह शेती / Subsistence farming
Habitat destruction is caused by human activities such as deforestation, reclamation of marshlands, and changes in land use patterns. Subsistence farming alone on a small scale is less impactful compared to large-scale commercial or developmental land conversions, though options a, b, and c directly lead to massive habitat loss.
जीवशास्त्रज्ञांनी जैवविविधतेला धोका निर्माण करणाऱ्या घटकाबाबत पुढीलपैकी कोणता संक्षिप्त शब्द प्रयोग केला ? / Which of the following acronyms has been used by Biologists to describe the factors that threaten to biodiversity ?
Biologists use the acronym HIPPO to describe the five major factors threatening biodiversity: Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, Population growth, and Overharvesting.