Kerala Class 8 Science Chapter 13 Diversity for Sustenance MCQ
Kerala Class 8 Science Chapter 13 Diversity for Sustenance MCQ Question and Answer for Students. SCERT Kerala Class 8 Science Part 2 Diversity for Sustenance MCQ.
1.) Plants that perform photosynthesis are called ____.
a) Producers b) Consumers
2.) The organisms that depend on plants directly or indirectly for food are called ____.
a) Producers b) Consumers
3.) The word ‘Biodiversity’ was first used by ____.
a) John Ray b) Walter. G. Rosen
4.) ____ is an extinct variety of flightless bird, common in the island of Mauritius.
a) Penguin b) Dodo
5.) ____ flew in lakhs along the North American skies.
a) Passenger pigeons b) Dodo
6.) ____ is an extinct variety of wild zebra from the southern part of Africa.
a) Quagga b) Grant’s zebra
7.) ____book is published by an American researcher Rachel Carson.
a) Red data book b) Silent Spring
8.) Under the auspices of IUCN, a list of endangered plants and animals is prepare every year, is known as ____ book.
a) Red data book b) Silent Spring
9.) ____ is an extinct variety of tree.
a) Saracaindica b) Azadirachtaindica
10.) ____ is an extinct variety of monkey.
a) Rhesus Macaque b) Lion-tailed Macaque
11.) ____ is an extinct variety of goat.
a) Boer goat b) NilgiriTahr
12.) In ____ conservation method, organisms are protected in their natural habitats.
a) in-situ conservation b) ex-situ conservation
13.) In ____ conservation method, organisms are protected outside their natural habitats.
a) in-situ conservation b) ex-situ conservation
14.) ____ is an example of wild life sanctuary in Kerala.
a) Anamudi Shola b) Wayanad
15.) ____ is an example of the national parks in Kerala.
a) Peppara b) Mathikettan
16.) ____ are forest areas declared as protected areas to prevent the extinction of wild lives by protecting the ecosystem.
a) Wild life sanctuaries b) National parks
17.) ____ are designed to protect wild lives along with the protection of historical monuments, natural resources and geographical features of an area.
a) Wild life sanctuaries b) National parks
18.) ____ are vast regions designed with an aim to protect world’s important ecosystems, biodiversity and genetic resources.
a) Wild life sanctuaries b) Biosphere reserves
19.) ____ is a biosphere reserve in Kerala.
a) Agasthyarkoodam b) Silent Valley
20.) ____ are small areas of biodiversity protected in regions inhabited by human beings.
a) Sacred groves b) Community reserves
21.) ____ are areas rich in endemic species but facing the threat of habitat destruction.
a) Sacred groves b) Ecological hotspots
22.) ____ is an ecological hotspot of India.
a) Western Ghats b) Nilgiris
23.) ____ are conservation centers where different varieties of animals are protected and housed separately and where necessary arrangements are made available for their reproduction.
a) Botanical gardens b) Zoological gardens
24.) ____ are wide research centers where rare and important plants of diverse species are protected.
a) Botanical gardens b) Zoological gardens
25.) Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute is located at ____.
a) Palode in Thiruvananthapuram b) Olavanna in Kozhikode
26.) Malabar Botanical Garden is located at ____.
a) Palode in Thiruvananthapuram b) Olavanna in Kozhikode
27.) ____ are research centers with facilities to collect seeds and gametes to preserve them for a long time.
a) Zoological Gardens b) Gene Banks
28.) ____ is an example of gene banks at Thiruvananthapuram.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute b) Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology
29.) ____ is a Switzerland based independent organization working for the protection of biodiversity.
a) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) b) United Nations Environmental Programme
30.) The headquarters of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is in ____.
a) Kenya b) Switzerland
Answer : 1.a), 2.b), 3.b), 4.b), 5.a), 6.a), 7.b), 8.a), 9.a), 10.b), 11.b), 12.a), 13.b), 14.b), 15.b), 16.a), 17.b), 18.b), 19.a), 20.a), 21.b), 22.a), 23.b), 24.a), 25.a), 26.b), 27.b), 28.b), 29.a), 30.b)