Energy and Environment Management Questions and Answers for Entrance exams on “Endemic and Endangered Species of India”.
1. In terms of the number of threatened mammals, what is India’s rank in the world?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
Answer: d
Clarification: In India there are 410 species of mammals. Which are spread over 13 orders out of which nearly 89 species are listed as threatened in the International Union for Conservation of Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Animals. Indonesia stands in first place with 185 threatened mammal species.
2. Which is the only surviving member used to be considered of an amphibian family called the Nasikabatrachidae until 2006?
a) Indian yellow frog
b) Indian white frog
c) Indian green frog
d) Indian purple frog
Answer: d
Clarification: The Indian purple frog used to be considered as the only surviving member of an ancient amphibian family called the Nasikabatrachidae until 2006. In 2006, this family was incorporated into the Sooglossidae.
3. Which one of the following endemic species of tarantula found only in a small area in India?
a) Gooty tarantula
b) Cobalt blue tarantula
c) Pink toe tarantula
d) Chilean rose tarantula
Answer: a
Clarification: Gooty tarantula is a beautiful species of tarantula which is found only in a small area of less than 100 square kilometers of Andhra Pradesh in India. Despite its venomous nature, the tarantula is one of the costliest pets in the exotic pet trade.
4. In which part of India we can found fan-throated lizard?
a) Northern India
b) Western India
c) Southern India
d) Eastern India
Answer: c
Clarification: The fan-throated lizard is a species of agamid lizard which is found in Southern India. One of the specialties of male fan-throated lizard is dewlap which is used to woo a would-be partner by puffing it into a fan.
5. Which is the only representative of artiodactyls mammals Porcula?
a) Pygmy hog
b) Red river hog
c) Giant forest hog
d) Bearded hog
Answer: a
Clarification: The pygmy hog is the sole representative of Porcula. This conservation of endangered species is important because its extinction would result in the loss of a unique evolutionary branch of pigs. Presently there are only found in Assam with less than 150 individuals.
6. There is no difference between endangered and endemic species.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b
Clarification: There are differences between endangered and endemic species. Endangered species are that thought to be in danger of extinction, implying that there are so few remaining of their kind. Endemic species are plants and creatures that exist just in one geographic area.
7. In which tiger reserve we can find more number of brown palm civet animals?
a) Periyar tiger reserve
b) Sunderban tiger reserve
c) Jim Corbett tiger reserve
d) Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve
Answer: d
Clarification: Brown palm civet is one of the endemic species of India. Brown palm civets are nocturnal and solitary. It is endemic to the rain forests of the Western Ghats in South India, mostly appear in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.
8. Which of the following was listed as one of the vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature?
a) Elephants
b) The Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros
c) Pink-headed duck
d) Sumatran Rhinoceros