PRACTICE MCQ S
Q.1 ) According to the IUCN Red List (2004), how many species have gone extinct in the last 500 years?
(a) 338
(b) 784
(c) 1,200
(d) 15,500
Q.2 ) Which of the following is not a cause under the “Evil Quartet”?
(a) Alien species invasion
(b) Climate change
(c) Habitat loss
(d) Over-exploitation
Q.3) Co-extinction refers to:
(a) Mass extinction due to climate change
(b) When one species goes extinct, another dependent species also goes extinct
(c) Over-harvesting of a species
(d) The creation of new species from two existing ones
Q.2)
Which of the following pairs of Himalayan Glaciers and their location is/are correctly matched? CDS (2024)
- Siachen – Nubra Valley Region
- Chungphar – Kumaon-Garhwal Region
- Zemu – Central Nepal Region
- Gasherbrum – Pir Panjal Range
Options:
- 1 only
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 4
Answer: A
Explanation:
- Siachen – Nubra Valley Region
- The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram Range in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, India. It is the world’s highest battlefield and one of the largest glaciers outside the polar regions.
- Chungphar – Kumaon-Garhwal Region
- Chungphar Glacier is actually located in Sikkim, not in the Kumaon-Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.
- Zemu – Central Nepal Region
- Zemu Glacier is located in Sikkim, India (near Kangchenjunga), not in Central Nepal.
- Gasherbrum – Pir Panjal Range
- The Gasherbrum glaciers are located in the Karakoram Range (near Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan), not in the Pir Panjal Range of Himachal Pradesh/Jammu & Kashmir.