The correct option is(C): Scared groves Jaintia hills of Rajasthan.
Sacred grove is an example o f in situ conservation of forests and wildlife especially rare and threatened species. Sacred groves are forest patches around places of worship which are held in high esteem by tribal communities. They are the most undisturbed forest patches which are often surrounded by highly degraded landscapes. They are found in several parts of India, e.g., Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan (Aravalli), Meghalaya. In Meghalaya, sacred groves are found in Jaintia and Khasi hills.
List-I | List-II |
A. Biodiversity hotspot | I. Khasi and Jantia hills in Meghalaya |
B. Sacred groves | II. World Summit on Sustainable |
C. Johannesburg South Africa | III. Parthenium |
D. Alien species invasion | IV. Western Ghats |
Among ‘The Evil Quartet’, which one is considered the most important cause driving extinction of species?
The term ‘biodiversity’ is derived from the two words- ‘bios' which means life and ‘diversity’ i.e, differentiation or variation. Edward Wilson, the sociobiologist was the first to popularise the term ‘biodiversity’ in the year 1992. The term implies the occurrence of various plants and animals along with their variants such as biotypes, ecotypes and genes on earth. In our biosphere, the immense diversity or heterogeneity remains not only at the species level but also, at every level of biological organization that ranges from macromolecules in the cells to biomes.
Biodiversity and Conservation is a topic covered under the fifteenth chapter and Unit 5 of NCERT class 12 biology.