Kaziranga National Park is famous for one horned rhinoceros. It is located in Assam in the northern part of India. The park was established in 1905 and was designated a UNESCO World heritage site in 1985. It has a diverse array of wildlife species. They are also of cultural importance for the indigenous people of Assam.
So, the correct answer is (A): rhinoceros
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.