One of endangered species of Indian medicinal plants is that of

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13.Biodiversity and Conservation

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One of the endangered species of Indian medicinal plants is that of

Ocimum

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Nepenthes

Podophyllum.

(AIPMT-2007)

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(d) : An endangered species is a population of an organism which are at risk of becoming extinct because it is either a few in number or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.Podophyllum is such an endangered species of Indian medicinal plants. They contain, podophyllotoxin and podophyllin that is used as a purgative and as a cytostatic. They are also grown as ornamental plants for their attractive foliage and flowers. Extracts of plants are used for genital warts and some skin cancers.

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Biology

$A :$ Botanical gardens are ex-situ conservation strategy of plants.
$R :$ National Botanical Garden is situated at Howrah.

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Which one of the following is the correctly matched pair of an endangered animal and a national park ?

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(AIPMT-2006)

The impacts of loss of biodiversity may lead to

$I$. lowered resistance to environmental perturbation

$II$. decrease in plant production

$III$, increased variability in ecosystem processes like water use, pest/disease cycle, plants productivity

$IV$. Increase in plant production

Choose the correct option

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Match the following:

Column – $I$ Column – $II$

$(a)$ Ranthambore National Park $(i)$ Assam

$(b)$ Kaziranga National Park $(ii)$ Rajasthan

$(c)$ Jim corbett National Park $(iii)$ Orissa

$(iv)$ Uttarakhand $(iv)$ Uttarakhand

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(AIIMS-2019)

Which of the following is not properly matched?

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Column – $I$	Column – $II$
$(a)$ Ranthambore National Park	$(i)$ Assam
$(b)$ Kaziranga National Park	$(ii)$ Rajasthan
$(c)$ Jim corbett National Park	$(iii)$ Orissa
$(iv)$ Uttarakhand	$(iv)$ Uttarakhand

One of the endangered species of Indian medicinal plants is that of

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$A :$ Botanical gardens are ex-situ conservation strategy of plants. $R :$ National Botanical Garden is situated at Howrah.

Which one of the following is the correctly matched pair of an endangered animal and a national park ?

Match the following: Column – $I$ Column – $II$ $(a)$ Ranthambore National Park $(i)$ Assam $(b)$ Kaziranga National Park $(ii)$ Rajasthan $(c)$ Jim corbett National Park $(iii)$ Orissa $(iv)$ Uttarakhand $(iv)$ Uttarakhand

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$A :$ Botanical gardens are ex-situ conservation strategy of plants.
$R :$ National Botanical Garden is situated at Howrah.

Match the following:

Column – $I$ Column – $II$

$(a)$ Ranthambore National Park $(i)$ Assam

$(b)$ Kaziranga National Park $(ii)$ Rajasthan

$(c)$ Jim corbett National Park $(iii)$ Orissa

$(iv)$ Uttarakhand $(iv)$ Uttarakhand