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The taxon likely to join the category of endangered category in near future is

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  1. Extinct

  2. Rare

  3. Vulnerable

  4. Living fossil

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The taxon likely to join the category of endangered category in near future is Vulnerable if the causal factors continue to operate. Vulnerable included all those taxa in which most or all population decrease in size because of over-exploitation, extensive destruction of habitat and other environmental disturbances. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The knowledge of which of the following factors does not help in the management of endangered animal?

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  1. Habitat of the animal

  2. Behavior of the animal

  3. Food habit of the animal

  4. Name of the animal

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Correct Option: D

Viable materials of endangered species can be preserved by

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  1. Gene bank

  2. Gene library

  3. Gene pool

  4. Herbarium

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Correct Option: A

Red data book which maintains the list of endangered species, was released by

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  1. IUCNNR

  2. The Bombay Natural History Society

  3. WPSI

  4. IUCN

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

IUCN is 'International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources', which is now called as 'World Conservation Union' or WCU. It has its headquarters at Morges, Switzerland. It maintains a 'Red Data Book' or 'Red List' which is a catalog of taxa facing the risk of extinction.

............. is the taxon, which is likely to move into endangered category in near future, if conditions prevail as it is.

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  1. Vulnerable

  2. Endanger

  3. Rare

  4. Extinct

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Endangered species is a species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future due to a decrease in its habitat, excessive predation or poaching.
Vulnerable species are those for which presently the population is sufficient but is undergoing depletion due to some factors so that it is facing the risk of extinction in a medium term.
Rare species are species with naturally small populations, either localized or thinly scattered.
Extinct species are the taxon completely eliminated or died out from Earth, e.g., Dodo.

According to IUCN 'Red List', what is the status of red panda (Ailurus fulgens)?

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  1. Vulnerable species

  2. Critically endangered species

  3. Extinct species

  4. Endangered species

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Endangered species is a species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future due to a decrease in its habitat, excessive predation or poaching. 

The percentage number of endangered species in the list of threatened ones is 19 percent mammals, 17 percent birds, 21 percent reptiles, 22 percent amphibians and 19 percent angiosperms. 
In India, their number is 54 animals and 113 plants. E.g., Ailurus fulgens (red panda), Bentinckia nicobarica. Some other examples are blue whale, Asiatic wild ass and lion-tailed macaque.

Assertion : Red data book has a record of all animals.

Reason : Endangered species are need to be noticed.

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  1. Both the Assertion and the Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

  2. Both the Assertion and the Reason are true but the Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

  3. The Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

  4. Both the Assertion and the Reason are false.

  5. The Assertion is false but the Reason is true.

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

IUCN is the 'International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources', which is not called as 'World Conservation Union' (WCU). It maintains a 'Red Data Book' Or 'Red List', which is a catalog of taxa facing the risk of extinction. The purpose of preparing the 'Red List' is to provide awareness to the degree of threat to biodiversity, provide global index about already declined biodiversity. Identification of species at greater risk of extinctions and preparing conservation priorities and help in conservation. 

Endangered species need to be noticed because only after that the planning for their protection and improving their population can be given the proper direction.

Number of threatened species in 2000 Red List is

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  1. 4175

  2. 8198

  3. 11,096

  4. 16,241

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future are known as threatened species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the authority on threatened species, and it treats threatened species as a group of three categories, depending on the degree relative to which they are threatened. Those categories are Vulnerable species; Endangered species and Critically endangered species. As per the Red list of 2000, there are 11,096 threatened species.

So, the correct answer is '11,096'.

Number of categories recognised by Red List is

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  1. 4

  2. 5

  3. 6

  4. 8

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization which works in the area of the conservation of nature and sustainable use of natural resources. Red list is the world's most detailed inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The Red list has divided species into categories based on their condition. A total of 8 categories are identified such as extinct, endangered, etc.

So, the correct answer is '8'.

The organisation which has published Red Data Book is

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  1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource

  2. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

  3. National Wildlife Action Plan

  4. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The IUCN Red Data Book is the most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. It evaluates the threat of species towards extinction. The list classifies threatened species under nine categories. The categories include extinct, extinct in the wild, endangered species, etc.

So, the correct answer is 'International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource'.