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The organisation which has published Red Data Book is

  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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The IUCN Red List of threatened species was founded in 1964. It is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Read the given statements with one or two blanks and select the option which correctly fill the blanks of any two statements.
(a) .................. is being maintained by .............. which is now known as World Conservation Union.
(b) ................. is specified land area in which multiple use of land is permitted for preserving biodiversity.
(c) .............. are species which are likely to move to ................. category in near future, if causative factors continue to operate.
(d) ............. are those specific regions of mega-biodiversity nations which have large numbers of .................. species.

  1. a - Red Data Book, IUCN, c - Vulnerable, endangered

  2. c- Endangered, rare, d - Hot spots, extinct

  3. b - Biosphere reserve, d - National park, exotic

  4. a - Red Data Book, WWF, b - Wild life sanctuary


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Red Data Book is being maintained by IUCN which is now known as the World Conservation Union. Vulnerable are species which are likely to move to the endangered category in near future if causative factors continue to operate. A biosphere reserve is a specified land area in which multiple uses of land is permitted for preserving biodiversity. Hot spots are areas with high density of biodiversity or mega diversity.

Which one of the following expanded forms of the following acronyms is correct?

  1. IPCC- International Panel for Climate Change

  2. UNEP- United Nations Environmental Policy

  3. EPA- Environmental Pollution Agency

  4. IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - (IPCC) 

The United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - IUCN
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.