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Biodiversity and Conservation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiodiversity and Conservation1 Mark
MCQ
'Evil Quartet' is related with:
  • A
    Loss of biodiversity.
  • B
    Loss of alien species.
  • C
    Loss of standing crop.
  • D
    Loss of climax community.
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Answer

  1. Loss of biodiversity.

Explanation:

The evil quartet is the concept that describes the reasons which cause a decrease in the number of species. 

There is a loss of biodiversity due to four main reasons which were known as the four horsemen of the ecological apocalypse. 

The reasons are overexploitation, loss of habitat, the introduction of exotic species, and co-extinction of species. 

These reasons were studied by the researchers and were put forward as the main reasons for the future extinction of the species. 

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