Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Lantana | 1. Australia |
| B. Passenger pigeon | 2. Lungs of the planet |
| C. Amazon rain forest | 3. Over-exploitation |
| D. Thylacine | 4. Alien species invasion |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(A) Lantana — this matches (4) Alien species invasion. Lantana is a weed brought into India from outside that turned invasive and now threatens our native species.
(B) Passenger pigeon — this matches (3) Over-exploitation. The bird was hunted in huge numbers and became extinct in the last 500 years because of overexploitation by humans.
(C) Amazon rain forest — this matches (2) Lungs of the planet. This rain forest of South America is so huge that it is called the ‘lungs of the planet’.
(D) Thylacine — this matches (1) Australia. The thylacine is one of the recent extinctions listed by NCERT, and it lived in Australia.
NCERT Extract:
Loss of Biodiversity – “… Some examples of recent extinctions include the dodo (Mauritius), quagga (Africa), thylacine (Australia), Steller’s Sea Cow (Russia) and three subspecies (Bali, Javan, Caspian) of tiger.”
Loss of Biodiversity – “… The Amazon rain forest (it is so huge that it is called the ‘lungs of the planet’) harbouring probably millions of species is being cut and cleared for cultivating soya beans or for conversion to grasslands for raising beef cattle.”
Loss of Biodiversity – “… Many species extinctions in the last 500 years (Steller’s sea cow, passenger pigeon) were due to overexploitation by humans.”
Loss of Biodiversity – “… You must be familiar with the environmental damage caused and threat posed to our native species by invasive weed species like carrot grass (Parthenium), Lantana and water hyacinth (Eicchornia).”