NCERT Solutions for class 12 biology chapter 15:  Biodiversity and Conservation

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Biology Chapter 15 Biodiversity and Conservation are provided in this article. It covers all the important definitions, concepts, and methodologies that will be really beneficial for the students appearing for CBSE Class 12 Exam 2022-23. The important topics that are included in this chapter are:

Expected no. of Questions: 1-2 questions of around 4 marks.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Biology Chapter 15

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NCERT Solutions

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NCERT Solutions


Class 12 Biology Chapter 15 Biodiversity and Conservation: Important Topics

Biodiversity conservation is referred to as the protection, upliftment, as well as management of biodiversity, deriving sustainable benefits for present and future generations. In other words, it is the protection and management of biodiversity in order to obtain resources for sustainable development. Biodiversity is the variability of life on earth, which can be conserved in the following ways: In-situ Conservation and Ex-situ Conservation.

Biodiversity conservation consists of three main objectives:

  • To preserve the diversity of species
  • Sustainable utilization of species and ecosystem
  • To maintain life-supporting systems and essential ecological processes
  • Loss of Biodiversity

Biodiversity loss is the decline or disappearance of biological diversity, or the local reduction or loss of species in a certain habitat, leading to the loss of biological diversity. The term biodiversity or biological diversity refers to the number of genes, species, and individual organisms within a given species within a defined geographic area, ranging from the smallest ecosystem to the global biosphere.


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CBSE CLASS XII Related Questions

  • 1.
    Match Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct option:

      • a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
      • a-ii, b-v, c-i, d-iii
      • a-v, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
      • a-v, b-i, c-iv, d-ii

    • 2.
      Assertion (A) : The milk produced by transgenic cow 'Rosie' was nutritionally more balanced product for human babies than natural cow milk.
      Reason (R) : It was human protein enriched milk containing human alpha lactalbumin.

        • Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
        • Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
        • Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
        • Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

      • 3.
        In the following figure, two ways of pairing of two homologous pairs of chromosomes are shown. Which of the following phenomena is expressed?

          • Linkage of genes
          • Independent assortment of genes
          • Multiple alleles
          • Incomplete dominance

        • 4.
          The idea of use and disuse of organs for evolution of organism was proposed by

            • Charles Darwin
            • Thomas Malthus
            • Hugo De Vries
            • Lamarck

          • 5.
            Which of the following sacred groves is found in Meghalaya?

              • Jaintia hills
              • Bastar
              • Chanda
              • Sarguja

            • 6.
              Which of the following statements about plasmids is incorrect?

                • Plasmids have the ability to replicate within the bacterial cell.
                • Their replication is controlled by chromosomal DNA.
                • They are autonomously replicating circular extra-chromosomal DNA.
                • They often carry antibiotic resistant genes.
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