| Which of the following Indian Species have been included in Red Data Book of IUCN as endangered species? |
| 1. Blue whale |
| 2. Caribou |
| 3. Bengal tiger |
| 4. Kea parrot |
| 5. Black bear |
| 6. Chinchilla |
| 7. Wild goat |
| Select the correct answer using the codes given below. |
A) 1, 2, 3 and 6
B) 1, 3, 5 and 7
C) 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7
D) All of these
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[b] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, 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 worlds main authority on the conservation status of species. A series of Regional Red Lists are produced by countries a organisations, which assess the risk of extinction to special within a political managements unit. The Red List of 2012 was released at the Rio + 20 Earth Summit. It contains 132 species of plants and animals in India listed as critically endangered. Few of the endangered species are| Asian black bear | Asian elephant |
| Bengal tiger | Blue whale |
| Barasingha | Clouded leopard |
| Central Kashmir vole | Dhole |
| Gee's golden langur | Gaur |
| Marbled cat | Nilgiri marten |
| Nicobar flying fox | Nilgiri tahr |
| Nicobar treeshrew | Palm rat |
| Red panda |
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