Quantrex Quantrex AcademyJEE · NEET · NDA PYQs with solutions Open app
NEETBotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation

Read the following statements and choose the following option: 1. The number of prokaryotic species is well known 2. Conventional taxonomic methods are are not suitable for identifying all microbial species. 3. Many prokaryotic species are easily culturable under laboratory conditions. 4. Biologists are uncertain about how many prokaryotic species there might be. 5. Prokaryotic species diversity is not significant

Options

  1. AOnly 4 and 2 are correct
  2. BBoth 1 and 2 is correct
  3. CBoth 1 and 3 is incorrect
  4. DOnly 2 is correct

Correct answer

A. Only 4 and 2 are correct

Step-by-step solution

Biologists are not sure about how many prokaryotic species there might be. The problem is that conventional taxonomic methods are not suitable for identifying microbial species and many species are simply not culturable under laboratory conditions."

Practice Biodiversity and its Conservation on Quantrex Academy →

More from Biodiversity and its Conservation

Match the following. 2019One of the following statements is incorrect with reference to biodiversity. Identify it. 2016One out of the following is not responsible for biodiversity loss. 2015The total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world are 2014Which of the following statements is not true? 2014Newly formed Biosphere Reserve of India (2013) is 2014India is one of the twelve megadiversity countries with of genetic resources of the world. 2013Assertion : Now-a-days, the biodiversity is declining with an accelerated rate. Reason : Exotic species are considered to be a major cause of extinction of species. 2013 Full Biodiversity and its Conservation list All NEET PYQs