NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2006

  • question_answer
                    Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India?

    A)                                                                                                                                                                                             Bentinckia nicobarica and red panda     

    B)                  Tamarind and rhesus monkey

    C)                  Cinchona and leopard                  

    D)                  Banyan and black buck

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Endangered species is a plant or animal species defined by IUCN as being in immediate danger of extinction because its members have reached a critical level or their habitats have been drastically reduced.                 A plant, Bentinckia condapanna/nicobarica (member of family Arecaceae) and the animal, Red panda, both are declared as endangered in India. Tamarind, Banyan etc. are not endangered in India.


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