Biodiversity and its Conservation Question 53
53. Which one of the following is not used for ex-situ plant conservation?
[NEET 2013]
(a) Seed banks
(b) Shifting cultivation
(c) Botanical Gardens
(d) Field gene banks
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Answer : b
Hints & Solutions
(b) Shifting or Jhum cultivation contributes to deforestation. Ex-situ conservation is a biodiversity conservation method in which threatened animals and plants are taken out of their natural habitat and placed in protected environments as zoological parks, botanical gardens, wildlife safari parks, seed banks and gene banks.
