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निचोड़
-The Living World-

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Pranav Pundarik
1. Which two points are known as the twin characters of growth?
A. Increase in mass
B. Differentiation
C. Increase in number of individuals
D. Response to stimuli
Options :
(a) A and B
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) A and C

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D

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2. Cell division occurs _____ in plants and ____ in animals
(a) Continuously, only upto certain age
(b) Only upto certain age, continuously
(c) Continuously, never
(d) Once, twice

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A

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3. Generally growth and reproduction are
(a) Mutually inclusive events
(b) Mutually exclusive events
(c) Either a or b
(d) None

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B

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4. Which of the organisms multiply by fragmentation?
(a) Earthworm, amoeba, fungi
(b) Earthworm, fungi, bacteria
(c) Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema of mosses
(d) Amoeba, hydra, bacteria

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C

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5. Which of the following organisms do not reproduce?
(a) Mules
(b) Sterile worker bees
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None

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C

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6. Metabolic reactions take place
(a) In isolated cell-free systems
(b) In living systems
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Either (a) or (b)

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C

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7. Organisms that can respond to stimuli are
(a) Eukaryotes only
(b) Prokaryotes only
(c) Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes
(d) Those with a well-developed nervous system

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C

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8. As we go down from kingdom to species, the number of common
characteristic goes on
(a) Decreasing
(b) Increasing
(c) Remain same
(d) Can’t say

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B

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9. Growth, development and functioning of living body is due to
(a) Order
(b) Homoeostasis
(c) Metabolism
(d) Adaptations

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C

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10. Which type of organization is found in only living beings?
(a) Atomic
(b) Molecular
(c) Mixture
(d) Subcellular

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D

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11. Biological organization begins at
(a) Cellular level
(b) Atomic level
(c) Organismic level
(d) Submicroscopic molecular level

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D

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12. Taxonomy helps agriculturists because it aids in
(a) Evolution and new species
(b) Plant protection
(c) Complete study of plant behaviors
(d) All of the above

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C

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13. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called
(a) Monomial
(b) Vernacular
(c) Binomial
(d) Polynomial

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C

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14. Which one is species?
(a) Carnivora
(b) Canis
(c) Familiaris
(d) Canis familiaris

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D

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15. Binomial nomenclature seems to be different because a scientific name is
derived from
(a) English
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Latin
(d) French

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C

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16. Two plants are taxonomically related if
(a) They store carbohydrates in the same type of molecule
(b) Both obtain energy from hydrolysis of ATP into ADP and inorganic
phosphate
(c) Both have similarly lobed palmate leave
(d) Both have pinnately veined leaves

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A

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17. A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is
(a) Species
(b) Genus
(c) Order
(d) Taxon

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D

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18. Binomial nomenclature means
(a) One name given by two scientists
(b) One specific name consists of generic and specific epithet
(c) Two name, one latinized and other of a person
(d) Two names, one scientific, other local

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B

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19. Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/classification is
(a) Species
(b) Kingdom
(c) Family
(d) Variety

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A

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20. Father of taxonomy is
(a) De Candolle
(b) Hooker
(c) Linnaeus
(d) Aristotle

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C

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21. A scientist connected with the study of variations, evolution and origin
along with classification is known as
(a) Classical taxonomist
(b) Herbal taxonomist
(c) Modern taxonomist
(d) New taxonomist

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A

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22. Linnaeus system of classification was based on
(a) Morphology
(b) Ecology
(c) Embryology
(d) Cytology

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A

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23. First act in taxonomy is
(a) Description
(b) Identification
(c) Naming
(d) Classification

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B

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24. Taxonomy based on determination of genetic relationship is
(a) Cytotaxonomy
(b) Numerical taxonomy
(c) Biochemical taxonomy
(d) Experimental taxonomy

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D

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25. A group of interbreeding organisms is
(a) Genus
(b) Family
(c) Order
(d) Species

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D

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26. A taxon is
(a) A group of related families
(b) A group of related species
(c) A type of living organisms
(d) A taxonomic group of any ranking

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D

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27. Branch connected with nomenclature, identification and classification is
(a) Ecology
(b) Taxonomy
(c) Morphology
(d) Physiology

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B

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28. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is
(a) Species
(b) Subgenus
(c) Subspecies
(d) Ecotype

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C

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29. In nomenclature
(a) Both genus and species are printed in italics
(b) Genus and species may be of same font
(c) Both, in genus and species the first letter is capital
(d) Genus is written after the species

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A

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30. In fish, Catla catla the specific name is identical with generic name, thus it
is an example of
(a) Antonym
(b) Tautonym
(c) Synonym
(d) Homonym

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B

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31. Which of the following is not a correct statement?
(a) Herbarium house dried, pressed and preserved plant Specimens
(b) Botanical gardens have collection of photographs of animals
(c) A museum has a collection of photographs of plants
(d) Key is a taxonomical aid for identification of specimens

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B

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32. Mayr’s biological concept of species is mainly based on
(a) Morphological traits
(b) Reproductive isolation
(c) Modes of reproduction
(d) Morphology and reproduction

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B

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33. Which of the following statements best describes emergent properties?
(a) The properties of individual molecules which perform a specific chemical
function
(b) The function of group of molecules is more than the abilities of a single
molecule in the group
(c) The magical interaction of molecule in water
(d) All of these statements are examples of emergent properties

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D

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34. A taxonomic key used to identify organisms is labelled
(a) Phylogenetic key
(b) Evergreen key
(c) Dichotomous key
(d) None of the above

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C

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35. Which of the following has least similar characters?
(a) Family
(b) Class
(c) Genus
(d) Species

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B

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36. On which of the following, five kingdoms classification is based?
(a) Cell wall
(b) Genetic material
(c) Types of organelles
(d) Mode of nutrition

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D

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37. Number of criteria use in classifying organisms in five-kingdom classification is
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

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A

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38. Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus?
(a) Species
(b) Family
(c) Class
(d) Division

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A

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39. What is correct?
(a) apis indica
(b) Trypanosoma gambiense
(c) Ficus Bengalensis
(d) magnifera indica

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B

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40. Descending arrangement of categories is called
(a) Classification
(b) Taxonomy
(c) Hierarchy
(d) Key

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C

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41. Which one is odd/ not a category?
(a) Species
(b) Class
(c) Phylum
(d) Glumaceae/Malvaceae

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D

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42. In hierarchial classification, class is interpolated between
(a) Family and genus
(b) Phylum and order
(c) Order and Family
(d) Kingdom and phylum

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B

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43. The disadvantage of using common names for species is that
(a) The names may change
(b) One name does not apply universally
(c) One species may have several common names and one common name
may be applied to two species
(d) All of the above

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D

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44. Place of keeping and studying dry plants is
(a) Arboretum
(b) Museum
(c) Vasculum
(d) Herbarium

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D

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45. An important function of botanical garden is
(a) Providing beautiful area for recreation
(b) One can observe tropical plants over there
(c) They allow ex-situ coservation of germ plasm
(d) They provide natural habitat of wildlife

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C

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46. In Oryza sativa, sativa stands for
(a) Name of species
(b) Specific nomeclatu re
(c) Specific epithet
(d) Species

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C

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47. An organism is in the same class but not in the same family. It may belong
to same
(a) Genus
(b) Species
(c) Variety
(d) Order

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D

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48. Largest herbarium in India is in
(a) National botanical garden, Lucknow
(b) Lloyd botanical garden, Darjeeling
(c) Forest research institute, Dehradun
(d) Indian botanical garden, Sibpur

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D

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49. The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in
(a) India
(b) England
(c) Germany
(d) France

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B

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50. Related genera belong to same
(a) Variety
(b) Family
(c) Species
(d) None of these

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B

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51. Which of the following is not applicable to biological species concept?
(a) Hybridization
(b) Reproductive isolation
(c) Natural selection
(d) Gene pool

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A

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52. Which taxonomic aid gives comprehensive account of complete compiled
information of a genus or a family?
(a) Taxonomic key
(b) Herbanium
(c) Monograph
(d) Flora

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C

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53. ICBN stands for
(a) International code for botanical naming
(b) International code of botanical nomenclature
(c) Internal class of biological nomenclature
(d) International classification of biological nomenclature

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B

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54. Who did write ‘species plantarum’ and provide basis for classification of plants?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) Robert Hooke
(d) Leeuwenhoek

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A

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55. Classification system may have many uses. Which of the following is not a
goal of biological classification?
(a) To depict convergent evolution
(b) To help us forget organisms and their traits
(c) To help us remember organisms and their traits
(d) To clearly identify organisms being studied

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B

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56. Hierarchial taxonomic systems are used by biologists because
(a) Taxonomic groups reflect shared characters, not evolutionary relationships
(b) Each higher taxonomic group contain all the group below it
(c) Taxonomic groups reflect common habitats
(d) A hierarchy of traits is used to establish classifications

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B

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57. The contrasting characteristics generally in pair used for identification of
animals in taxonomic key are referred to
(a) Alternate
(b) Lead
(c) Couplet
(d) Doublet

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C

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58. Which of the following processes do not operate within the life span of
given organism?
(a) Birth and nutrition
(b) Growth and maturation
(c) Metabolism and excretion
(d) Decomposition and mineralization

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D

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59. The life can be attempted to be referred as a peculiar series of function
associated with
(a) Transformation and utilization of energy
(b) Transmission and utilization of genetic information
(c) Metabolism and response to the environmental variations
(d) All of these

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D

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60. The living organisms of all hierarchial levels share in common, which one of
the following features?
(a) Nature of protoplasmic constituent
(b) Method of cell division
(c) Degree of body organization
(d) Mode of nutrition

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A

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61. Which of the following multiply by process of fragmentation?
(a) Planaria
(b) Filamentous algae
(c) Fungi
(d) All of these

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D

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62. The birds taxonomically represent
(a) Family
(b) Order
(c) Class
(d) Phylum

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C

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63. The Indian botanical garden is located in
(a) Howrah
(b) Lucknow
(c) Mumbai
(d) Mysore

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A

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64. Following taxonomic aid provides information for the identification of
names of species found in an area
(a) Monograph
(b) Manual
(c) Memoir
(d) Periodical

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B

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65. The binomial nomenclature was given by
(a) Lamarack
(b) Ernst Mayr
(c) Carolus Linnaeus
(d) Cuvier

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C

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66. Exclusive character of human being, which separate human from other
organism is?
(a) Consciousness
(b) Self-regulation
(c) Self-consciousness
(d) Both (b) and (c)

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D

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67. Which one has the real existence?
(a) Phylum
(b) Class
(c) Genus
(d) Species

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D

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68. Sensitivity is the
(a) Ability to grow
(b) Ability to reproduce
(c) Ability to detect changes in environment
(d) Ability to respond to sunlight

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69. Extrinsic and intrinsic growth are found respectively in
(a) Mountain, boulders
(b) Humans, mango tree
(c) House fly, mountains
(d) Sand mounds, moss

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D

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70. Scientific name of brinjal is given by
(a) ICZN
(b) ICNB
(c) ICBN
(d) ICNCP

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C

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71. Botanical gardens and zoological park have a collection of
(a) Endemic living species only
(b) Exotic living species only
(c) Endemic and exotic living species
(d) Only local plants and animals

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C

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