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Biology Biodiversity and Conservation Matching Type Questions Single Correct MCQ
Published on: August 13, 2026

Match the following and choose the correct option given below.

Column I

Column II

(A).

Narrowly utilitarian

argument

(I).

Conserving

biodiversity for major

ecosystem services

(B).

Bioprospecting

(II).

Conserving

biodiversity for

philosophical or

spiritual need to

realize that every

species has intrinsic

value and moral duty

to pass our biological

legacy in good order

to future generation.

(C).

Ethical argument

(III).

Conserving

biodiversity for direct

economic benefits like

food, medicine,

industrial products

etc.

(D).

Western ghats

(IV).

Exploring

molecular, genetic

species level diversity

for products of

economic importance

(E).

Broadly utilitarian

argument

(V).

Species diversity

greater than eastern

ghats

A
A-V, B-II, C-III, D-I, E-IV
B
A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-V, E-I
C
A-II, B-I, C-III, D-V, E-IV
D
A-V, B-III, C-II, D-I, E-IV

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The correct answer is:
B

A. Narrowly utilitarian argument → III

Direct economic benefits (food, medicine, industrial products).

B. Bioprospecting → IV

Exploring genetic/species diversity for economic products.

C. Ethical argument → II

Moral duty + intrinsic value of all species.

D. Western Ghats → V

Western Ghats has higher species diversity than Eastern Ghats.

E. Broadly utilitarian argument → I

Ecosystem services (oxygen, pollination, climate regulation).

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