Conservation

Conservation of natural vegetation means protecting plants and their habitats. Exam tip: connect conservation with protection.

Wildlife plays an important role in natural balance. Exam tip: link animals with ecology.

Large scale cutting of trees is called deforestation. Exam tip: understand it as the opposite of conservation.

Poaching means illegally capturing or killing wild animals. It reduces wildlife populations, harms biodiversity and can push species towards extinction. Therefore, it is a harmful and illegal activity. Conservation activity is the opposite because it protects wildlife. Exam tip: remember poaching as a major threat to wildlife conservation.

Afforestation is the process of planting trees to create or increase forest cover in an area that had little or no forest. Reforestation is the closest distractor because it means restoring trees in a previously forested area that was cleared or damaged. Exam tip: new forest area—afforestation; restoring a lost forest—reforestation.

Planting trees again in a cleared forest area is reforestation. Exam tip: connect re with again.

National parks are protected areas where nature is protected. Exam tip: remember them as conservation sites.

A sanctuary protects wild animals and their habitats. Exam tip: focus on the word habitat.

Biodiversity helps keep the environment balanced. Exam tip: link diversity with stability.

Project Tiger was started to protect tigers. Exam tip: link tiger conservation with this project.

Van Mahotsav is linked with tree plantation and forest conservation. Exam tip: treat it as an awareness campaign.

A national park is a protected area. Exam tip: remember national parks and sanctuaries as examples.

Local people know the nature of their area well. Exam tip: consider community a strength of conservation.

Stopping deforestation protects trees, food sources, shelter and breeding grounds, so wildlife habitat remains secure. Dumping waste and forest fires pollute or destroy habitats, while poaching directly reduces animal populations. Exam tip: conserving forests is a key measure for habitat protection.

An endangered species is a plant or animal whose survival is threatened and which may disappear completely from Earth. Its population may have become very small because of habitat loss, hunting, pollution, climate changes, disease, or other pressures. The important idea is the danger of extinction, not whether the species is domestic or common. Therefore, option C gives the correct meaning. Option A has the opposite meaning, because a species with a very high number is not usually endangered merely because it is numerous. A non-living thing cannot be a species of wildlife.

To solve this question, focus on the phrase “at risk of extinction.” Extinction means that no living members of the species remain. Endangered species are not necessarily extinct yet; they still exist, but their future is unsafe. Conservation aims to protect their habitat, reduce harmful human activities, and help their population recover. Thus option C is precise and complete.

In the Chipko Movement people tried to save trees. Exam tip: treat it as an example of public participation.

Forest fire can destroy plants animals and habitats. Exam tip: remember fire as a challenge to forest conservation.

A biosphere reserve focuses on conservation and balanced use. Exam tip: remember it as a large conservation area.

Illegally cutting trees reduces forest cover, destroys wildlife habitats, and can increase soil erosion. Therefore, it does not help in forest conservation. Using less paper can reduce the demand for trees, while planting trees and preventing forest fires support conservation. Exam tip: an activity that harms trees or wildlife is not a conservation measure.

Stopping illegal trade protects rare animals. Exam tip: connect trade control with conservation.