LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

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FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

ZO 1808 – ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND BIOSYSTEMATICS

 

 

Date & Time : 28-10-2006/1.00-4.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

PART A

(Answer all)                                                                                                10 x 2 = 20

1. Why taxonomy is essential?
2. Name any four endangered animals of India
3. Define species
4. Differentiate monotypic and polytypic species
5. Name the biodiversity hotspots of India
6. List down the names of any four marine turtles of India
7. Differentiate sympatric and allopatric species
8. Differentiate euphotic and dysphotic zones
9. What is your role in the conservation of national biodiversity?
10. Comment on Agenda 21

PART B

(Answer any four)                                                                                                 4 x 10 = 40

1. Explain the layers of rain forests and add a note on its importance
2. Write an essay on Biodiversity Assessment
3. Discuss the aims and problems of taxonomists
4. Write notes on any five sanctuaries of India
5. Write an essay on types of corals and their threats
6. Give an account on vertical stratification of sea

PART C

(Answer any two)                                                                                      2 x 20 = 40

1. Discuss the recent trends in taxonomy
2. Form an essay on species and genetic diversity of India
3. Write an essay on animals of lotic and lentic ecosystems of India
4. Write notes on
   1. Seaweed ecosystem
   2. Sea weeds of India
   3. Economic Importance of Seaweeds

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

ZO 1808 – ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND BIOSYSTEMATICS

 

 

 

Date : 30-04-08                  Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

Part A                                     (Answer all questions)                                   10 X 2 = 20

 

1. Differentiate Biosphere Reserves from Sanctuaries
2. What are the aims of a taxonomist?
3. Differentiate taxonomy from systematics
4. Name the Biodiversity Hotspots of India
5. Explain the stages in Taxonomy
6. Comment on Project Tiger
7. Explain Uni, Bi and Trinomial nomenclature
8. Differentiate Contemporaneous species from Form species
9. Write a note on Wildlife Protection Act 1972
10. Write a note on sea cow

Part B                                     (Answer any four)                                         4 X 10 = 40

 

1. Write an account on coral diversity and their threats
2. Form an essay on deserts of India and desert adaptation
3. Discuss the uses of taxonomy in applied sciences
4. Explain the importance of taxonomy and problems faced by a taxonomist
5. Explain the strategies for biodiversity conservation
6. Write an essay on species concept

Part C                                     (Answer any two)                                          2 X 20 = 40

 

1. Explain the concept of biodiversity and its uses
2. Agenda 21 is for sustainability – Justify
3. Explain the newer trends in taxonomy
4. Write a detailed account on any four Reserve Forests of India

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    ZO 1808 – ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND BIOSYSTEMATICS

 

 

 

Date : 06-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Part – A

Answer ALL the questions                                                                                 (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

1. Expand UNEP, FAO, MAB and IUCN
2. Differentiate Endangered (EN) from Near Threatened (NT).
3. Write a note on ‘Environmental Risk Assessment’.
4. Mention the lotic and lentic adaptive features of animals.
5. Write a note on ‘estuarine fauna’.
6. What is ‘Form Species?’
7. Comment on ‘Starting point of Nomenclature’.
8. Distinguish ‘Insular species’ from ‘Cosmopolitan species’.
9. Mention the contributions of Ernest Haeckel and Aristotle to taxonomy.
10. Define ‘Uni’ “Bi’ and ‘Tri’ nomenclatures with examples.

 

Part – B

Answer any FOUR questions                                                                             (4 x 10 = 40 Marks)

1. Write an account on the economic importance of sea weeds.
2. Enumerate the biodiversity values of wetland and its threats.
3. Explain the aims, tasks and problems of taxonomists.
4. Write notes on taxonomic keys.
5. Briefly explain different methods of biodiversity conservation.
6. Enumerate  the natural and anthropogenic threats to marine mammals.

 

Part –  C

Answer any TWO questions                                                                               (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

1. Write a comprehensive account on species and genetic diversity of India.
2. Illustrate and explain the zonation of oceans and discuss the benthic and pelagic adaptations of animals.
3. Form an essay on the newer trends in taxonomy.
4. Write an account on Biosphere Reserves in India.

 

 

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