Question

Which one of the following is an example of ex-situ conservation?
A) Wildlife sanctuary
B) Seed Bank
C) Sacred groups
D) National Park

Answer 1

Hint : Ex-situ conservation is that conservation in which the specific weather of plants and animals are taken away from their Natural Habitat in order to protect and conserve them.

Complete answer :
As the word itself suggests the word ex means off and the word situ means a site that means off-site.
When we take away the natural species of the plants and animals from their natural habitat to a place away from the natural habitat in order to protect and conserve them for the future, this process is known as Ex-situ conservation.

Now just look at the above 4 options given,

The first option is the wildlife century.Wildlife Sanctuary is a place reserved for the wild species of the plants and animals and their own natural habitat. They live in their own area and remain conserved.
Now, look at the third option, sacred groves.Sacred groves are plants which are worshipped by the local communities as they consider them as sacred. Due to their worshipping, this doesn't let anyone harm those species and that species remains conserved for a longer duration safely.
Now, the fourth option is the National Park. National Park is also the natural habitat of the species being conserved.
In all the three options, somewhere their Natural Habitat is involved and this is known as in-situ conservation. Here, the word in means inside and situ means site or habitat.
Now take a look at option B which is seed Bank, seed Bank is off site conservation in a place where the seeds are collected from different plants and preserved in order to preserve the species of that plant.
This type of conservation is not being held in any natural habitat of the species, and hence it is an example of ex situ conservation.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Note : Only one of the above 4 options matches the correct answer and that is seed Bank.Seed Bank is an artificially prepared place for the conservative purpose of the seeds of various species of plants and thereby conserving them.