Match List-I with List-II.

	List-I		List-II
a)	Sacred groves	i)	Alien species
b)	Zoological park	ii)	Release of large quantity of oxygen
c)	Nile perch	iii)	Ex situ conservation
d)	Amazon forest	iv)	Khasi Hills in Meghalaya

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
1)	iv	iii	i	ii
2)	ii	iv	i	iii
3)	iv	i	ii	iii
4)	iv	iii	ii	i

A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
A. Sacred groves of Khasi and Jaintia Hills hold religious and cultural significance for the indigenous communities, serving for the protection of various plant and animal species.
B. Zoological parks serve for ex situ conservation of threatened animal species.
C. The Nile perch (Lates niloticus), an exotic fi sh, was introduced into Lake Victoria, East Africa, in the 1950s to boost fisheries in the lake. This led to extinction of more than 200 species of cichlid fi sh due to predation and competition from the Nile perch.
D. Through photosynthesis, Amazon Forest is estimated to produce, 20 percent of the total oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere.