Q.

An example of ex-situ conservation is              [2014]

1 national park  
2 seed bank  
3 wildlife sanctuary  
4 sacred grove  

Ans.

(2)

Ex-situ (off site) conservation is conservation of selected rare plants/animals in places outside their natural homes. Ex-situ conservation includes offsite collections, seed banks, gene banks, in vitro fertilization, cryopreservation techniques and tissue culture.