Question

Botanical gardens and zoological parks have.
A) Collection of endemic living species only
B) Collection of exotic living species only
C) Collection of endemic and exotic living species
D) Collection of only local plants and animals

Answer 1

Hint: The origin of modern botanical gardens is generally traced back to the appointment of professors of botany to the medical faculties of the universities of the Renaissance Italy of the 16th century, which also involved the healing of the medicinal garden.

Complete answer:
A botanical garden or a botanical garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation, conservation and display of a wide range of plants labeled with their botanical names. It may contain specialized plant collections, such as cacti and other succulent plants, herb gardens, plants from particular parts of the world, and so on; There may be greenhouses, shadehouses, with special collections such as tropical plants, alpine plants or other exotic plants. Visitor services in the botanical garden may include tours, educational displays, art exhibitions, book rooms, open-air theatrical and musical performances and other entertainment.

Zoological Park is a place where different living animals are kept in enclosures, are shown to the public and can be used for study purposes.For example, the Alipore Zoo Gardens, Kolkata.Modern zoos try not only to be for people's entertainment, but also for education, research and the conservation and protection of animals. Many zoos are centers where rare animals are conserved when they are in danger of dying out. These modern zoos also want to give the animals a natural life, so that they are healthy and normal. This is done for the animals, but it is also possible for people to see the animals as if they were in nature, and not in a zoo.

So, Botanical gardens and zoological parks are special places where living plants are cultivated and live animals are kept (where they can reproduce) respectively. Both endemic (local) and exotic (foreign) species are kept in these locations. They can be used in scientific studies. The Botanical Garden in Kew, England, and the National Zoological Park, Delhi, are some of the most famous examples.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘C’ i.e, Collection of endemic and exotic living species.

Note: The London Zoo, which opened in 1828, was initially known as the "Gardens and Menagerie of the London Zoological Society" and described itself as a menagerie or "zoological forest." The "zoo" abbreviation first appeared in print in the United Kingdom around 1847, when it was used for the Clifton Zoo, but it wasn't until some 20 years later that the shortened form became popular in the Clifton Zoo.