विषय सूची
- 1 1. What should be the proportion of forest cover for India to maintain her ecological balance?
- 2 2. Which one of the following areas is noted for mangrove vegetation ?
- 3 3. Where is the Bandipur National Park?
- 4 4. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?
- 5 5. Which is the first national park established in India?
- 6 6. The Sundarbans or the ‘Mangrove’ forests are found in
- 7 7. World’s maximum newsprint comes from–
- 8 8. Which of the following is not correctly matched with regard to Project Tiger Reserves?
- 9 9. Where in India can you normally spot the Siberian crane in winter ?
- 10 10. The famous ‘Gir’ forests are located in
- 11 11. In terms of area, which one of the following Indian States has the largest coverage of forests ?
- 12 12. Mudumalai Wild-life Sanctuary is located in the State of
- 13 13. In India, rain forests are found in
- 14 14. Silent Valley of Kerala
- 15 15. The only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found is
- 16 16. Kaziranga National Park is famous for
- 17 17. The ‘Chipko Movement’ is related to
- 18 18. The Gir Forest is noted for its
- 19 19. When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India ?
- 20 20. Namdhapa National Park is in
- 21 21. The forest in Sunderban is called
- 22 22. Which of the following is called the “ecological hot spot of India”?
- 23 23. Manas Sanctuary in Assam is known for
- 24 24. Which one of the following is the first National Park of India ?
- 25 25. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is
- 26 26. Which of the following is correctly matched? Wildlife Sancturay State
- 27 27. Lion is conserved at
- 28 28. Which one of the following regions of India is associated with pine forests?
- 29 29. In India, where is the bio–reserve to preserve the diverse sub–marine flora and fauna situated ?
- 30 30. The wild ass is found in
- 31 .
- 32 31. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is
- 33 32. There is a need to keep larger area under forests for
- 34 33. Which wild life sanctuary has the project to conserve the rhinos in India?
- 35 34. Which are the States in which the Agasthyamala biosphere is spread?
- 36 35. Where was the first Bio-reserve established in India ?
- 37 36. In which state is the Kanger Ghati National Park ?
- 38 37. In which State is the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary located ?
- 39 38. An area legally reserved for wild life in its natural surroundings is
- 40 39. Which one was the first ‘Biosphere Reserves’ Project Scheme ?
- 41 40. Shivpuri National Park of Madhya Pradesh is important for :
- 42 41. ‘Van Mahotsav’ is associated with :
- 43 42. Which one of the following is a Wild Life Sanctuary ?
- 44 43. ‘National Botanical Garden’ is located at :
- 45 44. Which is the best-known-bird sanctuary in Haryana?
- 46 45. Afforestation is the process of
- 47 46. Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for
- 48 47. Kaziranga National Park is situated in
- 49 48. The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalaya is
- 50 49. Which of the following cities in India is considered greenest ?
- 51 50. The largest tiger reserve in India is
- 52 51. The increased incidence of floods in recent times in North India is due to
- 53 52. The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world is in
- 54 53. Jim Corbett National Park is situated in
- 55 54. Kanchenzunga National Park is located at
- 56 55. Biosphere Reserve of India Nanda Devi (UNESCO) is located in the state of
- 57 56. How much of India’s total geographical area is forest land ?
- 58 57. Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of India ?
- 59 58. Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as :
- 60 59. Project Tiger was introduced in:
- 61 60. The first Bio-sphere Reserve in India has been established in :
1. What should be the proportion of forest cover for India to maintain her ecological balance?
Correct Answer:-C ( 33.3 percent )
Description:- The minimum area of forests to maintain a good ecological balance has been regarded to be 33%”. India lags on this front. The Green India campaign has been announced by the Prime Minister for the afforestation of 6 million hectares. The current area under forests is 23%.
2. Which one of the following areas is noted for mangrove vegetation ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Sajnekhali forest of South 24 Parganas. )
Description:- The Sajnekhali Bird Sanctuary is located in the Sunderbans Forests and is home to a wide variety of birds. The most popular among the birds are the Spotted Billed Pelican, Fish Eagle, Caspian Tern, Cotton Teal, Osprey Herring Gull, Purple Heron, Greenbacked Heron, Grey Heron, Egret, Grey Headed Fishing Eagle, Night Heron, Open Billed Stork, White Ibis, White Bellied Sea Eagle, Common Kingfisher, Brahmini Kite and Paradise Flycatcher.
3. Where is the Bandipur National Park?
Correct Answer:-C ( Karnataka )
Description:- Bandipur National Park, established in 1973 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. Bandipur is located in Gundlupet taluq of Chamarajanagar district. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park, Mudumalai National Park and Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve totaling 2,183 km2 making it the largest protected area in southern India.
4. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?
Correct Answer:-A ( Dehradun )
Description:- The Forest Research Institute is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India. It is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and is one of the oldest institutions of its kind. In 1991, it was declared a deemed university by the University Grants Commission. It was founded in 1878, as the British Imperial Forest School, by Dietrich Brandis. In 1906, it was re-established as the ‘Imperial Forest Research Institute’, under the British Imperial Forestry Service.
5. Which is the first national park established in India?
Correct Answer:-D ( Corbett National Park )
Description:- Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. The park—named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand the park acts as a protected area for the endangered Bengal tiger of India, the secure survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger, an Indian wildlife protection initiative.
6. The Sundarbans or the ‘Mangrove’ forests are found in
Correct Answer:-D ( Deltaic West Bengal )
Description:- Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of Bangladesh and India. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The mangrove-dominated Ganges Delta – the Sundarbans – is a complex ecosystem comprising one of the three largest single tracts of mangrove forests of the world. Situated mostly in Bangladesh, a small portion of it lies in India.
7. World’s maximum newsprint comes from–
Correct Answer:-A ( Deciduous forest )
Description:- Newspapers are made from a type of paper called newsprint. Coniferous softwoods such as spruce, pine, and cedar provide long (average 3mm), strong fibres. Newsprint needs strength enough to withstand the demands of fast printing presses, the ability to accept high quality colour printing and enough opacity to prevent the printing showing through the pages. In most temperate coniferous forests, evergreen conifers predominate, while some are a mix of conifers and broadleaf evergreen trees and/or broadleaf deciduous trees. Temperate evergreen forests are common in the coastal areas of regions that have mild winters and heavy rainfall, or inland in drier climates or mountain areas
8. Which of the following is not correctly matched with regard to Project Tiger Reserves?
Correct Answer:-C ( Pench-Garhwal )
Description:- The Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) is a 292.85 km2 Project Tiger tiger reserve located in the Seoni District and Chhindwara District of southern Madhya Pradesh in central India. The Reserve gets its name from the Pench River that flows, north to south, 74 km through the reserve. The Pench River bisects the Pench reserve into two nearly equal parts. The Reserve lies in the southern lower reaches of the Satpura Range of hills on the southern border of Madhya Pradesh.
9. Where in India can you normally spot the Siberian crane in winter ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary )
Description:- The Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India is a famous avifauna sanctuary that plays host to thousands of birds especially during the winter season. Over 230 species of birds are known to have made the National Park their home. The Sanctuary is one of the richest bird areas in the world. It is known for nesting of its resident birds and visiting migratory birds including water birds. The rare Siberian cranes used to winter in this park but this central population of Siberian Cranes is now extinct.
10. The famous ‘Gir’ forests are located in
Correct Answer:-C ( Gujarat )
Description:- Gir Forest National Park or Sasan Gir is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat. It is the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica) and is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in Asia due to its supported species. The ecosystem of Gir, with its diverse flora and fauna, is protected as a result of the efforts of the government forest department, wildlife activists and NGOs. The forest area of Gir and its lions were declared as “protected” in the early 1900s by the then Nawab of the princely state of Junagadh.
11. In terms of area, which one of the following Indian States has the largest coverage of forests ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Madhya Pradesh )
Description:- The forest cover includes all lands which have a tree canopy density of more than ten percent when projected vertically on the horizontal ground, with a minimum areal extent of one hectare. Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest area in the country. Forest area of the state constitutes 31 per cent of the total area of the state. The forest area in the state constitutes about 12.44 per cent of the total forest area of India.
12. Mudumalai Wild-life Sanctuary is located in the State of
Correct Answer:-C ( Tamil Nadu )
Description:- The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains), in Nilgiri District, about 150 km (93 mi) north-west of Coimbatore in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu, on the interstate boundaries with Karnataka and Kerala states in South India. Mudumalai, which means ‘first hills’, is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India.
13. In India, rain forests are found in
Correct Answer:-C ( N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats )
Description:- The main areas of tropical forest are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea coastline of peninsular India; and the greater Assam region in the north-east along the Eastern Himalayas. Small remnants of rain forest are found in Orissa state. Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator (Zero degrees latitude) in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude).This 3,000 mile (4800 kilometres) wide band is known as the ‘tropics’.
14. Silent Valley of Kerala
Correct Answer:-D ( contains rare species of plants and animals )
Description:- Silent Valley National Park, is located in the Nilgiri Hills, Palakkad District in Kerala. The park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of South Western Ghats montane rain forests and tropical moist evergreen forest in India. Plans for a hydroelectric project that threatened the parks high diversity of wildlife stimulated an environmentalist Social Movement in the 1970s called Save Silent Valley which resulted in cancellation of the project and creation of the park in 1980.
15. The only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found is
Correct Answer:-B ( Dachigam )
Description:- Dachigam National Park is located 22 kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Dachigam National park is located among the high mountains of the mighty western Himalayas. The main animal species that Dachigam is most famous for is the Hangul, or the Kashmir Stag which is listed as critically endangered by IUCN as population is counted 160 mature individuals in 2008 census. This deer lives in groups of two to 18 individuals in dense riverine forests, high valleys, and mountains of the Kashmir valley and northern Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. In Kashmir, it’s found in Dachigam National Park at elevations of 3,035 meters.
16. Kaziranga National Park is famous for
Correct Answer:-A ( Rhinoceros )
Description:- Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. A World Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned Rhinoceroses. Kaziranga boasts the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer.
Correct Answer:-B ( Forest conservation )
Description:- The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The Chipko movement though primarily a livelihood movement rather than a forest conservation movement went on to become a rallying point for many future environmentalists, environmental protests and movements the world over and created a precedent for non-violent protest.
18. The Gir Forest is noted for its
Correct Answer:-A ( Lion sanctuary )
Description:- The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary s the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica) and is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in Asia due to its supported species. The April 2010 census recorded the lion-count in Gir at 411, an increase of 52 compared to 2005. The lion breeding programme covering the park and surrounding area has bred about 180 lions in captivity since its inception.
19. When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India ?
Correct Answer:-A ( 1952)
Description:- India is one of the very few countries of the world where forest policy is in operation since 1894; in 1952 and 1988 revisions were made in this forest policy. The National Forest Polity of 1952 recommended that the country should aim at coverage of one-third of the total land area under forests (60%” in mountainous area and 25%” in the plains). It has suggested the extension of tree lands on river/canal banks and in such areas which are not suitable for cultivation.
20. Namdhapa National Park is in
Correct Answer:-D ( Arunachal Pradesh )
Description:- Namdhapa National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and is located in Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. It is also the largest national park in India in terms of area. It is located in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region and is recognized as one of the richest areas in biodiversity in India. The park harbours the northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude.
21. The forest in Sunderban is called
Correct Answer:-B ( Mangrove )
Description:- The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans Mangroves eco-region on the coast forms the seaward fringe of the delta and is the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, with 20,400 square kilometers. The dominant mangrove species Heritiera fomes is locally known as sundri or sundari. Mangrove forests are not home to a great variety of plants.
22. Which of the following is called the “ecological hot spot of India”?
Correct Answer:-A ( Western Ghats )
Description:- A biodiversity hotspot is a region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans. More like rolling hills than snow-covered mountains, the Western Ghats – stretching some 1,600 km from the north of Mumbai to the southern tip of India – are a biodiversity hotspot that contains a large proportion of the country’s plant and animal species; many of which are only found here and nowhere else in the world. In the northern part of the range, about one-third of the plants, almost half the reptiles, and more than three-fourths of the amphibians known in India are found in this narrow strip of rainforest just off the west coast. The forests in the southwestern Ghats are even richer, hosting the country’s largest population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) as well as Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus), sloth bears (Ursus ursinus), nilgiri tahrs (Hemitragus hylocrius) and much more.
23. Manas Sanctuary in Assam is known for
Correct Answer:-A ( elephants )
Description:- Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India. ocated in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog. Manas is famous for its population of the Wild water buffalo.
24. Which one of the following is the first National Park of India ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Corbett National Park )
Description:- Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. The park—named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park.
25. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is
Correct Answer:-C ( Eucalyptus )
Description:- Nilgiri mountains are a range of mountains with at least 24 peaks above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu state at the junction of Karnataka and Kerala states in Southern India. They are part of the larger Western Ghats mountain chain making up the southwestern edge of the Deccan Plateau. Eucalyptus is common. Much of the Nilgiris natural Montane grasslands and shrublands interspersed with sholas has been much disturbed or destroyed by extensive tea plantations, easy motor vehicle access and extensive commercial planting and harvesting of non-native eucalyptus and wattle plantations.
26. Which of the following is correctly matched? Wildlife Sancturay State
Correct Answer:-C ( Ranthambhore — Rajasthan )
Description:- Bandipur: Karnataka; Manas: Assam; Ranthambhore: Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan; and Simlipal: in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.
27. Lion is conserved at
Correct Answer:-B ( Gir Sanctuary )
Description:- The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, is the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions and is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in Asia due to its supported species. Established in 1965, the park is located to the south-east of Junagadh and to south west of Amreli.
28. Which one of the following regions of India is associated with pine forests?
Correct Answer:-D ( Uttarakhand )
Description:- The Himalayan subtropical pine forests are a large subtropical coniferous forest eco-region covering portions of Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. This huge pine forest stretches for 3000 km across the lower elevations of the great Himalaya range for almost its entire length including parts of Pakistan’s Punjab Province in the west through Azad Kashmir, the northern Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan.
29. In India, where is the bio–reserve to preserve the diverse sub–marine flora and fauna situated ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Andaman and Nicobar Islands )
Description:- The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve encompasses a large part of the island of Great Nicobar, the largest of the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It incorporates two National parks of India, which were gazetted in 1992: the larger Campbell Bay National Park on the northern part of the island, and Galathea National Park in the southern interior. The reserve is home to many species of plants and animals, often endemic to the Andaman and Nicobars bio-geographic region.
30. The wild ass is found in
Correct Answer:-A ( Kachchh )
Description:- Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India. It is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India. It was established in 1972 and came under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1973.
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31. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is
Correct Answer:-B ( Nilgiris )
Description:- Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats. Other early biosphere reserves of India: Nokrek and Nandadevi in 1988; and Great Nicobar, Manas, Sunderbans and Gulf of Mannar in 1989.
32. There is a need to keep larger area under forests for
Correct Answer:-D ( ecological balance )
Description:- Ecological balance has been defined by various online dictionaries as “a state of dynamic equilibrium within a community of organisms in which genetic, species and ecosystem diversity remain relatively stable, subject to gradual changes through natural succession.” Afforestation is the transformation of wasteland into the forest or the woodland. It restores ecological balance of all ecosystems and maintains biological diversity.
33. Which wild life sanctuary has the project to conserve the rhinos in India?
Correct Answer:-C ( Kaziranga )
Description:- Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. A World Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned Rhinoceroses.
34. Which are the States in which the Agasthyamala biosphere is spread?
Correct Answer:-D ( Kerala – Tamil Nadu )
Description:- The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR) was established in 2001 and includes 3,500.36 square km of which 1828 km² is in Kerala and 1672.36 km² is in Tamil Nadu. It straddles the border of Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts in Kerala and Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari Districts in Tamil Nadu, South India at the southern end of the Western Ghats.
35. Where was the first Bio-reserve established in India ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Nilgiris )
Description:- Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats.
36. In which state is the Kanger Ghati National Park ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Chhatisgarh )
Description:- The Kanger Ghati National Park, near Jagdalpur, in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh is one of the most beautiful and densest National Park, well known for its Biodiversity with picturesque landscape, magnificent waterfalls, and very famous subterranean geomorphologic limestone caves.
37. In which State is the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary located ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Haryana )
Description:- Sultanpur National Park is located at Sultanpur, Haryana in Gurgaon District, Haryana. As a bird sanctuary it was the finding of Peter Jackson, famous ornothologist, and Honorary Secretary of the Delhi Birdwatching Society, who wrote to Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, founder of the Society, in 1970 about the need to declare the Sultanpur jheel near Delhi, a bird sanctuary, and she asked him to take her there.
38. An area legally reserved for wild life in its natural surroundings is
Correct Answer:-B ( Sanctuary )
Description:- A wildlife sanctuary is an protected area that is reserved for the conservation only of wildlife, animals and plant species. Human activities like harvesting of timber, collection of minor forest products are allowed.
39. Which one was the first ‘Biosphere Reserves’ Project Scheme ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve )
Description:- Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats.
40. Shivpuri National Park of Madhya Pradesh is important for :
Correct Answer:-D ( Leopard and Chital )
Description:- The predominant wild animal species that inhabits the Park is the deer, of which the most easily sighted are the graceful little chinkara or Indian gazelle, and the chital. Other species that have their habitat in the park are nilgai, sambar, chausingha or four-horned antelope, blackbuck, sloth bear, leopard and the common langur..
41. ‘Van Mahotsav’ is associated with :
Correct Answer:-D ( Protection of plants )
Description:- Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated in the first week of July. This movement was initiated in the year 1950 by India’s then Union Minister for Agriculture, Kulapati Dr.K M Munshi.
42. Which one of the following is a Wild Life Sanctuary ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Corbett )
Description:- Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. It is situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The park acts as a protected area for the endangered Bengal tiger of India.
43. ‘National Botanical Garden’ is located at :
Correct Answer:-B ( Kolkata )
Description:- The Botanical Garden of India is located at Shibpur in Kolkata in West Bengal. The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden or Calcutta Botanical Garden (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden) is the largest and oldest reserve of greeneries of its kind in South East Asia. The Garden is situated on the West bank of River Hooghly.
44. Which is the best-known-bird sanctuary in Haryana?
Correct Answer:-A ( Sultanpur )
Description:- Sultanpur National Park is a famous bird sanctuary in Haryana. Every year over a hundred migratory bird species visit here to feed. The park is a popular picnic spot for residents of New Delhi and the NCR (National Capital Region), especially during the winter migration months.
45. Afforestation is the process of
Correct Answer:-B ( planting more trees )
Description:- Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest. Many governments and non-governmental organizations directly engage in programs of afforestation to create forests, increase carbon capture and sequestration, and help to anthropogenically improve biodiversity.
46. Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for
Correct Answer:-A ( Tigers )
Description:- The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills, in Nilgiri District, about 150 km north-west of Coimbatore city in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu, on the interstate boundaries with Karnataka and Kerala states in South India. The sanctuary is a haven for Bengal Tigers and Indian Leopards and other threatened species.
47. Kaziranga National Park is situated in
Correct Answer:-C ( Assam )
Description:- Kaziranga National Park is situated in Assam. It was declared World Heritage Site in 1985.
48. The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalaya is
Correct Answer:-A ( alpine grassland )
Description:- The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalayas is Alpine grassland. Important trees are silver fur, Pine birch etc.
49. Which of the following cities in India is considered greenest ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Chandigarh )
Description:- Chandigarh is considered the greenest city of India.
50. The largest tiger reserve in India is
Correct Answer:-C ( Nagarjun )
Description:- The largest tiger reserve in India is Nagarjun.
51. The increased incidence of floods in recent times in North India is due to
Correct Answer:-C ( increased deforestation in the catchment area. )
Description:- The frequency and severity of flooding in the Gangetic plain has steadily increased in recent years. Deforestation of the Terai appears to be one of the major causes.
52. The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world is in
Correct Answer:-A ( Manipur )
Description:- The Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park in the Bishnupur district of Manipur. It is an integral part of Loktak Lake.
53. Jim Corbett National Park is situated in
Correct Answer:-A ( Uttarakhand )
Description:- Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment.
54. Kanchenzunga National Park is located at
Correct Answer:-C ( Sikkim )
Description:- Kanchenjunga National Park is located in Sikkim. The park gets its name from the mountain Kanchenjunga which is 8,586 metres tall, the third-highest peak in the world. The park is known for animals like musk deer, snow leopard and Himalayan Tahr.
55. Biosphere Reserve of India Nanda Devi (UNESCO) is located in the state of
Correct Answer:-A ( Uttarakhand )
Description:- The Nanda Devi National Park (Biosphere Reserve) is situated around the peak of Nanda Devi, in Uttarakhand. It was established in 1982. Along with the adjoining Valley of Flowers National Park, it was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.
56. How much of India’s total geographical area is forest land ?
Correct Answer:-B ( 0.23)
Description:- Forest area (% of land area) in India was last measured at 23.07% in 2011, according to the World Bank. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.
57. Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of India ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Gulf of Mannar )
Description:- The Gulf of Mannar located in Tamil Nadu is one of South Asia’s largest biosphere reserves. It extends from Rameswaram Island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. It is spread over an area of 10,500 km2. The area of other biosphere reserves (in km2) is as follows: Sundarbans: 9630; Nilgiri: 5520; Nandadevi: 5860.
58. Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as :
Correct Answer:-B ( step–wise migration )
Description:- Step wise migration refers to a type of migration which occurs in a series of movements, for example, moving to a town larger than the home town, but not directly to one of the city regions. It is an important subcomponent of the urbanward drift of people.
59. Project Tiger was introduced in:
Correct Answer:-B ( 1973)
Description:- Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s tenure. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and also to protect them from extinction, and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystems across the tiger’s distribution in the country.
60. The first Bio-sphere Reserve in India has been established in :
Correct Answer:-B ( Nilgiri )
Description:- Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, established in 1986, is India’s first and foremost biosphere reserve. It is situated in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills ranges of South India. The reserve encompasses 5,520 km² in the states of Tamil Nadu (2537.6 km²), Karnataka (1527.4 km²) and Kerala (1455.4 km²). It forms an almost complete ring around the Nilgiri Plateau.
