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Question 21. Statement I: The hills with dense vegetation cover do not experience heavy soil erosion.
Statement II: The vegetation cover helps infiltration of rainwater and binding of soils.
  1.    Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  2.    Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  3.    Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  4.    Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Answer: (d)
Statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
Question 22. Arrange the following tropical forest groups in the correct order of sequence based on area covered in India beginning from the largest covered area:
  1. Moist deciduous
  2. Dry deciduous
  3. Wet evergreen
  4. Semi-evergreen
Select the correct answer using the code given below : Code :
  1.    1-3-2-4
  2.    4-3-2-1
  3.    3-4-2-1
  4.    1-2-3-4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1-2-3-4
Answer: (d)Moist Deciduous ?Dry deciduous ?Wet evergreen ?Semi – evergreen.
Question 23. Kanha National Park is located in :
  1.    Andhra Pradesh
  2.    Tmil Nadu
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Bihar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (c)Kanha National Park is the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh. Also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, it is one of the tiger reserves of India. It was created on 1 June 1955. Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel "Jungle Book."
Question 24. Teak forest is found in which of the following states of India?
  1.    Jharkhand
  2.    Karnataka
  3.    Uttar Pradesh
  4.    Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (d)
Question 25. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched between National Park & State?
  1.    Ranthambore National park — Gujarat
  2.    Bandipur National Park — Karnataka
  3.    Sultanpur National park — Haryana
  4.    Kanha National Park — Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Ranthambore National park — Gujarat
Answer: (a)
Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern India. It is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers, leopards and marsh crocodiles.
Question 26. The Himalayan range is very rich in species diversity. Which one among the following is most appropriate reason for this phenomenon?
  1.    Exotic and invasive species have not been introduced in this region.
  2.    It has less human interference.
  3.    It is a confluence of different bio-geographical zones.
  4.    It has high rainfall that supports luxuriant vegetative growth
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> It is a confluence of different bio-geographical zones.
Answer: (c)It is a confluence of different bio – geographical zone.
Question 27. The valley of flowers is located in
  1.    Kashmir Himalaya
  2.    Nepal Himalaya
  3.    Garhwal Himalaya
  4.    Himachal Himalaya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Garhwal Himalaya
Answer: (c)The valley of flowers is located in Garhwal Himalaya.
Question 28. In India, the Temperate Forest Research Centre is in which city?
  1.    Dehradun
  2.    Srinagar
  3.    Ranchi
  4.    Shimla
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Shimla
Answer: (d)
The Temperate Forest Research Centre is located at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It is aimed at the regeneration of the temperate forest, afforestation of cold deserts and forest conservation and ecological rehabilitation in the Himalayan region.
It presently caters to the applied research needs of Himachal Pradesh as well as Jammu and Kashmir.
Question 29. Silent Valley of Kerala
  1.    is a good picnic spot
  2.    contains rare species of plants and animals
  3.    contains costly timber trees
  4.    is the only evergreen forest in India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> contains rare species of plants and animals
Answer: (b)
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 the cancellation of the project and the creation of the park in 1980.
Question 30. In India, where is the bio–reserve to preserve the diverse sub–marine flora and fauna situated ?
  1.    Daman and Diu
  2.    Dadra, Nagar Haveli
  3.    Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  4.    Lakshadweep
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: (c)
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.

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