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Question 111. Kaziranga National Park is famous for
  1.    Lion
  2.    Crocodile
  3.    Tiger
  4.    Rhinoceros
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Rhinoceros
Answer: (d)
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.
Question 112. The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalaya is
  1.    coniferous forests
  2.    subtropical pine forests
  3.    alpine forests
  4.    alpine grassland
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> alpine grassland
Answer: (d)The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalayas is Alpine grassland. Important trees are silver fur, Pine birch etc.
Question 113. In terms of area, which one of the following Indian States has the largest coverage of forests ?
  1.    Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Orissa
  3.    Chhattisgarh
  4.    Arunachal Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (a)
The forest cover includes all lands which have a tree canopy density of more than ten per cent 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. The 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.
Question 114. Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the code given below the columns: 
Column I
Column II
(Types of Forests)
(Areas Associated)
A. Tropical rainforests
i. Sunderbans 
B. Monsoon forests
ii. Andaman and Nicobar islands
C. Thorny bushes
iii. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
D. Tidal forests
iv. Rajasthan and Gujarat
Codes: A B C D
  1.    A - (ii); B - (iv); C - (iii); D - (i)
  2.    A - (iv); B - (iii); C - (ii); D - (i)
  3.    A - (i); B - (ii); C - (iii); D - (iv)
  4.    A - (ii); B - (iii); C - (iv); D - (i)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> A - (ii); B - (iii); C - (iv); D - (i)
Answer: (d)
Tropical rainforests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of peninsular India, and the greater Assam region in the north-east. Small remnants of rainforest are found in Odisha state.
Monsoon forest – Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Thorny bushes - The Thorn Forests and Scrubs are found in regions where the rainfall is less than 70cm. The vegetation in these forests is thorny trees and bushes. The Thorn Forests are found in the semi-arid areas of Gujarat & Rajasthan.
Tidal forest – Sunderbans
Question 115. Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for
  1.    Birds
  2.    Elephants
  3.    Bisons
  4.    Tigers
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tigers
Answer: (d)
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.
Question 116. Which one of the following is not essentially a species of the Himalayan vegetation?
  1.    Silver fir
  2.    Spruce
  3.    Mahogany
  4.    Juniper
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mahogany
Answer: (c)
Question 117. Which are the States in which the Agasthyamala biosphere is spread?
  1.    Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Kerala – Tamil Nadu
  3.    Tamil Nadu – Karnataka
  4.    Andhra Pradesh – Karnataka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kerala – Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b)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.
Question 118. Which of the following state’s forests are classified as ‘Sub-tropical’ forests?
  1.    Tamil Nadu
  2.    Karnataka
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Kerala
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (c)
Question 119. Recently Nilambur Teak has been granted Geographical Indication status. It has its origin in the state of—
  1.    Kerala
  2.    Karnataka
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Tamil Nadu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kerala
Answer: (a)Nilambur Teak, which has been granted Geographical Indication Status has its origin in the State of Kerala.
Question 120. Which of the following is not correctly matched based on National Park & State?
  1.    Simlipal Odisha
  2.    Pin Valley Jammu & Kashmir
  3.    Rajaji Uttarakhand
  4.    Bandipur Karnataka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Pin Valley Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: (b)
Pin Valley National Park is a National park of India located within the Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in far Northern India.

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