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Question 131. The first Bio-sphere Reserve in India has been established in :
  1.    Nanda Devi
  2.    Hazaribagh
  3.    Nilgiri
  4.    Kanha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Nilgiri
Answer: (c)
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.
Question 132. Which of the following woods is used for manufacturing Katha?
  1.    Babool
  2.    Saaja
  3.    Khair
  4.    Sal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Khair
Answer: (c)
Question 133. Which one of the following is called ‘flame of the forest’?
  1.    Butea monosperma
  2.    Tectona grandis
  3.    Jacaranda mimosafolia
  4.    Bouhinia variegata
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Butea monosperma
Answer: (a)
Question 134. Kaziranga national park is famous for
  1.    Lion
  2.    Crocodile
  3.    Tiger
  4.    Rhinoceros
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Rhinoceros
Answer: (d)Rhinoceros often abbreviated as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.
Question 135. The largest reserves of sal forest is found in
  1.    Aravallies
  2.    Assam
  3.    Dun valley
  4.    Nilgiri hills
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Assam
Answer: (b)The largest reserves of Sal forest is found in Assam.
Question 136. Project Tiger was introduced in:
  1.    1984
  2.    1995
  3.    1973
  4.    2001
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1973
Answer: (c)
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.
Question 137. Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the following
  1.    Tiger
  2.    Bear
  3.    Deer
  4.    Lion
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Tiger
Answer: (a)Ranthambore National Park near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers. Similarly, Sariska Tiger Reserve is an Indian national park in the Alwar district of Rajasthan that is known for the Bengal tiger.
Question 138. The wild ass is found in
  1.    Jammu and Kashmir
  2.    Tamil Nadu
  3.    Assam
  4.    Kachchh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Kachchh
Answer: (d)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.
Question 139. In which State is the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary located ?
  1.    Uttar Pradesh
  2.    Rajasthan
  3.    Haryana
  4.    Orissa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Haryana
Answer: (c)Sultanpur National Park is located at Sultanpur, Haryana in Gurgaon District, Haryana. As a bird sanctuary it was the finding of Peter Jackson, famous or nothologist, 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.
Question 140. In which state is the Kanger Ghati National Park ?
  1.    Uttar Pradesh
  2.    Chhatisgarh
  3.    Bihar
  4.    Himachal Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Chhatisgarh
Answer: (b)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.

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