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Question 11. Which is the first national park established in India?
  1.    Bandipur National Park
  2.    Corbett National Park
  3.    Periyar National Park
  4.    Velvadan National Park
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Corbett National Park
Answer: (b)
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 the 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.
Question 12. Which one of the following tree is abundant in temperate zone of Western Himalayas?
  1.    Silver fur
  2.    Blue pine
  3.    Deodar
  4.    Pine
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Deodar
Answer: (c)
Question 13. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is
  1.    Nokrek
  2.    Manas
  3.    Nilgiris
  4.    Nanda Devi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Nilgiris
Answer: (c)
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.
Question 14. In which one of the following states Cinchona tree does not grow?
  1.    Chhattisgarh
  2.    West Bengal
  3.    Kerala
  4.    Assam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Chhattisgarh
Answer: (a)
Question 15. Which is the best-known-bird sanctuary in Haryana?
  1.    Rajaji
  2.    Sariska
  3.    Bharatpur
  4.    Sultanpur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sultanpur
Answer: (d)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.
Question 16. Which of the following longitudes is known as "standard Meridian" in India?
  1.    84° 30’ E
  2.    82° 30’ E
  3.    85° 30’ E
  4.    87° 30’ E
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 82° 30’ E
Answer: (b)82°30’ E has been taken as the standard meridian in India.
Question 17. In India, rain forests are found in
  1.    N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats
  2.    N.W. Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
  3.    Eastern Ghat
  4.    Central India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats
Answer: (a)
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 northeast 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 miles (4800 kilometres) wide band is known as the ‘tropics’.
Question 18. Teak and Sal are products of
  1.    Tropical Thorn Forests
  2.    Alpine Forests
  3.    Tropical Evergreen Forests
  4.    Tropical dry deciduous Forest
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tropical dry deciduous Forest
Answer: (d)
Teak and Sal are products of tropical dry deciduous forests. The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.
Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round and may receive several hundred centimetres of rain per year, they have long dry seasons which last several months and vary with geographic location.
These seasonal droughts have a great impact on all living things in the forest.
Question 19. Which one of the following is a Wild Life Sanctuary ?
  1.    Corbett
  2.    Chapramari
  3.    Garumara
  4.    Jaldapara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Corbett
Answer: (a)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.
Question 20. Bhitarkanika Mangroves are in the state of—
  1.    Gujarat
  2.    Maharashtra
  3.    Odisha
  4.    West Bengal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Odisha
Answer: (c)Bhitarkanika Mangroves are in the state of Odisha.

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