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Answer: Option B. -> Khejri
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option A. -> Gujarat
Answer: (a)The ‘Black Buck National park’ is situated in the Indian State of Gujarat.
Answer: (a)The ‘Black Buck National park’ is situated in the Indian State of Gujarat.
Answer: Option D. -> Nilgiri
Answer: (d)Nilgiri is the first Biosphere Reserve formed in 1986.
Answer: (d)Nilgiri is the first Biosphere Reserve formed in 1986.
Question 84. Consider the following statements
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
- National parks are a special category of protected areas of land and sea coasts where people are an integral part of the system.
- Sanctuaries are concerned with conservation of particular species.
- Biosphere reserves are connected with the habitat of a particular wild animal.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option C. -> Only 2
Answer: (c)
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of ‘wild nature’ for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.
The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Answer: (c)
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of ‘wild nature’ for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.
The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Answer: Option A. -> Ranthambhore — Rajasthan
Answer: (a)
Bandipur: Karnataka;
Manas: Assam;
Ranthambhore: Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan; and
Simlipal: in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.
Answer: (a)
Bandipur: Karnataka;
Manas: Assam;
Ranthambhore: Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan; and
Simlipal: in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.
Answer: Option B. -> 10
Answer: (b)
According to a biogeographic characteristic which deals with the study and distribution of species, organism and eco-system in Geographic Space, the following biogeographic regions have been delineated in India.
Trans Himalayas,
The Himalayas,
Desert,
Semi-arid,
Western Ghat,
Deccan plateau,
Gangetic plain,
North-East Zone,
Coastal zone,
Islands present near the shore.
Answer: (b)
According to a biogeographic characteristic which deals with the study and distribution of species, organism and eco-system in Geographic Space, the following biogeographic regions have been delineated in India.
Trans Himalayas,
The Himalayas,
Desert,
Semi-arid,
Western Ghat,
Deccan plateau,
Gangetic plain,
North-East Zone,
Coastal zone,
Islands present near the shore.
Answer: Option D. -> Jatropha
Answer: (d)Jatropha is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words meaning "physician," and "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut.
Answer: (d)Jatropha is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words meaning "physician," and "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut.
Question 88. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I
List II
A. Mahogany
i. Tropical Deciduous forests
B. Shisham
ii. Mediterranean vegetation
C. Eucalyptus
iii. Tropical Evergreen forests
D. Citrus fruits
iv. Temperate Evergreen forests
Codes: A B C D
List I
List II
A. Mahogany
i. Tropical Deciduous forests
B. Shisham
ii. Mediterranean vegetation
C. Eucalyptus
iii. Tropical Evergreen forests
D. Citrus fruits
iv. Temperate Evergreen forests
Codes: A B C D
Answer: Option D. -> A-(iii), B- (i), C- (iv), D- (ii)
Answer: (d)
Mahogany – Tropical Evergreen forest
Shisham – Tropical deciduous forest
Eucalyptus – Temperate evergreen forest
Citrus fruits – Mediterranean vegetation
Answer: (d)
Mahogany – Tropical Evergreen forest
Shisham – Tropical deciduous forest
Eucalyptus – Temperate evergreen forest
Citrus fruits – Mediterranean vegetation
Answer: Option A. -> Karnataka
Answer: (a)
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 totalling 2,183 km2 making it the largest protected area in southern India.
Answer: (a)
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 totalling 2,183 km2 making it the largest protected area in southern India.
Answer: Option C. -> 23%
Answer: (c)
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.
Answer: (c)
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.