Shivpuri National Park of Madhya Pradesh is important for:
(a) Tiger and Elephant
(b) Wild Buffalo
(c) Birds
(d) Leopard and Chital
Solution: (d)
The predominant wild animal species that inhabits the Park is the deer, of which the most easily sighted are the graceful little chinkara or Indian gazelle, and the chital. Other species that have their habitat in the park are nilgai, sambar, chausingha or four-horned antelope, blackbuck, sloth bear, leopard and the common langur.
Which one of the following is a Wild Life Sanctuary?
(a) Jaldapara
(b) Garumara
(c) Corbett
(d) Chapramari
Solution: (c)
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.
Which is the best-known bird sanctuary in Haryana?
(a) Sultanpur
(b) Bharatpur
(c) Rajaji
(d) Sariska
Solution: (a)
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.
Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for
(a) Tigers
(b) Bisons
(c) Birds
(d) Elephants
Solution: (a)
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.
The typical natural vegetation above 3600 meters on the Himalayas is
(a) alpine grassland
(b) alpine forests
(c) coniferous forests
(d) subtropical pine forests
Solution: (a)
The typical natural vegetation above 3600 metres on the Himalayas is Alpine grassland. Important trees are silver fur, Pine birch etc.
The largest tiger reserve in India is
(a) Pench
(b) Manas
(c) Nagarjun
(d) Corbett
Solution: (c)
The largest tiger reserve in India is Nagarjun.
The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world is in
(a) Manipur
(b) Mizoram
(c) Assam
(d) Meghalaya
Solution: (a)
The Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park in the Bishnupur district of Manipur. It is an integral part of Loktak Lake.
Kanchenzunga National Park is located at
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Sikkim
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Solution: (c)
Kanchenjunga National Park is located in Sikkim. The park gets its name from the mountain Kanchenjunga which is 8,586 metres tall, the third-highest peak in the world. The park is known for animals like musk deer, snow leopard and Himalayan Tahr.
How much of India’s total geographical area is forest land?
(a) 20%
(b) 23%
(c) 26%
(d) 28%
Solution: (b)
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.
The movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as :
(a) intra–state migration
(b) step–wise migration
(c) inter–state migration
(d) forced migration
Solution: (b)
Step wise migration refers to a type of migration which occurs in a series of movements, for example, moving to a town larger than the home town, but not directly to one of the city regions. It is an important subcomponent of the urbanward drift of people.
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