The first Biosphere Reserve in India has been established in:
(a) Kanha
(b) Nilgiri
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) Hazaribagh
Solution: (b)
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.
Kanha National Park is located in:
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Solution: (b)
Kanha National Park is the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh. Also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, it is one of the tiger reserves of India. It was created on 1 June 1955. Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel “Jungle Book.”
Garampani Sanctuary is located at
(a) Diphu, Assam
(b) Gangtok, Sikkim
(c) Kohima, Nagaland
(d) Junagarh, Gujarat
Solution: (a)
Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Karbi Anglong district, Assam. It is located at 92 km from Diphu. It is one of the oldest sanctuaries containing hot water spring and waterfalls and surrounded by Nambor Sanctuary having 51 rare species of orchid.
The largest wildlife sanctuary in India is famous for which of the following animal?
(a) Wild Indian Ass
(b) Rhinoceros
(c) Apes
(d) Tigers
Solution: (a)
The Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, located in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India with a geographical spread of 4954 km2. It is known for the endangered wild ass subspecies Indian Wild Ass (Khur).
Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot”?
(a) Western Himalayas
(b) Eastern Himalayas
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Eastern Ghats
Solution: (c)
Western Ghats is regarded as one of the world’s ten “Hottest biodiversity hotspots”. It has over 7,402 species of flowering plants, 1,814 species of non-flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species, 179 amphibian species, 6,000 insects species and 290 freshwater fish species. At least 325 globally threatened species occur in the Western Ghats.
The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is
(a) Bharatpur
(b) Gir forest
(c) Khaziranga
(d) Nilgiris
Solution: (c)
Kaziranga National Park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam form the natural habitat of rhinoceros in India. The sanctuary hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses. Kaziranga is also home to the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world.
Which sanctuary in India is famous for Rhinoceros and in which state is it located?
(a) Gir, Gujarat
(b) Kaziranga, Assam
(c) Ranthambore, Rajasthan
(d) Corbett, Uttarakhand
Solution: (b)
Kaziranga National Park, located in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, has the distinction of being home to the world’s largest population of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros. It also boasts the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world.
In India, the Temperate Forest Research Centre is in which city?
(a) Shimla
(b) Ranchi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Srinagar
Solution: (a)
The Temperate Forest Research Centre is located at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It is aimed at the regeneration of temperate forest, afforestation of cold deserts and forest conservation and ecological rehabilitation in the Himalayan region. It presently caters to the applicable research needs of Himachal Pradesh as well as Jammu and Kashmir.
Where is the Forest Research Institute of India located?
(a) Dehradun
(b) Delhi
(c) Lucknow
(d) Bhopal
Solution: (a)
The Forest Research Institute (FRI)is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. Founded as the Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, it is one of the oldest institutions of its kind. It is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India.
The percentage of India’s forested land out of the total land is
(a) 30%
(b) 25%
(c) less than 25%
(d) 33%
Solution: (c)
According to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015, the total forest cover as percentage of geographical area is 21.34 per cent. Total tree cover as percentage of geographical area is 2.82 per cent. The total forest and tree cover is 79.42 million hectares, which is 24.16 percent of the total geographical area.
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