Forest and Wildlife Test - 8

Since the inception of Central Zoo Authority in 1992, the Authority has evaluated 347 zoos, out of which 164 have been recognized.

Hence, 164 is the correct answer.

The Bengal tiger is named after the Indian province of Bengal and is primarily found in India. Bengal tigers live in the forests, hills and mountainous regions of India. They are found in the tropical rainforests of southern India, as well as mangrove swamps, open grasslands and dried forests or scrub land.

Environmental conservation,

In Bishnoi villages in Rajasthan, herds of blackbucks, peacocks and nilgai are seen as an integral part of the community and nobody harms them. Bishnoi community is known for protecting the blackbucks.

Chipko Movement, Navdanya Andolan and Beej Bachao Andolan are awareness movements that are taken up against deforestation to protect trees. But Project Tiger is not associated with these movements. The main goal of this project was to protect and conserve tigers in their natural habitat and prevent them from extinction.

IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature. It works for the conservation of nature and the sustainable use of natural resources. It was founded by Julian Huxley in the year 1948. Its headquarter is located at Gland in Switzerland. 

In mountainous areas between 1500 and 3000 metres, temperate forests containing coniferous trees like pine, deodar, silver fir, spruce, maple and cedar, are found. These forests cover mostly the southern slopes of the Himalayas, places having high altitude in southern and north-east India.

Hence the correct option is D.

• Unclassed Forests are forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities
• Forests, other than reserved and protected forest, are classified under this category.
• In India, Unclassed Forests are in majority in NE States.
  
• Hence the correct option is A.

Jim Corbett national park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey national park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment. The park was the first to come under the Project tiger initiative. The park has sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics.

Among the given options, India Rhino is an endangered animal. In 2012, the IUCN Red List included 3079 animal and 2655 plant species as endangered (EN) worldwide.