Forest and Wild...

India has nearly 8 percent of the total number of species in the world. Of all the species of flora found in India, how many flowering species are endemic to India?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Government has added several hundred butterflies, moths, beetles, and one dragonfly to the list of protected species.
b. To begin with, sixty species of plants were added to the protected list.

The Joint Forest Management (JFM) involves local communities in forest management. Which of the following statements about JFM is incorrect?

Beej Bachao Andolan is a unique conservation programme that has successfully shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable. Where did this take place?

Which of the following species of fauna is not yet extinct?

Which of the following has the largest area under permanent forests (constituting 75 percent of its total forest area)?

Substantial parts of the tribal belts in the northeastern and central India have been deforested and degraded due to which of the following?

Which of the following has/have blocked the migration route of the great Indian elephant at the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal?

Which of the following is a rare species?

Match the following reserves with their locations:
 

The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship which of the following trees?

a. Peepal
b. Banyan
c. Mahua
d. Kadamba

The natural forests of south India were damaged due to enrichment plantation. Which of the following species was extensively planted at the cost of several other species?

Which of the following animals has/have been given full or partial legal protection against hunting and trade throughout India?

a. Kashmir stag or Hangul
b. Great Indian bustard or Indian bustard
c. Neelgai or Asian antelope

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the government run Project Tiger?

a. The tiger population at the turn of the twentieth century was 55,000.
b. By 1973, the authorities realised that the tiger population had dwindled to 1,827.
c. India and Nepal provide habitat to about two-thirds of the surviving tiger population in the world.

Which of the following endangered fauna is/are hosted by Kaziranga National park in Assam?

a. One-horned rhinoceros
b. Tiger
c. Swamp deer

Which of the following national parks is located in Assam?

Certain societies revere a particular tree which they have preserved from time immemorial. The tribals of Odisha and Bihar worship which of the following trees during weddings?

a. Mahua
b. Tamarind
c. Kadamba
d. Mango

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Chipko movement was an effort in community conservation in the Himalayas.
b. The Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme has been in formal existence since 1988.
c. Beej Bachao Andolan in Bihar and West Bengal is another instance of community afforestation.

In enrichment plantation, a single commercially valuable species is extensively planted and other species are eliminated. Which of the following species was responsible for replacing the Himalayan oak and Rhododendron forests?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. More than half of the total forest land has been declared reserved forests.
b. Almost one-third of the total forest area is specified as unclassed forests.
c. Reserved forests are protected from any further depletion.