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  • Question 1
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    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?
    Solution
    Endemic Species are species of those plants and animals which are found in just one particular region and nowhere else in the world. Over 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora are found in India so far. Of the estimated 47,000 plant species, about 15,000 flowering species are endemic (indigenous) to India.
  • Question 2
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    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.
    Solution
    The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in 1972, with various provisions for protecting habitats. An all-India list of protected species was also published. The thrust of the programme was towards protecting the remaining population of certain endangered species by banning hunting, giving legal protection to their habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife. Several hundred butterflies, moths, beetles and one dragonfly have been added to the list of protected species. Six species of plants were added to the list.
  • Question 3
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    The Joint Forest Management (JFM) involves local communities in forest management. Which of the following statements about JFM is incorrect?
    Solution
    All the statements are correct. Joint Forest Management abbreviated as JFM is the official and popular term in India for partnerships in forest movement involving both the state forest departments and local communities. The policies and objectives of Joint Forest Movement are detailed in the Indian comprehensive National Forest Policy of 1988. The state of Odisha remains the first to pass the first resolution for JFM.
  • Question 4
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    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?
    Solution
    Beej Bachao Andolan was started at Tehri in Uttarakhand. It was started in 1980 by Vijay Jardhari. Beej Bachao Andolan means Save our Seeds. It also promotes traditional agricultural practices. Farmers and citizen's groups like the Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable.
  • Question 5
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    Which of the following species of fauna is not yet extinct?
    Solution
    Extinction of a particular animal or plant species occurs when there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world - the species has died out. This is a natural part of evolution. The lion-tailed macaque, or the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. It is not yet extinct. The lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus, is found in the Western Ghats in southern India, and is Endangered.
  • Question 6
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    Which of the following has the largest area under permanent forests (constituting 75 percent of its total forest area)?
    Solution
    Reserved and protected forests are known as permanent forest estates and Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under permanent forests constituting 75% of its total forest area.
  • Question 7
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    Substantial parts of the tribal belts in the northeastern and central India have been deforested and degraded due to which of the following?
    Solution
    Jhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter. The burnt soil contains potash which increases the nutrient content of the soil. Substantial parts of the tribal belts, especially in the northeastern and central India, have been deforested or degraded by shifting cultivation (jhum), a type of 'slash and burn' agriculture.
  • Question 8
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    Which of the following has/have blocked the migration route of the great Indian elephant at the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal?
    Solution
    Buxa Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in northern West Bengal, India, covering an area of 760 km. Mining is an important factor behind deforestation. The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal is seriously threatened by the ongoing dolomite mining. It has disturbed the natural habitat of many species and blocked the migration route of several others, including the great Indian elephant.
  • Question 9
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    Which of the following is a rare species?
    Solution
    A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur, India. It is also the state animal of Manipur. Its common English name is Manipur brow-antlered deer or Eld's deer and the scientific name is Rucervus eldii eldii.
  • Question 10
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    Match the following reserves with their locations:
     

    Reserves Location
    a. Corbett National Park 1. Madhya Pradesh
    b. Bandhavgarh National Park 2. Rajasthan
    c. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary 3. Uttarakhand
    Solution

    Match the following reserves with their locations:
     

    Reserves Location
    a. Corbett National Park 3. Uttarakhand
    b. Bandhavgarh National Park 1. Madhya Pradesh
    c. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary 2. Rajasthan


    Jim Corbett National Park is a forested wildlife sanctuary in northern India's Uttarakhand State. Rich in flora and fauna, it's known for its Bengal tigers. Animals, including tigers, leopards and wild elephants, roam the Dhikala zone.

    Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the national parks of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of 105 km2, was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993. The current core area is spread over 716 km2.

    Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary is a tiger reserve in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India. It stretches over an area of 881 km2 (340 sq mi) comprising scrub-thorn arid forests, dry deciduous forests, grasslands, and rocky hills. This area was a hunting preserve of the Alwar state and was declared a wildlife reserve in 1955.

  • Question 11
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    The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship which of the following trees?

    a. Peepal
    b. Banyan
    c. Mahua
    d. Kadamba
    Solution
    Madhuca longifolia is an Indian tropical tree found largely in the central and north Indian plains and forests. It is commonly known as madhūka. mahuwa, mahua, mahwa, mohulo, or Iluppai or vippa chettu. Neolamarckia cadamba, with English common names burflower-tree, laran, and Leichhardt pine, and called kadam locally, is an evergreen, tropical tree native to South and Southeast Asia. The genus name honours French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It has scented orange flowers in dense globe-shaped clusters. The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship mahua (Bassia latifolia) and kadamba trees (Anthocaphalus cadamba) and the tribals of Odisha and Bihar worship the tamarind (Tamarindus indica) and mango (Mangifera (Mangifera indica) indica) trees during weddings.
  • Question 12
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    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?
    Solution
    Enrichment plantation is the practice of replacing different species of trees in an area by a single commercially valuable species. Teak plantations have damaged the natural forests in south India, while Chir Pine plantations in Himalayas have greatly reduced the natural oak and rhododendron forests. The first attempt at organized plantation in India was a teak plantation established in 1842 at Nilambur in Kerala, southern India, with the purpose of enriching the forests (Bapat and Phulari, 1995). Chatu Menon, well known as the father of Indian teak plantations, raised more than a million teak plants between 1842 and 1862 (Parameswarappa, 1995).
  • Question 13
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    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
    Solution
    The Hangul is considered equally significant to the state of Jammu & Kashmir as the tiger is to the whole of India. It is the only Asiatic survivor or sub-species of the European red deer. The Hangul is placed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the J&K Wildlife Protection Act, 1978. The great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or Indian bustard is a bustard found on the Indian subcontinent. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds. This species is critically endangered by hunting and loss of its habitat, which consists of large expanses of dry grassland and scrub. It is protected under Wildlife Protection Act 1972 of India.
  • Question 14
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    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.
    Solution
    Project Tiger was launched in 1973; to protect tigers from becoming extinct. At the turn of the 20th century, the tiger population was around 55,000 which had dwindled to 1,827 by 1973. Threats for Tiger Population: Poaching for trade, shrinking habitat, depletion of base prey species, growing human population, etc. Since India and Nepal provide habitat to about two-thirds of the surviving tiger population in the world, these two nations became prime targets for poaching and illegal trading.
  • Question 15
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    Which of the following endangered fauna is/are hosted by Kaziranga National park in Assam?

    a. One-horned rhinoceros
    b. Tiger
    c. Swamp deer
    Solution
    Kaziranga National Park, located in Assam's Golaghat and Nagaon districts, is home to two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceros population which also gave the park the status of a World Heritage Site. Kaziranga also boasts the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. Swamp deer occur in the Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh, in two localities in Assam, and in only 6 localities in Uttar Pradesh. They are regionally extinct in West Bengal. They are also probably extinct in Arunachal Pradesh. A few survive in Assam's Kaziranga and Manas National Parks.
  • Question 16
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    Which of the following national parks is located in Assam?
    Solution
    Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a national park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam, India. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.
  • Question 17
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    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

    Solution

    Tamarind is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. Tribals of Odisha and Bihar worship the tamarind and mango trees during weddings. Therefore, destruction of these trees is banned.

  • Question 18
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    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.
    Solution
    The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan, was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973 in Uttarakhand, then a part of Uttar Pradesh (at the foothills of Himalayas) and went on to become a rallying point for many future environmental movements all over the world. It created a precedent for starting nonviolent protest in India.

    Joint Forest Management programme has been in formal existence since 1988 when the state of Orissa passed the first resolution for joint forest management. JFM depends on the formation of local (village) institutions that undertake protection activities mostly on degraded forest land managed by the forest department.

    Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri has shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable.
  • Question 19
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    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?
    Solution
    This is the correct answer. Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii) plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the Himalayan oak (Quercius spp.) and Rhododendron forests.
  • Question 20
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    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.
    Solution
    More than half of the total forest land has been declared reserved forests. These are considered as the most valuable from conservation perspective. Almost one-third of the total forest area is protected forest, as declared by the Forest Department. This forest land is protected from any further depletion. A reserved forest is a specific term for designating forests and other natural areas, which enjoy judicial protection based on the legal systems. Reserve forest may also be used for the short and small contexts across various countries.
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