Forest and Wild...

Bishnoi village in Rajasthan participates in community conservation of

At which of the following reserves have villagers fought against mining by citing the Wildlife Protection Act?

Which of the following species was declared extinct in India in 1952?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under permanent forests.
b. All northeastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very high percentage of their forests as unclassed forests managed by local communities.
c. More than half of the total forest land has been declared as reserved forests.

Which of the following animals is/are an integral part of Bishnoi village in Rajasthan?

a. Black buck
b. Peacocks
c. Monkeys
d. Nilgai

Which of the following is/are correct about JFM?

a. It is a Joint Food Management Programme of the Government of India.
b. It has been in formal existence since 1998.
c. The state of Odisha passed the first resolution for the JFM programme.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. 15 species of mammals are threatened in India.
b. 1,500 plant species are considered endangered in India.
c. 44 species of birds and 3 of amphibians are also vulnerable to endangerment in India.

Which of the following species is/are now extinct species?
a. Pink head duck
b. Himalayan brown bear

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Since 1951, over 5,000 sq. km of forest was cleared for river valley projects.
b. Narmada Sagar Project in Madhya Pradesh would inundate 40,000 hectares of forest.
c. Dolomite mining at Buxa Tiger reserve has blocked the migration route of several species, including the great Indian elephant.

The Central Government also announced several projects for protecting specific animals, which were gravely threatened. Which of the following is/are the animals that are now protected under such programs?

a. Tiger
b. Salt water crocodile
c. Black buck

Environmental degradation has far reaching consequences. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Half of India's wetlands have drained out.
b. Seventy percent of India's water bodies are polluted.
c. Sixty percent of India's mangroves have been wiped out.

Project Tiger was an attempt at conserving the dwindling population of tigers in India. In which year was it launched?

Which of the following species is/are not a/the vulnerable species?

a. Blue sheep
b. Gangetic dolphin
c. Desert fox

The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal is seriously threatened by the ongoing mining of which of the following?

The Himalayan yew (Taxus wallachiana) is a medicinal plant found in various parts of Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Which of the following diseases has been successfully treated by using the drug made from a chemical compound extracted from the bark, needles, twigs and roots of this tree?