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Questions Related to land degradation

Planting of trees around the cities to prevent pollution is known as ___________.

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  1. Deforestation

  2. Afforestation

  3. Forestation

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The level of pollution is much higher in areas where industries are located. Steel plants emit significant dust levels of about 20 kilograms per metric ton of steel. The trees act as a barrier for the dust and purify the air.

Which one of the following conservation categories do not directly involve community participation?

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  1. Joint Forest management

  2. Chipko Movement

  3. Beej Bachao Andolan

  4. Demarcation of wildlife sanctuaries

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Joint forest management is a policy of forest conservation in which the government and local communities strive for the conservation of forests.
  • Chipko movement: Chipko movement was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973. Alaknanda floods alarmed people of how deforestation has resulted in the disturbance.
  • Beej Bachao Andolan is a forest conservatory movement which not only aimed at protecting traditional seeds but also to promote the local tradition of the communities living there.
  • All the above movements involved communities. But wild life sanctuaries are demarcated to limit the entry of local communities into forest areas.

Which one of the following reserves is not included in the world network of biosphere reserves?

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  1. Gulf of Mannar

  2. Cold Desert

  3. Nilgiris

  4. Sundarban

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cold Desert,
Ladakh
The Cold Desert: Ladakh. Ladakh is a cold desert in India. It lies in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir.

Biosphere reserves,
The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves in India,  (categories roughly corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas), which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Animal Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks or preserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic uses. Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life. Animals are protected and saved here.

Which one of the following bio-reserves of India are not included in the world network of bio-reserves?

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  1. Manas

  2. Nilgiri

  3. Gulf of Mannar

  4. Nanda Devi

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Biosphere Reserve is a unique and representative ecosystem of terrestrial and coastal areas that are internationally recognised within the framework of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere programme. There are 15 biosphere reserves in India. Out of these four biospheres have been included in the world network of Biosphere reserves. These four biosphere reserves are:

(1) Sunderbans in West Bengal
(2) Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand
(3) Gulf of Mannar in Tamilnadu
(4) Nilgiris in Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

A famous National Park located in the Terai region is _______.

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  1. Keoladeo

  2. Dudwa

  3. Kaziranga

  4. Simlipal

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Dudhwa
The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai belt of marshy grasslands of northern Uttar Pradesh, India, and covers an area of 490.3 km2 (189.3 sq mi), with a buffer zone of 190 km2 (73 sq mi). It is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve covering the areas of Kheri and Lakhimpur districts.

Financial and technical assistance is provided to many botanical gardens by the government since _________.

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  1. 2000

  2. 1992

  3. 2005

  4. 1990

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
At many places forests are being replaced or degraded. The main causes for this threat to nature are hunting and poaching by man for commercial purposes. Pollution due to chemical and industrial waste,acid deposits , introduction of alien species and reckless cutting of the forests to bring land under cultivation and habitation are also responsible for imbalance.

To protect the flora and fauna of the country the government has taken many steps:

1. 18 Biosphere Reserves have been set up in the country and 3out of them are the Sunderbans in the West Bengal, the gulf of Mannar in Tamilnadu and the Nilgiris (Kerala ,Karnataka and tamilnadu) are included in the world network of Biosphere Reserves.

2. Since 1992 the government has provided financial and Technical assistance too many botanical gardens.

3. Project Tiger, project rhino, project Great Indian Bustard and many other Eco developmental projects have been introduced.

4. Many facilities like generating awareness among the people and to educate their our flora and fauna are provided.

5. 103 national parks, 530 Wildlife sanctuaries and zoological gardens (Government of India, July 2015) are setup to take care of natural heritage.

Which one of the following is not a rare species?

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  1. Asiatic buffalo

  2. Asiatic cheetah

  3. Himalayan brown bear

  4. Hombin

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Asiatic cheetah, also known as Iranian or Persian cheetah, is a Critically Endangered cheetah subspecies surviving today only in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Kyzylkum Desert, Pakistan, and India, but has been extinct there during the 20th century.

In which of the following state is the Simlipal bio-reserve located?

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  1. Punjab

  2. Delhi

  3. Orissa

  4. West Bengal

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The park is in the Mayurbhanj district in the Indian state of Odisha. Simlipal Elephant Reserve is an ecosystem complete with forest vegetation (mainly sal trees), fauna and the adjoining Ho / Santhal tribal settlements. The park has an area of 2,750 square kilometres (1,060 sq mi).
Location: Odisha, India
Area: 2,750 km2 (1,060 sq mi).

Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?

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  1. Joint forest management

  2. Chipko movement

  3. Beej BachaoAndolan

  4. Demarcation of wild life sanctuaries

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Demarcation of wild life sanctuaries,
Because this initiative can be carried out by government. They do not involve community participation.

Deforestation results in ___________.

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  1. Increase in temperature on the earth

  2. Ground water depletion

  3. Weather change in different parts of the world

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Deforestation is the process of cutting down forests in order to satisfy human needs like laying roads, for the purpose of wood for furniture etc.

Deforestation has many negative effects like Increase in temperature on the earth, Ground water depletion, and Weather change in different parts of the world