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Kaziranga National Park is located in which state?

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  1. Odisha

  2. Assam

  3. Sikkim

  4. West Bengal

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Assam
Kaziranga National Park is a protected area in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Spread across the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River, its forests, wetlands and grasslands are home to tigers, elephants and the world’s largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses. Ganges River dolphins swim in the park’s waters. It’s visited by many rare migratory birds, and gray pelicans roost near Kaziranga village.

Valley of flowers National Park is found on the mountain of ________.

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  1. Kangchenjunga

  2. Kamet

  3. Nanda Devi

  4. Siniolchu

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in North Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, musk deer, brown bear, red fox, and blue sheep. Birds found in the park include Himalayan monal pheasant and other high altitude birds. At 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level, the gentle landscape of the Valley of Flowers National Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park to the east. Together, they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and the Great Himalaya. The park stretches over an expanse of 87.50 km2 and it is about 8 km long and 2 km wide. Both parks are encompassed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (223,674 ha) which is further surrounded by a buffer zone (5,148.57 km2). Nanda Devi National Park Reserve is in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Forests help in maintaining balance between ___ and ____ in the atmosphere.

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  1. Oxygen; carbon dioxide

  2. Karnataka

  3. Greenhouse

  4. Haryana

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Forests help in maintaining a balance between Oxygen and Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Plants in forest release oxygen through the process of photosynthesis and thus helps in providing oxygen for respiration.

How many national parks have been authorized till now in India?

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  1. 152

  2. 162

  3. 166

  4. 173

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
166 national parks
As of today, there are 166 national parks in India. In 1970, we only had 5. And then came the Project Tiger in 1972, and we have added quite a few national parks since. As of now, there are 515 wildlife/animal sanctuaries in India, out of which 48 are governed by Project Tiger.

In list A, names of national parks and in list B, the States in which they are located are given. Identify the group that is matched correctly.

     List A       List B
1) Kanha a) Gujarat
2) Hazaribagh b) Maharashtra
3) Gir c) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tandoba d) Jharkhand
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  1. 1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - a

  2. 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b

  3. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c

  4. 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - d

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

     List A                    List B 
1) Kanha                 A.Madhya Pradesh
2) Hazaribagh       B.Jharkhand
3) Gir                      C.Gujarat  
4) Tadoba              D.Maharashtra

Bannerghatta National Park is in __________ state.

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  1. Karnataka

  2. Kerala

  3. Tamilnadu

  4. Madhya Pradesh

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Karnatak,

Bannerghatta National Park, near Bangalore, Karnataka, was founded in 1970 and declared as a national park in 1974. In 2002 a portion of the park, became a biological reserve, the Bannerghatta Biological Park.

There is a great need to protect forests because ________.

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  1. Forests are not an important resource

  2. Forests cannot prevent soil erosion

  3. Demand for forest products has increased

  4. Today people are raising brids and animals in domestic land

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Earth cannot sustain life without healthy, thriving forests.They are like the green lungs of the planet, supplying us with oxygen and helping to balance rainfall and climate.They are home to over two-thirds of the world’s species.  Yet our forests are at risk. They are being logged for things like toothpaste, tissue paper, magazines, animal feed and more. They are being burned, degraded and logged at astonishing rates, as much as 80% of the world’s forests are already destroyed.

What percent of the total area should be under forest cover according to the new National Forest Policy?

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  1. 15%

  2. 26%

  3. 33%

  4. 46%

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

NFP proposed that 60% of the land in the hills and 20% in the plains and in all 33% of the total geographical area should be under forest/tree cover.

When did the National Forest Policy of India came into effect?

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  1. 1950

  2. 1952

  3. 1953

  4. 1959

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The policy was revised in 1952 and again in 1988. The main plank of the revised forest policy of 1988 is protection, conservation and development of forests.

Which of the following is/are the objective of the National Forest Policy?

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  1. To protect natural beauty of forests

  2. To check on the extensions of deserts

  3. To make effort for ecological balance

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The following are the objectives of National Forest Policy (1952):

(a) The need for evolving a system of balanced and complementary land- use under which each type of land is allotted to that form of use under which it would produce most and deteriorate least;

(b) The need for checking:-
(i) Denudation in mountainous regions, on which depends the perennial water supply of the river system whose basins constitute the fertile core of the country.

(ii) The erosion progressing space along the treeless banks of the great rivers leading to ravine formation, and on vast stretches of undulating wastelands depriving the adjoining fields of their fertility;

(c) The need for establishing tree-lands, wherever possible, for the amelioration of physical and climatic conditions promoting the general well­being of the people;

(d) The need for ensuring progressively increasing supplies of grazing, small wood for agricultural implements, and in particular of firewood to release the cattle dung for manure to step up food production;

(e) The need for sustained supply of timber and other forest produce required for defence, communications and industry.