Practice Quiz set 5 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Project tiger programme was launched in:
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Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India. The aim of the project was to control as well as supplement the dwindling population of the Royal Bengal tigers in the country. Project Tiger is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Q-2) The only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found is
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Dachigam National Park is located 22 kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It covers an area of 141 square kilometers.
Q-3) What is approximately the percentage of forest cover in India?
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The Forest area (% of land area) in India was last reported at 23.02 per cent in 2010, according to a World Bank report published in 2012.
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
Q-4) When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India ?
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India is one of the very few countries of the world where forest policy is in operation since 1894; in 1952 and 1988 revisions were made in this forest policy.
The National Forest Polity of 1952 recommended that the country should aim at coverage of one-third of the total land area under forests (60% in mountainous area and 25% in the plains).
It has suggested the extension of tree lands on river/canal banks and in such areas which are not suitable for cultivation.
Q-5) Kanchenzunga National Park is located at
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Kanchenjunga National Park is located in Sikkim. The park gets its name from the mountain Kanchenjunga which is 8,586 metres tall, the third-highest peak in the world. The park is known for animals like musk deer, snow leopard and Himalayan Tahr.
Q-6) Nagarhole National Park is part of the ________ Biosphere Reserve.
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Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, is a national park located in Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The park ranges the foothills of the Western Ghats spreading down the Brahmagiri hills and south towards Kerala.
Q-7) Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which State?
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Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the popular national parks in India located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Known for high density of tigers, Bandhavgarh was declared a national park in 1968. The park derives its name from the most prominent hillock of the area, which was said to be given by Hindu Lord Rama to Lakshmana to keep a watch on Lanka.
Q-8) ‘National Botanical Garden’ is located at :
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The Botanical Garden of India is located at Shibpur in Kolkata in West Bengal. The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden or Calcutta Botanical Garden (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden) is the largest and oldest reserve of greeneries of its kind in South East Asia. The Garden is situated on the West bank of River Hooghly.
Q-9) The ‘Blackbuck National Park’ situated in the Indian State of
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The ‘Black Buck National park’ is situated in the Indian State of Gujarat.
Q-10) The birch tree is found in
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