ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The Temperate Forest Research Centre is located at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It is aimed at the regeneration of the temperate forest, afforestation of cold deserts and forest conservation and ecological rehabilitation in the Himalayan region.

It presently caters to the applied research needs of Himachal Pradesh as well as Jammu and Kashmir.

Answer: (d)

Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. The park—named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park.

Answer: (b)

Namdhapa National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and is located in Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. It is also the largest national park in India in terms of area.

It is located in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region and is recognized as one of the richest areas in biodiversity in India. The park harbours the northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude.

Answer: (b)

Silent Valley National Park, is located in the Nilgiri Hills, Palakkad District in Kerala. The park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of South Western Ghats montane rain forests and tropical moist evergreen forest in India.

Plans for a hydroelectric project that threatened the parks high diversity of wildlife stimulated an environmentalist Social Movement in the 1970s called Save Silent Valley which resulted in the cancellation of the project and the creation of the park in 1980.

Answer: (c)

The valley of flowers is located in Garhwal Himalaya.

Answer: (c)

It is a confluence of different bio – geographical zone.