ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest of east-central India.

It covers an area of 341,100 square kilometres extending across portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Telangana states.

Answer: (b)

• Simlipal National Park is a national park and an elephant reserve situated in the Mayurbhanj district in the Indian state of Orissa. Simlipal National Park derives its name from the abundance of Semul or red silk cotton trees that bloom vividly.
• Dehong Deband biosphere reserve is present in Arunachal Pradesh,
• Norkek biosphere reserve is present in Meghalaya and
• Kanchenjunga biosphere reserve is situated in Sikkim.

Answer: (c)

Forest area (% of land area) in India was last measured at 23.07% in 2011, according to the World Bank.

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.

Answer: (a)

Bandipur National Park, established in 1973 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka.

It was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. Bandipur is located in Gundlupet taluq of Chamarajanagar district.

Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park, Mudumalai National Park and Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve totalling 2,183 km² making it the largest protected area in southern India.