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

Answer: (d)

Uttarakhand or formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

Answer: (d)

1. Western ghats – Tropical evergreen
2. Himachal Pradesh – Himalayan moist forest
3. Haryana and Punjab – Tropical thorny forest
4. Chhotanagpur Plateau – Tropical moist deciduous

Answer: (a)

Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats.

Answer: (a)

Chandigarh is considered the greenest city of India.

Answer: (b)

• The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve was established in 2001 and includes 3,500.36 km² of which 1828 km² is in Kerala and 1672.36 km² is in Tamil Nadu. Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve became part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2016.
• Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national wildlife park in Tinsukia, Assam, India. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is located about 12 km north of Tinsukia town of Assam covering an area of 350 km². Dihang-Dibang or Dehang-Debang is a biosphere reserve constituted in 1998. It is in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
• The Mouling National Park and the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary are located fully or partly within this biosphere reserve. The reserve spreads over three districts: Dibang Valley, Upper Siang, and West Siang.
• Nokrek National Park, or Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, is a national park located approximately 2 km from Tura Peak in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, India. UNESCO added this National park to its list of Biosphere Reserves in May 2009.

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.