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

Answer: (a)

1. 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.
2. The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat.
3. Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam.
4. Rohla National Park in Kulu, Himachal Pradesh, is known for snow leopards.

Answer: (a)

1. Tropical evergreen forests (or tropical rain forests) are usually found in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a monthly mean temperature of 18°C or higher in the coldest months. They occupy about seven per cent of the Earth’s land surface and harbour more than half of the planet’s terrestrial plants and animals. Tropical evergreen forests are dense, multi-layered, and harbour many types of plants and animals.
2. Tropical deciduous forest in India receives rainfall between 100 cm to 200 cm. Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and it is typically used in order to refer to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally (most commonly during autumn) and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe.
3. Dry forests typically are found in very warm regions in the tropics, where the mean annual temperature is greater than 17ºC (63F), and where rainfall is in the range of 50 to 100 cm per year.
4. The arid forest receives less than 50cm of rainfall.

Answer: (d)

The loss of forest cover in India has been directly associated with Demographic Transition in India and the forest cover is generally negatively related to population growth.

Answer: (d)

The Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, located in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India with a geographical spread of 4954 km².

It is known for the endangered wild ass subspecies Indian Wild Ass (Khur).

Answer: (a)

The largest tiger reserve in India is Nagarjun.

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.