ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, established in 1986, is India's first and foremost biosphere reserve. It is situated in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills ranges of South India.

The reserve encompasses 5,520 km² in the states of Tamil Nadu (2537.6 km²), Karnataka (1527.4 km²) and Kerala (1455.4 km²). It forms an almost complete ring around the Nilgiri Plateau.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Nanda Devi National Park is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi(7,816 m) in Uttarakhand.

Answer: (c)

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: (c)

Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest. Many governments and non-governmental organizations directly engage in programs of afforestation to create forests, increase carbon capture and sequestration, and help to anthropogenically improve biodiversity.

Answer: (a)

According to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015, the total forest cover as a percentage of the geographical area is 21.34 per cent. Total tree cover as a percentage of the geographical area is 2.82 per cent.

The total forest and tree cover is 79.42 million hectares, which is 24.16 per cent of the total geographical area.