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

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Mizoram has the highest forest cover with 88.93 per cent of the total area among all the states and Union Territories.

Answer: (c)

Dachigam National Park is located 22 kilometres from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Dachigam National park is located among the high mountains of the mighty western Himalayas.

The main animal species that Dachigam is most famous for is the Hangul or the Kashmir Stag which is listed as critically endangered by IUCN as the population is counted as 160 mature individuals in the 2008 census.

This deer lives in groups of two to 18 individuals in dense riverine forests, high valleys, and mountains of the Kashmir valley and northern Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. In Kashmir, it’s found in Dachigam National Park at elevations of 3,035 meters.

Answer: (a)

Ranthambore National Park near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers. Similarly, Sariska Tiger Reserve is an Indian national park in the Alwar district of Rajasthan that is known for the Bengal tiger.

Answer: (b)

The largest reserves of Sal forest is found in Assam.

Answer: (c)

Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s tenure.

The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and also to protect them from extinction and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystems across the tiger’s distribution in the country.