ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Bhitarkanika Mangroves are a mangrove wetland in India’s Odisha state. The Bhitarkanika Mongroves cover an area of 650 km2 in the river delta of the Brahmani and Baitarani rivers.

Answer: (c)

Bandipur is a National Park located in the South Indian State of Karnataka.

Answer: (b)

Keibul Lamjao National Park

1. The park was initially declared as a sanctuary in 1966, to preserve the natural refuge of the endangered Brow - antlered Deer Sangai.
2. The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world and located near Moirang in the Bishnupur district of the state of Manipur.
3. It was established as a National Park in the year of 1977.

Answer: (d)

India is one of the very few countries of the world where forest policy is in operation since 1894; in 1952 and 1988 revisions were made in this forest policy.

The National Forest Polity of 1952 recommended that the country should aim at coverage of one-third of the total land area under forests (60% in mountainous area and 25% in the plains).

It has suggested the extension of tree lands on river/canal banks and in such areas which are not suitable for cultivation.

Answer: (d)

Newspapers are made from a type of paper called newsprint. Coniferous softwoods such as spruce, pine, and cedar provide long (average 3mm), strong fibres. Newsprint needs strength enough to withstand the demands of fast printing presses, the ability to accept high-quality colour printing and enough opacity to prevent the printing from showing through the pages.

In most temperate coniferous forests, evergreen conifers predominate, while some are a mix of conifers and broadleaf evergreen trees and/or broadleaf deciduous trees. Temperate evergreen forests are common in the coastal areas of regions that have mild winters and heavy rainfall, or inland in drier climates or mountain areas

Answer: (c)

Sultanpur National Park is located at Sultanpur, Haryana in Gurgaon District, Haryana. As a bird sanctuary it was the finding of Peter Jackson, famous or nothologist, and Honorary Secretary of the Delhi Birdwatching Society, who wrote to Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, founder of the Society, in 1970 about the need to declare the Sultanpur jheel near Delhi, a bird sanctuary, and she asked him to take her there.