ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (d)

Nilgiri is the first Biosphere Reserve formed in 1986.

Answer: (c)

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of ‘wild nature’ for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.

The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

Answer: (d)

Jatropha is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words meaning "physician," and "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut.

Answer: (b)

According to a biogeographic characteristic which deals with the study and distribution of species, organism and eco-system in Geographic Space, the following biogeographic regions have been delineated in India.

1. Trans Himalayas,
2. The Himalayas,
3. Desert,
4. Semi-arid,
5. Western Ghat,
6. Deccan plateau,
7. Gangetic plain,
8. North-East Zone,
9. Coastal zone,
10. Islands present near the shore.

Answer: (a)

• Bandipur: Karnataka;
• Manas: Assam;
• Ranthambhore: Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan; and
• Simlipal: in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.