ecology forest vegetations & national parks in india section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

The forest cover includes all lands which have a tree canopy density of more than ten per cent when projected vertically on the horizontal ground, with a minimum areal extent of one hectare. Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest area in the country. The Forest area of the state constitutes 31 per cent of the total area of the state.

The forest area in the state constitutes about 12.44 per cent of the total forest area of India.

Answer: (d)

1. Tropical rainforests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of peninsular India, and the greater Assam region in the north-east. Small remnants of rainforest are found in Odisha state.
2. Monsoon forest – Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
3. Thorny bushes - The Thorn Forests and Scrubs are found in regions where the rainfall is less than 70cm. The vegetation in these forests is thorny trees and bushes. The Thorn Forests are found in the semi-arid areas of Gujarat & Rajasthan.
4. Tidal forest – Sunderbans

Answer: (d)

The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills, in Nilgiri District, about 150 km north-west of Coimbatore city in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu, on the interstate boundaries with Karnataka and Kerala states in South India.

The sanctuary is a haven for Bengal Tigers and Indian Leopards and other threatened species.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR) was established in 2001 and includes 3,500.36 square km of which 1828 km² is in Kerala and 1672.36 km² is in Tamil Nadu. It straddles the border of Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts in Kerala and Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari Districts in Tamil Nadu, South India at the southern end of the Western Ghats.