Environment And Ecology In Indian Geography — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Nagarhole National Park is also called Rajiv Gandhi National Park. It is situated in Kogadu and Mysore districts of Kamataka. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It has many tigers, Indian bison and elephants.

The state Haryana has attained the dubious distinction of being a topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land.

India has 20% of its land under forest. In recent times forest area has depleted.

Silent valley is a National Park in Nilgiri Hills in Kerala's Palakkad District. It consists of tropical rain forests & moist deciduous forests. Along with Karimpuzha & Mukurthi National Park, it forms the part of Nilgiri International Biosphere Reserve.

To protect the endangered Bengal Tiger, Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 in the Nainital district of Uttrakhand. It is the oldest National Park of India.

Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Rajasthan was formerly known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. This National Park is home to diverse bird species including the Siberian Crane.

Corbett National Park is the first National Park established in India. Corbett National Park, also called Jim Corbett National Park, natural area in southern Uttarakhand state, northern India. It was established as Hailey National Park in 1936 and was first renamed Ramganga in the mid-1950s, before the name was changed to Corbett later that decade in memory of Jim Corbett, a well-known British sportsman and writer.

Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern India.

Namdhapa National Park is situated in Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. It is the third largest National Park of India in terms of area.

Bandipur National Park is situated in Karnataka. It was established in 1974. It was private hunting ground for Maharaja of Mysore.

Kanha National Park is in Madhya Pradesh. Also known as Tiger Reserve, it has wild pigs, jackals and tigers.

Madhya Pradesh with a forest cover of about 77,462 square kilometers ranks first in the list of forest cover. It is followed by Arunachal Pradesh with a forest cover of about 67,248 sq. km.

With 90% (approx) Mizoram has highest percentage of forest as per availble options.

Kanha National Park belongs to tropical dry forests one among the following bio - geographical areas in the world. Kanha National Park, also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, is a vast expanse of grassland and forest in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Bandipur National Park is situated in Cliamara janagar district of Karnataka. This National Park is famous for its small population of tigers.

Great Himalayan national Park is located in Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh. It is a UNESCO world Heritage site conserving some globally threatened species such as deer and western Horned tragopan.

As the mangroves act as buffer between sea & land being found in coastal regions they are considered most vulnerable to rising sea water level.

Kanger Ghati National Park is situated in Jagdalpur, Chhatisgarh in Bastar region. It became a National Park in 1982. It has Bastar hill myna as one the prominent species.

Gulf of Kutch is located near Gujarat state of India. It has fringing reefs which are a bit less developed due to high sea temperatures & high salinity. It has been declared as the Marine Park by Indian goverment for conservation of corals.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands has the maximum number of National Parks. Total number of National Parks in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is Nine (9).

Kaziranga National Park has about 2/3rd of world's great one horned rhinoceroses. It is situated in Assam as a renowned "World Heritage Site".

Sundarbans lie in Ganga Brahmaputra delta. They are one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. It was designated as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.

He need not go Kerala in this connection. One of the largest national parks in Northern India, Ranthambore is famous for its tigers and it is the only place in India where these royal predators can be spotted in the jungle, even during the day. Bandipur National Park is situated in the Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, Southern part of India. It is one of the oldest wildlife sanctuaries in India established in 1931 and a protected reserve for tigers. The Gir Forest National Park is located in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Gir forests are natural habitat of Asiatic lions. Its known as Gir Forest National Park & Wildlife Santuary. It is located in Kathiawar region of Gujarat.

Namdapha National Park is third largest in India. It is also a biodiversity hot spot in Eastern Himalayas. It is located in Arunachal Pradesh. It has tropical rain forests. It has Tiger reserve.

Gir Forest is located in Kathiarwar Peninsular region. These are famous for Asiatic lions. It lies in state of Gujarat.

Shivpuri National Park of M.P. is also known as Madhav National Park named after Madhav Rao Scindia, Raja of Gwalior. Set up in 1958, it is composed of dry decidous & flat grasslands.

Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in terms of area in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh. In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to total geographical area, Mizoram has the highest forest cover followed by Lakshadweep.

Tropical rain forest types of forests exhibits highest bio-diversity. Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. A rain forest is simply an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall.

Bandhavgarah National Park is one of the popular National Parks in India located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. The density of the tiger population at Bandhavgarh is one of the highest known in India. It has a large breeding population of leopards and various species of deer.

Forest Research Institute is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. It is operated by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education.

Hailey National Park which is also called as Jim Corbett National Park is in Nainital in Uttarakhand. It was established in 1936. It has tigers, elephants & Hundreds of bird species.

Afforestation is the planting of trees in the area where there was no forest cover earlier. It can also be termed as establishment of forests.

Swamp deer is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh is a home for this specie. Swamp deer is also known as "Barasingha".

Earlier known as Hailey National Park, Jim Corbett National Park got established in 1936. in Nainital to Protect Bengal tiger.

In terms of area, Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover. Madhya Pradesh with more than 77,000 sq kms of area forest cover.

Kanchenjunga National Park, also known as Khangchendzonga National Park, located in Sikkim. It is also a biosphere reserve. It became the World Heritage Site on 17 July 2016. It has musk deers, snow leopard as an important species.

The statements given that are correct are the boundaries of a National Park are defined by legislation and in a Wildlife Sanctuary, limited biotic interference is permitted.

Destruction of habitat of wild animals, As the forests are shrinking due to deforestation, the wild animals are loosing on their natural habitits risking survival.

Bhitarkanika is a unique habitat of Mangrove Forests criss-crossed with numerous creeks and mud flats located in Kendrapara district of Orissa. One of the largest Mangrove Eco systems in India, Bhitarkanika is home to diverse flora and fauna.