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Indian Flora and Fauna

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Indian flora and fauna questions cover national parks, endangered species, and wildlife protection laws. These topics are crucial for the environmental ecology sections of UPSC, state PSC, and banking exams. Practice these questions to master the biodiversity and conservation concepts required for government tests.

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Indian Flora and Fauna Questions

Multiple choice

In which State, Kaziranga Sanctuary is situated?

  1. Assam

  2. Rajasthan

  3. Uttaranchal

  4. Kerala
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kaziranga National Park is a world heritage site located in the state of Assam, famous for its population of one-horned rhinoceroses.

Multiple choice

What has happened to the tiger habitat in India?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the questions given underneath.

India is home to the world's largest population of wild tigers but only 11% of the original Indian tiger habitat remains. From 1973, India's Project Tiger established over 25 tiger reserves, where human habitation was not allowed. The project was credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from some 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s, but a 2007 report showed that numbers had fallen down to about 1,400 tigers because of illegal hunting.

  1. It has become the largest in the world.

  2. 11% Tigers don’t like to live in forest.

  3. It has decreased and only 11% is left.

  4. It is degrading the tigers of India.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

‘only 11% of the original Indian tiger habitat remains (left)’

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the first forest reserve of India?

  1. Corbett National Park

  2. Kanha National Park

  3. Ranthambore National Park

  4. Kaziranga National Park

  5. Satpura National Park
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Satpura National Park in Madhya Pradesh is the first forest reserve of India.

Multiple choice

Sariska sanctuary is in

  1. Gujarat

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Mumbai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sariska Tiger Reserve is a well-known wildlife sanctuary located in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, India.