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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 social studies wild life wildlife and their conservation wildlife resources wildlife conservation approaches and projects

Wild ass sanctuary is located in _____.

  1. Parkal, Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)

  2. Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

  3. Manas, Barpeta (Assam)

  4. Chandraprabha, Varanasi
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Explanation
Little Rann of Kutch
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India. It is spread over an area of 4954 km².
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The great one horned Indian Rhino is found in _______.

  1. Corbett National Park

  2. Kanha National Park

  3. Kaziranga wildlife Sanctuary

  4. Periyar Game Sanctuary
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Kaziranga wildlife Sanctuary.
The Great one horned rhino is commonly found in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and in Assam, India. It is confined to the tall grasslands and forests in the foothills of the Himalayas. The Indian Rhinoceros can run at speeds of up to 25 mph (40 km/h) for short periods of time and is also an excellent swimmer. It has excellent senses of hearing and smell, but relatively poor eyesight.

However, no more than 2,000 remain in the wild, with only two populations containing more than 100 rhinos: Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India (1,200) and Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nepal (600). Despite joint efforts between Bhutan and India, the survival of a small population of rhinos living along the Indo-Bhutan border in Manas still remains doubtful (Jnawali et.at, 2000).
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Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary is located in ________ .

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Kerala

  4. Karnataka
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Thekkady (Kerala)
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area near Thekkady in the districts of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve. The protected area covers an area of 925 km2 (357 sq mi).
Multiple choice social studies wild life wildlife and their conservation wildlife resources wildlife conservation approaches and projects

 Bandipur Sanctuary situated in __________.

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. West Bengal

  3. Karnataka

  4. Andhra Pradesh
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Bandipur National Park established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the Indian state of Karnataka, which is the state with the second highest tiger population in India.

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A similarity among blackbuck, gharial, rhinoceros and marsh crocodile is that they are ____________.

  1. Animals with thick chitinous skin

  2. Oviparous

  3. Endangered species

  4. Found in the forests of North-East India
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Explanation

Endangered species are those species of plants and animals whose numbers are diminishing to a level that they might face extinction. Blackbuck,  rhinoceros, marsh crocodiles, are some of the endangered species.


Arthropods have thick chitinous skin.
        
Oviparous: Producing young by means of eggs that are hatched after they are layed by their parents.

 

Animals in Northeast Asia:

  • 1 Sikkim – Red Panda.
  • 2 Assam – One-horned rhinoceros.
  • 3 Arunachal Pradesh – Gayal.
  • 4 Manipur – Sangai.
  • 5 Meghalaya – Clouded Leopard

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White peacock is a ________.

  1. Indian Blue peafowl

  2. Indian Red peafowl

  3. Indian White peafowl

  4. Indian Black peafowl
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Peafowls are known for their brilliant colours. There are some pea fowls which are white in colour. These are nothing but genetic variants of Indian blue fowl. These are occurred due to the mutations in normal pea fowls.

Multiple choice social studies wild life wildlife and their conservation wildlife resources wildlife conservation approaches and projects

Which one of the following is a bird sanctuary?

  1. Bandipur

  2. Rajaji

  3. Ranganathittu

  4. Guindy
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C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Ranganathittu is also known as 'Pakshikasi'. It is famous for the bird sanctuary and is present in the state of Karnataka.
  • It is spread over an area of 67 hectares. Important birds recorded here are the painted stork, Asian openbill stork, common spoonbill, woolly-necked stork, black-headed ibis, lesser whistling duck, Indian shag, stork-billed kingfisher, egret, cormorant, Oriental darter, and heron.

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Which State Government has declared 'Dailong Village' as a biodiversity heritage site ? 

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Haryana

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Manipur
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Manipur government declared Dailong Village in the Tamenglong district as a biodiversity heritage site in 2017.

Multiple choice

Giant Panda is the official symbol of the

  1. WHO

  2. WWF

  3. WOW

  4. UNESCO
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Giant Panda has been the official symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since the organization's inception in 1961.