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Multiple choice evs - i dwelling places of animals threatened species need of conservation conservation of soil and wild life

Which of the following National Park is called "Topslip"?

  1. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park

  2. Mudumalai National Park

  3. Mukurthi National Park

  4. Palani Hills National Park
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, formerly known as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is popularly referred to as Topslip due to its location.

Multiple choice evs - i dwelling places of animals threatened species need of conservation conservation of soil and wild life

The name of Billy Arjan Singh is most closely associated with which among the following National Parks of India?

  1. Jim Corbett National Park

  2. Dudhwa National Park

  3. Panna National Park

  4. Rajaji National Park
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Billy Arjan Singh was a conservationist who played a key role in the establishment of Dudhwa National Park and the rehabilitation of big cats.

Multiple choice evs - i dwelling places of animals threatened species need of conservation conservation of soil and wild life

Which of these are positive influences of human beings on the ecosystem? 
A. Declaring areas as wildlife sanctuaries.
B. Increasing biodegradable packing materials that can be recycled.
C. Removing pollutants from toxic industrial smoke.
D. Using the natural resources extensively.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. A, B and C

  4. B, C and D
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Adopting environment-friendly lifestyle like using of biodegradable packing material, removing toxic pollutants, protecting forests and wildlife, using natural resources sustainably not extensively etc., are the positive influences of human beings on the ecosystem. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice evs - i dwelling places of animals threatened species need of conservation conservation of soil and wild life

Which of the following features is correct for a wildlife sanctuary?

  1. It is an artificially created protected area for animals.

  2. It is a protected area for threatened and endangered wild animals.

  3. Capturing and poaching of animals is strictly prohibited here.

  4. Both B and C.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Wildlife sanctuary is a naturally occurring sanctuary or a geographic territory within which the wildlife is protected. It provides protection to the threatened or endangered wild animals. This is because capturing and poaching are strictly prohibited in such areas. Hence, the correct answer is the option D.

Multiple choice evs - i human activities and environmental degradation threatened species need of conservation conservation of soil and wild life

Which one of the following is a normal species?

  1. Asiatic cheetah

  2. Asiatic buffalo

  3. Desert fox

  4. Rodent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rodents (from Latin Rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents (2,277 species); they are found in vast numbers on all continents except Antarctica.

Multiple choice evs - i rules are for everyone sustainability of natural resources adaptations - mangrove swamps, fast flowing rivers and treetops halophiles

Chipko movement was launched for the protection of

  1. Grasslands

  2. Forests

  3. Livestock

  4. Wet lands
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The popular 'Chipko Andolan' was started in 1973 in Gopeshwar, U.P. when forest trees were not allowed to be cut by village folk by hugging them first near village Mandal, then Rampur Phata and in 1974 near village Reni (led by Gaura Devi). The movement had two leaders, Chandi Prasad Bhatt of Gopeshwar and Sunder Lal Bahugana of Silyara in Tehri region.  A similar movement was undertaken by Paudurang Hegde in the south. It was known as Appiko movement. It's aim were uliso (conservation), belesu (growth-plantation) and balasu (rational use).

Multiple choice evs - i rules are for everyone sustainability of natural resources adaptations - mangrove swamps, fast flowing rivers and treetops halophiles unequal distribution of resources protecting our environment meaning and type of resources

An inexhaustible non-conventional universal source of energy is

  1. Wind energy

  2. Solar energy

  3. Hydrothermal energy

  4. Tidal energy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Solar energy is inexhaustible non-conventional resource. Its use is yet to pick up because of requirement of back up system to store and generate electricity during night and during cloudy days. There are three methods of harnessing solar energy- direct heating (e.g., solar cookers), thermoelectric conversion or solar thermal power plants, e.g., steam generation and photovoltaic conversion.

Multiple choice evs - i rules are for everyone sustainability of natural resources adaptations - mangrove swamps, fast flowing rivers and treetops halophiles unequal distribution of resources protecting our environment meaning and type of resources

Universal nonpolluting source of energy is

  1. Fossil fuel

  2. Sun

  3. Nucleus

  4. Wind and water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Renewable source of energy include biomass energy and some forms of inexhaustible energy like solar energy, hydropower, wind power, tidal energy, wave energy, geothermal energy etc. 

Solar energy is universal, inexhaustible, non-conventional resource, which is non-polluting. It is considered universal because solar energy is available on all places and it does not leads to any type of pollution. However, it may not be harnessed easily. Green plants trap solar energy and convert it into chemical energy stored in sugars, which are utilised by all other organisms.

Multiple choice evs - i rules are for everyone sustainability of natural resources adaptations - mangrove swamps, fast flowing rivers and treetops halophiles

Chipko Andolan (movement), which was started in 1973 in Garhwal/Himalayas (Gopeshwar) near Alaknanda river was for the first time initiated by

  1. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

  2. Vinoba Bhave

  3. Baba Amte

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The popular 'Chipko Andolan' was started in 1973 in Gopeshwar, U.P. when trees were not allowed to be cut by village folk by hugging them first near village Manda, then Rampur Phata and in 1974 near village Reni (led by Gaura Devi). The movement had two leaders, Chandi Prasad Bhatt of Gopeshwar and Sunder Lal Bahugana of Silyara in Tehri region.