Tag: natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest
Questions Related to natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest
The region that is rich in utilization of the forest resources in India is _________.
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Himalayan region.
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Coastal region.
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Desert region.
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Plateau region.
For local people living in the Himalayan mountains in India, agriculture is the mainland use activity and is strongly linked to the forests in providing sustainability.
What is the percentage of reserved forests of the total forest area?
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54.4%
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64.4%
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44.4%
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50%
- 54.4% of the total forest land has been declared reserved forest.
- Reserved forests are acquired and owned by the Government of India. In these forest activities like hunting, grazing, etc. are banned completely.
In India, the festival to save forest and plant new trees is known as ________.
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World forest day.
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World environment day.
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World day to combat desertification and drought.
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Van Mahotsav.
The number of National parks present in India are ________.
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49
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50
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70
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104
An area, whether within a sanctuary or not, can be notified by the state government to be constituted as a National Park, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or zoological association of importance, needed for the purpose of protecting & propagating or developing wildlife therein or its environment.
There are 104 existing national parks in India covering an area of 40501.13 km2, which is 1.23% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, May 2019).
The Nokrek bio-reserve forest is located in the state of __________.
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Manipur.
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Meghalaya.
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Mizoram.
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Nagaland.
The bio-reserve that is present in the state of Tamil Nadu is ________.
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Simlipal.
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Gulf of Mannar.
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Nokrek.
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Pachmari.
The Biosphere Reserve in Tamil Nadu is Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve: 10,500 km2 (4,100 sq mi) established in 1989.
The percentage of forest area of total forests area is ________.
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32%
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30%
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23.28%
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28.2%
In which of the following states is Simlipal biosphere located?
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Chhattisgarh
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Jharkhand
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Odisha
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West Bengal
Odisha,
Planting of trees around the cities to prevent pollution is known as ___________.
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Deforestation
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Afforestation
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Forestation
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All of these
The level of pollution is much higher in areas where industries are located. Steel plants emit significant dust levels of about 20 kilograms per metric ton of steel. The trees act as a barrier for the dust and purify the air.
Which one of the following conservation categories do not directly involve community participation?
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Joint Forest management
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Chipko Movement
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Beej Bachao Andolan
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Demarcation of wildlife sanctuaries
- Joint forest management is a policy of forest conservation in which the government and local communities strive for the conservation of forests.
- Chipko movement: Chipko movement was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973. Alaknanda floods alarmed people of how deforestation has resulted in the disturbance.
- Beej Bachao Andolan is a forest conservatory movement which not only aimed at protecting traditional seeds but also to promote the local tradition of the communities living there.
- All the above movements involved communities. But wild life sanctuaries are demarcated to limit the entry of local communities into forest areas.