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Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

Which plant is associated with the social forestry programmes in India?

  1. Teak

  2. Neem

  3. Eucalyptus

  4. Banyan
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Eucalyptus,
Eucalyptus is a tall evergreen tree. It attains the height of more than 300 feet. Leaves of the tree on juvenile shoots are opposite, sessile, cordate-ovate, and covered with a bluish-white bloom. The adult leaves are alternate, lanceolate and are 6-12 inches long and 1-2 inches broad. In eucalyptus-tree flowers is cream in color. The appearance of its bark varies with the age of the tree. Its bark consists of long fibers and can be pulled off in long pieces. Stems of the seedlings and coppice shoots are quadrangular. Flowers are in cymose panicles. The fruit is a capsule. 

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

The most important commercial forests of India are __________.

  1. Tropical evergreen

  2. Mangrove

  3. Tropical deciduous

  4. Coniferous
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Tropical deciduous,
The most important commercial forests of India are Tropical deciduous. As per the economic resource pooling of India, the tropical Deciduous forests are the best ones in terms of export, import and revenue.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

Which is the first marine sanctuary in India?

  1. Sundarbans

  2. Chilka Lake

  3. Gulf of Kutch

  4. Lakshadweep
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Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh in the Devbhumi Dwarka District of Gujarat state, India. In 1980, an area of 270 sq. km. from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later, in 1982, a core area of 110sq. km was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act, 1972 of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park, most of them surrounded by reefs. The best known island is Pirotan.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

What is the main attraction of Kaziranga wildlife Sanctuary?

  1. Tiger

  2. Spotted deer

  3. Nilgai

  4. One horned Rhinoceros
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One-horned Rhinoceros,
Kaziranga National Park is the name to exemplify the most popular conservation efforts to save the endangered species like one-horned rhinoceros in India. Located in the Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam, this most notable wildlife sanctuary is being declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1985.
Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

In the North-East, the Gaj Yatra has been rolled out from which state by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)?

  1. Meghalaya

  2. Arunachal Pradesh

  3. Manipur

  4. Tripura
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In the North-East, the Gaj Yatra has been rolled out by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) from Tura, the principal town of Garo Hills of Meghalaya on May 28, 2018. It is the part of an 18-month-long national campaign to protect Indias national heritage animal elephants and its habitat. The event involves taking an elephant mascot across districts frequented by jumbo herds for generating awareness among the people. 


The aim of the campaign is to involve people from all walks of life in the conservation of elephants. The WTI is securing 101 elephant corridors through its Right to Passage project, in partnership with the Union governments Project Elephant, state forest departments and various NGOs. The aim is to rehabilitate people affected by conflict in corridor areas while ensuring uninterrupted movement of elephants between key habitats. Earlier, the campaign was launched by the Dr. Harsh Vardhan on the occasion of 2017 World Elephant Day (WED) in New Delhi.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

Which is a great achievement of the Chipko Movement?

  1. Save water for agriculture.

  2. Save wild species of the tehri region.

  3. Successfully resisted deforestation.

  4. None of these
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  • Chipko movement was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973. Alaknanda floods alarmed people of how deforestation has resulted in disturbance.
  • Thus people took up this movement and carried on a number of rallies to create awareness among people. They protested against commercial logging operations. And finally deforestation was prevented.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

When was the Indian Forest Act passed?

  1. In $1869$
  2. In $1855$
  3. In $1865$
  4. In $1860$
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Indian forest Act was passed by British. It was passed in the year 1865. According to this act the right of Indian communities on forests were limited and authority was transferred to British government.

The act of 1865 empowered the British government to declare any land covered with trees as a government forest and make rules to manage it.

Multiple choice geography human activities and environmental degradation land degradation wildlife resources human activities and its impact on environment

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport is abbreviated as  ___________.

  1. BEST

  2. EAST

  3. WEST

  4. NEST
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A.  BEST

The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking is the civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Originally set up in 1873 as a tramway company: BrihanMumbai Electric Supply & Tramways Company, the BEST set up a captive Thermal power station at Wadi bunder, Mumbai in November 1905 to generate electricity for its trams that positioned it to also supply electricity to the city of Mumbai. Since 1926, the BEST has been an operator of motor buses. In 1947, a week prior to India gaining independence, the BEST became an undertaking of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. It now operates as an autonomous body under the Municipal Corporation.