25 MCS of Forest and Wild Life Resources

Multiple Choice Questions of Forest and Wild Life Resources

Q.1: The diverse flora and fauna of the planet are under great threat mainly due to:
(a) Global Warming
(b) Lack of water availability
(c) Insensitivity to our environment
(d) Increasing pollution

Q.2: Which one of the following is an endangered species of Manipur?

MCS of Forest and Wild Life Resources

(a) Blue Sheep
(b) Asiatic Buffalo
(c) Sangai (brow anter deer)
(d) Cattle

Q.3: “The species that are not found after searches of known or likely areas where they may occur” are known as:
(a) Normal species
(b) Vulnerable species
(c) Extinct species
(d) Rare species

Q.4: Which one of the following is a medicinal plant used to treat some types of cancer?
(a) Himalayan Yew
(b) Himalayan Oak
(c) Madhuca insignis
(d) Hubbardia heptaneuron

Q.5: In which year, the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented?
(a) 1970
(b) 1971
(c) 1972
(d) 1974

Q.6: Which one of the following was launched in 1973?
(a) Project Tiger
(b) Indian Wildlife Act
(c) Wildlife Act
(d) Indian Wildlife Protection Act

Q.7: Which one of the following is located in West Bengal?
(a) Corbett National Park
(b) Sundarbans National Park
(c) Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Bandhangarh National Park

Q.8: In which one of the following states is Periyar Tiger Reserves Located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Assam
(c) Uttaranchal
(d) Kerala

Q.9: Which one of the following States has the largest area under permanent forest?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Punjab
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.10: Which one of the following is a great achievement of the Chipko Movement?
(a) More trees are planted
(b) Development in Himalayan region
(c) Successfully resisted deforestation
(d) Soil erosion gets declined.

Q.11: What is Jhumming?
(a) A type of Plant
(b) a type of Agriculture
(c) A type of Animal
(d) a type of Bird

Q.12: Narmada Sagar project is in the state of:-
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Orissa

Q.13: The percentage of forest cover in India is:-
(a) 14.69%
(b) 15.39%
(c) 19.39%
(d) 19.67%

Q.14: Himalaya yew is found in:-
(a) Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Orissa
(d) None of them

Q.15: Project Tiger was started in:-
(a) 1953
(b) 1963
(c) 1973
(d) 1983

Q.16: Simlipal is located in the state of:-
(a) Bihar
(b) Jarkhand
(c) Orissa
(d) W. Bengal

Q.17: Gangetic Dolphin is a type of:-
(a) Endemic species
(b) Rare species
(c) Vulnerable species
(d) Extinct species

Q.18: Buxa Tiger Reserve is seriously threatened by the mining of:-
(a) Coal
(b) Copper
(c) Dolomite
(d) Iron

Q.19: Taxol a chemical compound is used to treat the patient of:-
(a) T.B
(b) Cancer
(c) Fever
(d) Aids

Q.20: Pink headed duck is a type of:-
(a) Vulnerable species
(b) Rare species
(c) Endemic species
(d) Extinct species

Q.21: When did the joint forest management come into existence:-
(a) 1958
(b) 1968
(c) 1978
(d) 1988

Q.22: What is the name given to the species which are not found after searches of known or likely areas where they may occur:-
(a) Endemic species
(b) Rare species
(c) Endangered species
(d) Extinct species

Q.23: How many species of Fauna are found in India till today?
(a) 81000
(b) 47000
(c) 15000
(d) None of them

Q.24: Which of the commercially valuable species have damaged the natural forests in south India?
(a) Chir pine
(b) Teak Monoculture
(c) Himalayan Oak
(d) None of them

Q.25: Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?
(a) Joint forest Management
(b) Beej Bachao Andolan
(c) Chipko Movement
(d) Demarcation of wild life Sanctuaries

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

1. (c) Insensitivity to our environment
2. (c) Sangai (brow anter deer)
3. (c) Extinct species
4. (a) Himalayan Yew
5. (a) 1970
6. (a) Project Tiger
7. (b) Sundarbans National Park
8. (d) Kerala
9. (d) Madhya Pradesh
10. (c) Successfully resisted deforestation
11. (b) a type of Agriculture
12. (a) Madhya Pradesh
13. (c) 19.39%
14. (a) Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh
15. (c) 1973
16. (c) Orissa
17. (c) Vulnerable species
18. (c) Dolomite
19. (b) Cancer
20. (d) Extinct species
21. (d) 1988
22. (d) Extinct species
23. (a) 81000
24. (d) None of them
25. (d) Demarcation of wild life Sanctuaries