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UPSC CDS Environment & Ecology — practice questions — page 13

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Which body's classification is used for normal, endangered, vulnerable, rare, endemic and extinct species?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gangetic dolphin and Asiatic elephant are examples of which category?Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayan brown bear, wild Asiatic buffalo and hornbill are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Andaman teal and Nicobar pigeon are examples of which category?Read the answer and worked solution →The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The cheetah can run at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1951 and 1980, how much forest area was converted to farmland in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Slash and burn shifting cultivation in tribal belts is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada Sagar Project in Madhya Pradesh would inundate how much forest?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal is threatened by mining of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kashmir stag is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The great Indian bustard is locally known as:Read the answer and worked solution →India launched its national campaign to save the tiger, Project Tiger, in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1973 the tiger population had dwindled to:Read the answer and worked solution →India and Nepal together hold about what share of the world's surviving tigers?Read the answer and worked solution →Plants were first added to the list of protected species in:Read the answer and worked solution →More than half of India's total forest land is classed as:Read the answer and worked solution →North-eastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very high share of which forest category managed by local communities?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the tiger reservesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the endangered speciesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the conservation yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the wildlife wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Endangered or vulnerableRead the answer and worked solution →Sort endemic, endangered and rareRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Forest and wildlife bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The outer crust of the Earth is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Water covers about what share of the Earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →On Venus and Mars, carbon dioxide forms what share of the atmosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which body's classification is used for normal, endangered, vulnerable, rare, endemic and extinct species?

  1. FAO
  2. IUCN
  3. WWF
  4. UNEP
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Correct answer: B. IUCN

1. It is the International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2. The IUCN categories are used. 3. Normal species include cattle, sal and pine. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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The Gangetic dolphin and Asiatic elephant are examples of which category?

  1. Extinct
  2. Endemic
  3. Vulnerable
  4. Endangered
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Correct answer: C. Vulnerable

1. Vulnerable species may soon become endangered. 2. Blue sheep, Asiatic elephant and Gangetic dolphin are vulnerable. 3. Black buck and Indian rhino are endangered. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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The Himalayan brown bear, wild Asiatic buffalo and hornbill are examples of:

  1. Extinct species
  2. Normal species
  3. Endemic species
  4. Rare species
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Correct answer: D. Rare species

1. Rare species have small populations. 2. These are rare species. 3. The desert fox is also rare. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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