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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 41

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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 Himalayas form an arc covering a distance of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The northern-most Himalayan range, with an average height of 6,000 metres, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The core of the Great Himalayas is composed of:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest and most important range of the lesser Himalaya is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Longitudinal valleys between the lesser Himalaya and the Shiwaliks are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The part of the Himalayas between the Satluj and Kali rivers is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Northern Plain spreads over an area of about:Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli, the largest inhabited riverine island in the world, lies in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The narrow 8 to 16 km belt of pebbles along the Shiwalik foothills where streams disappear is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The wet, swampy region south of the bhabar is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Older alluvium forming a terrace above the floodplains is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcareous deposits in the bhangar soil are locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →The newer floodplain deposits renewed almost every year are:Read the answer and worked solution →The Peninsular plateau was formed by the breaking and drifting of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Eastern Ghats stretch from the Mahanadi valley to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The highest peak of the Western Ghats is:Read the answer and worked solution →The black soil region of the Peninsular plateau, of volcanic origin, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian desert receives rainfall below:Read the answer and worked solution →The southern part of the eastern coastal plain is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest salt water lake in India, Chilika, lies in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive islands were renamed Lakshadweep in:Read the answer and worked solution →India's only active volcano is on:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Himalayan rangesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the endangered species

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Other terms
  1. Blue sheep
  2. Dolphin
  3. Cattle
  4. Sal
Matching terms
  1. Black buck
  2. Wild ass
  3. Indian rhino
  4. Sangai
  5. Crocodile
  6. Macaque
Instructions
Pop the endangered species. Leave the vulnerable and normal ones.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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Run the conservation years

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1952
    Choices
    1. 1952
    2. 1972
    3. 1973
  2. Correct
    1972
    Choices
    1. 1952
    2. 1972
    3. 1973
  3. Correct
    1973
    Choices
    1. 1952
    2. 1972
    3. 1973
  4. Correct
    1980
    Choices
    1. 1980
    2. 1991
    3. 2015
  5. Correct
    1991
    Choices
    1. 1980
    2. 1991
    3. 2015
  6. Correct
    2015
    Choices
    1. 1980
    2. 1991
    3. 2015
Instructions
Years: cheetah extinct, Wildlife Act, Project Tiger; then insects listed, plants listed, forest report.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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Slice the wildlife words

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Does not match the category
  1. Ledger
  2. Piston
  3. Sonnet
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Endemic
  2. Jhum
  3. Taxol
  4. Hangul
  5. Godawan
Instructions
Slice only the forest and wildlife words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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