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Alpine grasslands are grazed extensively by which nomadic tribes?Read the answer and worked solution →Sundari trees, which give durable hard timber, grow in which delta?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 2,000 bird species make up what share of the world's total?Read the answer and worked solution →The Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gir forest in Gujarat is the last natural habitat of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The wild ass is found in the arid:Read the answer and worked solution →How many biosphere reserves have been set up in India?Read the answer and worked solution →How many of India's biosphere reserves are in the world network of biosphere reserves?Read the answer and worked solution →The only surviving representative of its variety of crocodile in the world today is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the biosphere reservesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the evergreen treesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the forest limitsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Indian treesRead the answer and worked solution →Evergreen or deciduousRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the plants by forestRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Vegetation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →At least what share of India's recorded wild flora is on the threatened list?Read the answer and worked solution →India's forest and tree cover is about what share of its geographical area?Read the answer and worked solution →Mangrove cover in India is about:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Alpine grasslands are grazed extensively by which nomadic tribes?

  1. Bhils and Gonds
  2. Todas and Kurumbas
  3. Santhals and Mundas
  4. Gujjars and Bakarwals
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Correct answer: D. Gujjars and Bakarwals

1. These are Himalayan pastoral nomads. 2. The Gujjars and Bakarwals graze the alpine pastures. 3. Yaks and Tibetan antelope live nearby. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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Sundari trees, which give durable hard timber, grow in which delta?

  1. Ganga-Brahmaputra
  2. Mahanadi delta
  3. Godavari delta
  4. Kaveri delta
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Correct answer: A. Ganga-Brahmaputra

1. Mangroves grow on tidal coasts. 2. Sundari trees are in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta. 3. The Royal Bengal tiger lives there. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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India's roughly 2,000 bird species make up what share of the world's total?

  1. 50 per cent
  2. 13 per cent
  3. 3 per cent
  4. 30 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 13 per cent

1. Fish are about 12 per cent of the world's stock. 2. Birds are 13 per cent. 3. Peacocks, cranes and parakeets are among them. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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