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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 →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 →

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At least what share of India's recorded wild flora is on the threatened list?

  1. 10 per cent
  2. 20 per cent
  3. 50 per cent
  4. 5 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 10 per cent

1. About 20 per cent of mammals are threatened. 2. At least 10 per cent of wild flora is threatened. 3. Many are critical, on the verge of extinction. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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India's forest and tree cover is about what share of its geographical area?

  1. 9.14 per cent
  2. 24.16 per cent
  3. 12.2 per cent
  4. 33 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 24.16 per cent

1. Dense forest is 12.2 per cent and open forest 9.14 per cent. 2. Total cover is 24.16 per cent, about 79.42 million hectares. 3. Dense cover rose by 3,775 sq km since 2013. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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Mangrove cover in India is about:

  1. 0.14 per cent
  2. 1.4 per cent
  3. 9.14 per cent
  4. 12.2 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 0.14 per cent

1. Mangroves are a small part of forest cover. 2. They cover 0.14 per cent of the area. 3. Open forest is 9.14 per cent. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 2, Forest and Wildlife Resources._

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