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Forest and Wildlife

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

of the estimated 47000 plant species found in India , about 15000 flowering species belong to which category ?

a)

Endangered species

b)

Extinct Species

c)

Endemic Species

d)

Vulnerable species

2.

Which of the following birds do not fall in the category of Critical species?

a)

Pink headed duck

b)

Peacock

c)

Mountain quail

d)

Forest spotted owl

3.

Black Buck belongs to which of the following categories of fauna ?

a)

Extinct category

b)

Rare Category

c)

Endemic Category

d)

Endangered Category

4.

Gangetic dolphin belongs to which of the following categories of fauna ?

a)

Endangered

b)

Vulnerable

c)

Rare

d)

Extinct

5.

Which of the following species was declared extinct in India long back in 1952?

a)

Leopard

b)

Gangetic Dolphin

c)

Black Buck

d)

Asiatic Cheetah

6.

Which of the following species of animal is a rare species ?

a)

Wild Asiatic buffalo

b)

Gangetic Dolphin

c)

Indian Rhino

d)

Black Buck

7.

What is the Himalayan Yew?

a)

A type of deer

b)

A medicinal Plant

c)

A species of bird

d)

A food crop grown in the Himalayas

8.

In which of the following year was the Indian wildlife (protection) Act implemented ?

a)

1962

b)

1972

c)

1992

d)

1999

9.

In which of the following years the Project Tiger launched?

a)

1951

b)

1973

c)

1993

d)

2009

10.

Which one of the following stakeholders of forest causes maximum damage to forest?

a)

People who live in or around the forest

b)

The forest department or government

c)

The wild life and nature enthusiast

d)

The industrialist

11.

Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?

a)

Joint Forest Management

b)

Beej Bachao Andolan

c)

Demarcation of wild life Sanctuaries

d)

Chipko Movement

12.

What was the aim of Chipko movement?

a)

Human rights

b)

Political rights

c)

Agricultural expansion

d)

Forest conservation

13.

Sacred Groves are:

a)

parts of large forests that have been left untouched by the locals and as regarded as sacred.

b)

places for grazing animals.

c)

forests earmarked for commercial felling of trees.

d)

forests used for planting trees with medicinal properties.

14.

Which one of the following is not responsible for the decline in India’s biodiversity?

a)

Mining activities

b)

Hunting and poaching

c)

Forest fire

d)

Afforestation

15.

Which of the following community in Rajasthan has a religious tenet of conservation of forest and wildlife ?

a)

Agarwal

b)

Gujjar

c)

Bishnoi

d)

Jain