wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Natural vegetation and wildlife Q2 class 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India has approximately 90,000 animal species.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

India has about 2,000 species of birds and they constitute ..................% of the world’s total

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

10

3.

There are 2,546 species of fish, which account for nearly ............% of the world’s stock

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

15

4.

The elephants are found in the hot wet forests of.........

a)

Assam

b)

Karnataka

c)

kerala

d)

All of these

5.

One-horned rhinoceroses are the other animals, which live in swampy and marshy lands of....

a)

Assam

b)

West Bengal

c)

Both

d)

None

6.

Arid areas of the ............. and the Thar Desert are the habitat for wild ass and camels respectively.

a)

Rann of Kachchh

b)

Gulf of Munnar

c)

Palk Strait

d)

Bihar

7.

Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in ............ in India

a)

1872

b)

1873

c)

1972

d)

1973

8.

India is the only country in the world that has both tigers and leopards.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The natural habitat of the Indian ............. is the Gir forest in Gujarat

a)

Tiger

b)

Lion

c)

Leopard

d)

Jaguar

10.

Tigers are found in the forests of Madhya Pradesh, the Sundarbans of West Bengal and the Himalayan region

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Himalayas harbour a hardy range of animals, which survive in extreme hot.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

We have selected our crops from a bio-diverse environment, i.e., from the reserve of ....................

a)

medicinal plants

b)

gold

c)

coal

d)

edible plants

13.

Due to excessive exploitation of................. resources by human beings, the ecosystem has been disturbed.

a)

plant

b)

animal

c)

Plants and animals

d)

none

14.

About 1,300 plant species are endangered and 20 species are extinct.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The major threat to nature are .......

a)

hunting by greedy hunters for commercial purposes.

b)

Pollution due to chemical and industrial waste, acid deposits, introduction of alien species

c)

reckless cutting of the forests to bring land under cultivation and habitation

d)

All of these

16.

To protect the flora and fauna of the country............................... are set up to take care of natural heritage.

a)

103 National Parks

b)

535 Wildlife sanctuaries

c)

Zoological gardens

d)

All of these

17.

Financial and technical assistance is provided to many botanical gardens by the government since ..............

a)

1991

b)

1992

c)

1993

d)

1994

18.

The .................. is a place where the desert merges with the sea, flamingo with their brilliant pink plumage come in thousands to build nest mounds from the salty mud and raise their young ones.

a)

Nilgiri

b)

Manas

c)

Pachmarhi

d)

Rann of Kachchh

19.

Which one of the following bio-reserves of India is not included in the world network of bioreserve?

a)

Gulf of Mannar

b)

Nilgiri

c)

Manas

d)

Nanda Devi

20.

Which of the following is incorrect?

a)

Rajaji- Uttarakhand

b)

Kaziranga- Assam

c)

Simlipal- Odisha

d)

Rajgir- Rajasthan