Dr. Usha Rani Jain and Amitabh Ranjan Solutions for Chapter: Flora and Fauna, Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following wildlife sanctuary is situated at the confluence of Beas and Sutlej rivers bordering district Tarn Taran Sahib, Kapurthala and Firozpur?

Consider the following statements

I. Punjab also produces non-wood timber forest products such as Bamboo, Fruits, Resin etc.

II. There is a wide gap between the demand and supply of wood in the state.

III. The state imports large quantities of wood from different sources to meet the demand.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following sanctuaries of Punjab was the first notified as a wildlife santuary?

Which of the following sanctuary is a representative area of Shiwalik range of the Himalayas passing through Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab?

Which of the following wildlife sanctuary is just located on the boundary of Himachal Pradesh and occasional presence of Leopards have been reported from this sanctuary?

Consider the following statements:

I. The recorded forest area in the state is 3084 km which is 6.12% of the total Geographical area of the state.

II. The area of reserved forest is 1.43%.

III. The area of protected forest is 37.87%.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The fresh water Dolphin the aquatic mammal classified as a critically endangered species in the red data book of IUCN, recently have been reported in which of the following wildlife sanctuaries of the state.

Which of the following wildlife sanctuary is one of the Largest protected areas of Punjab falling in district Patiala which was also used by the Erstwhile rulers of Patiala for hunting and shooting?