Which one of the following legislations does not deal with the protection of environment?
Important Questions on Indian Geography
Match the following:
| List-I | List-II |
| Forest and tree cover of country | . of country's total geographical area |
| Largest forest cover in India |
Madhya Pradesh |
| Highest percentage of geographical area as forest | Mizoram |
| Mangrove forest cover in India |
Arrange the following tiger reserves of India from North to South.
lndravati
Dudhwa
Bandipur
Simlipal
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Regarding floral diversity of India, and its divisions, choose the correct statement.
India has eight floristic divisions.
Indus plain is one of such divisions.
Cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form the part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
| List-I (National Park/ Wildlife Sanctuary) | List-II (State) | ||
| a. | Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary | 1. | Uttarakhand |
| b. | Silent Valley National Park | 2. | Chhattisgarh |
| c. | Valley of Flowers National Park | 3. | Uttar Pradesh |
| d. | Indrawati National Park | 4. | Kerala |
Regarding tropical forests of India, choose the correct statements:
It is of two types.
Littoral and swamp forest is a kind of wet tropical forest.
Tropical dry evergreen forests are found in Tamil Nadu.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Match the following:
| List-I | List-II |
| (Physiographic Division) | (Types of Vegetation) |
| Western Himalaya | . Semi-arid scrubs to dry deciduous, moist deciduous evergreen mangrove |
| Gangetic plain |
Tropical, temperate and alpine vegetation |
| Malabar region | Moist tropical evergreen to monsoon deciduous |
| Andaman and Nicobar region | Evergreen to mangrove |
In the following question, there are two statements one as labelled Assertion (A) and other one as Reason (R). Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Assertion (A): The loss of forest cover in India has been directly associated with the demographic transition in India.
Reason (R): The forest cover is negatively related with population growth.
