What is the estimated number of species of fauna in India?

Which of the following is a rare species?

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. 15 species of mammals are threatened in India. b. 1,500 plant species are considered endangered in India. c. 44 species of birds and 3 of amphibians are also vulnerable to endangerment in India.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Since 1951, over 5,000 sq. km of forest was cleared for river valley projects. b. Narmada Sagar Project in Madhya Pradesh, would inundate 40,000 hectares of forest. c. Dolomite mining at Buxa Tiger reserve has blocked the migration route of several species, including the great Indian elephant.

Which of the following species is/are now extinct species?

a. Asiatic cheetah b. Pink head duck c. Himalayan brown bear

Which of the following trees is in danger of over-exploitation because a chemical compound called ‘taxol’ is extracted from the bark, needles, twigs and roots of this tree and is the biggest selling anti-cancer drug?

When was Project Tiger launched?

Environmental degradation has far reaching consequences. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Half of India's wetlands have drained out. b. Seventy percent of India's water bodies are polluted. c. Sixty percent of India's mangroves have been wiped out.

The Central Government also announced several projects for protecting specific animals, which were gravely threatened. Which of the following is/are the animals that are now protected under such programs?

a. Tiger b. Salt water crocodile c. Black buck

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under permanent forests. b. All northeastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very high percentage of their forests as unclassed forests managed by local communities. c. More than half of the total forest land has been declared as reserved forests.

The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship which of the following trees?

a. Peepal b. Banyan c. Mahua d. Kadamba

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Government has added several hundred butterflies, moths, beetles, and one dragonfly to the list of protected species. b. To begin with, sixty species of plants were added to the protected list. c. Three types of crocodiles – fresh water crocodile, saltwater crocodile and the Gharial are protected under the Wildlife Act.

Which of the following animals is/are an integral part of Bishnoi villages in Rajasthan?

a. Black buck b. Peacocks c. Monkeys d. Nilgai

Which of the following is/are correct about JFM?

a. It is a Joint Food Management Programme of the Government of India. b. It has been in formal existence since 1998. c. The state of Odisha passed the first resolution for the JFM programme.

Match the following reserves with their locations: