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1
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In India, the Project Tiger was started in

A

1973

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2
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‘Mithun’, a cattle breed is found in

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Arunachal Pradesh
Also known as Cattle of Mountain

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3
Q

Bandipur National Park located

A

Karnataka
established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger

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4
Q

Silent Valley National Park is located in

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Nilgiri hills, Kerela

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5
Q

Gahirmatha Sanctuary is the only Sanctuary for _________ in Odisha

A

Turtles
only marine wildlife sanctuary of Odisha

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6
Q

Valley of Flowers National
Park is located in

A

North Chamoli, in the
state of Uttarakhand

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7
Q

Periyar wildlife sanctuary is located in

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near Thekkady in the
districts of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala

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8
Q

Sariska Tiger Reserve is
located in

A

Alwar district, Rajasthan

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9
Q

Dudhwa National Park is
situated in

A

Terai belt of marshy
grasslands of northern Uttar Pradesh

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10
Q

Manas Tiger Reserve is located
in which Indian state

A

Assam
is an UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve.
Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog and the
wild water buffalo

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11
Q

Dachigam
sanctuary located

A

J&K

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12
Q

Pin Valley National Park is
situated in

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Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh

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13
Q

Dugong is a main animal of which biosphere reserve

A

Gulf of Mannar

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14
Q

Kishtwar National Park is
located in

A

J&K
bounded to the north by Rinnay river, south by Kibar Nala catchment, east
by main divide of Great Himalaya and west by Marwa river

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15
Q

The Great Himalayan
National Park is located in

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Kullu region in the state of Himachal Pradesh

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16
Q

Guru Ghasidas National Park is located in

A

Koriya district of Chhattisgarh

17
Q

Katarniaghat Wildlife
Sanctuary is located in

A

UP

18
Q

Vikramshila Gangetic
Dolphin Sanctuary

A

Bhagalpur, Bihar

19
Q

Guindy National Park
situated

A

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

20
Q

Which of the following
Biosphere Reserves was the first to be
established by the Government of
India

A

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

21
Q

Similipal Biosphere Reserve located

A

Mayurbhanj district
of Odisha
one of the biggest
Wildlife Sanctuaries in the country

22
Q

home to the largest
number of Asian elephants in the
world

A
  • Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
  • (also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park)
  • Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka
23
Q

The ______in Kerala has its
own elephant sanctuary

A

Guruvayoor Temple

24
Q

Home to the snow leopard, the
Hemis National Park is located
in

A

Ladakh

25
Q

With reference to the biosphere
protected area of India, which of the following is not a biosphere protected area

A

Dachingam

26
Q

some Important Biosphere Reserve

A
  • Nokrek(Meghalaya);
  • Simlipal(Odisha);;
  • Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve (Madhya Pradesh);
  • Cold Desert (Himachal Pradesh);
  • Khangchendzonga(Sikkim);
  • Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve(Kerala, Tamil Nadu);
  • Panna (Madhya Pradesh).
27
Q

The language of geology in
which dinosaurs are studied is an
example of a branch of

A

Paleontology

28
Q

Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
located

A

Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka

29
Q

the largest protected area in the
Eastern Himalayan sub-region in
Arunachal Pradesh

A

Namdapha National Park

30
Q

The Kameng-Sonitpur
Elephant Reserve (KSER) is located in

A

the eastern hill forests of Arunachal
Pradesh and Assam in India

31
Q

the Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary situated in

A

Karnataka

32
Q

Which sanctuary is famous for
endangered Estuarine Crocodiles
conservation in India

A

Bhitarkanika Wildlife
Sanctuary

33
Q

Gingee Fort Villupuram District,
Tamil Nadu is not a

A

National Geo-heritage Monument by GSI

34
Q

Valmiki Tiger Reserve located at

A

West Champaran, Bihar

35
Q

Which wildlife sanctuary is a
tri-state protected area in northern
India? It is also famous for the
Critically Endangered gharial, the
red-crowned roofed turtle and the
Endangered Ganges river dolphin

A

National Chambal Sanctuary is located on the Chambal river near the tripoint of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

36
Q

The Bandhavgarh Tiger
Reserve is located in

A

Madhya Pradesh

37
Q

In which year was the
Kaziranga National Park(Assam) declared as a Reserved Forest

A

1908

38
Q

The wetland of Ashtamudi is
located in

A

Kollam District of Kerala

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