QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC , 16 April 2021 – Environment

Solution: c)

India has some of the world’s most biodiverse regions. It hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes group of Islands).

Solution: c)

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR) comprising of the Galathea National Park and the Campbell Bay National Park.

Solution: c)

The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. It is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park. The reserve includes the Tadoba National Park and the Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary.

Solution: a)

The soil is poor in nutrients and acidic due to frequent leaching by heavy rains.

Frequent rains wash away the top soil leaving only certain mineral and organic remains. So, if these forests are cleared, it will not yield tremendous vegetation growth as seen in tropical forests for a long time.

However, rainforests are also notable for replenishing the soil quickly with dead organic matter (e.g. leafs that fall from trees).

Solution: a)

Mukurthi National Park (MNP) is a protected area located in the western corner of the Nilgiris Plateau west of Ootacamund hill station in the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu state in the Western Ghats mountain range of South India. The park was created to protect its keystone species, the Nilgiri tahr.

The park is characterised by montane grasslands and shrublands interspersed with sholas in a high-altitude area of high rainfall, near-freezing temperatures and high winds. It is home to an array of endangered wildlife, including royal Bengal tiger and Asian elephant, but its main mammal attraction is the Nilgiri tahr. The park was previously known as Nilgiri Tahr National Park.

The park is a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India’s first International Biosphere Reserve. As part of the Western Ghats, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1 July 2012.