PRELIMS REVISION QUIZ (DAY-03)

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PRELIMS REVISION QUIZ (DAY-3)

Multiple choice Question and answers 2021

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Que 1. Which of the following is the only floating national park of the world ?

Pin Valley National Park

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Campbell Bay National Park

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK, MANIPUR

Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park in the Bishnupur district of Manipur.

An integral part of Loktak Lake of Manipur, Keibul Lamjao (40 Km² in area) is the only floating park in the world.

It is characterized by circular accretions of floating decomposed plant material called 'phumdi'.

It is the natural habitat of the endangered Brow Antlered Deer also known as 'Sangai'.

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Que 2. 'Dhikala Grasslands' which are one of the biggest grasslands in Asia form a part of

Kaziranga National Park

Kanha National Park

Dudhwa National Park

Jim Corbett National Park

DHIKALA GRASSLANDS (CORBETT NATIONAL PARK)

Dhikala grasslands or 'Dhikala chaur' as they are locally known, cover about 10 km² in the core area of Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve.

It is one of the biggest grasslands in Asia.

Sizeable populations of the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger, Asiatic Elephant and critically endangered species such as Gharial are found in Dhikala.

It is considered as the potential relocation site for One-Horned Rhinoceros from Kaziranga.

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Que 3. Which national park is well known for the presence of subterranean limestone caves ?

Kanger Ghati National Park, Chhattisgarh

Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka

Mollem National Park, Goa

Mandla Plant Fossils National Park, Madhya Pradesh

KANGER GHATI NATIONAL PARK, CHHATTISGARH

Name 'Kanger ghati' is derived from Kanger river valley, cut by Kanger river flowing through the length of the national park.

Kanger Valley got the status of national park in 1982.

Flora - Mixed humid deciduous forests having Sal, Sagaun, teak and bamboo trees.

Fauna - Bastar Myna, is a type of Hill myna, which is capable of emulating human voices. It is the state bird of Chattisgarh.

Kanger ghati national park has is well known for its subterranean (underground) limestone caves.

It has three exceptional caves having stalactite and stalagmite formations - Kutumbsar, Kailash and Dandak.

Tirathgarh Waterfall is located in Kanger Ghati National Park.

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Que 4. Blackbuck National Park is located in

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Andhra Pradesh

BLACKBUCK NATIONAL PARK

Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat.

It has the largest population of blackbucks in India.

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Que 5. MIKE sites are designated to prevent illegal killings of

Elephants

Tigers

River Dolphins

Snow Leopards

Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Programme

MIKE Programme was established by a CITES Resolution adopted at the CoP-10 in 1997.

MIKE is an international collaboration that measures the levels, trends and causes of elephant mortality.

MIKE’s information base is used to support international decision-making related to the conservation of elephants in Asia and Africa.

The 10 MIKE Sites of India are :

1⃣ Chirang Ripu : Assam
2⃣ Dehing Patkai : Assam
3⃣ Eastern Dooars : West Bengal
4⃣ Deomali : Arunachal Pradesh
5⃣ Garo Hills : Meghalaya
6⃣ Mayurbhanj : Odisha
7⃣ Mysore : Karnataka
8⃣ Nilgiri : Tamil Nadu
9⃣ Shivalik : Uttarakhand
🔟 Wayanad : Kerala

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