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  • 1. 
    Extensive planting of a single commercially valuable species is called:

  • Jhumming
  • Intensive subsistence farming
  • Mixed farming
  • Enrichment plantation

  • 2. 
    Teak monoculture has damaged the natural forests in:

  • Ganga Plain
  • South India
  • Brahmaputra Plain
  • None of the above

  • 3. 
    Chir Pine plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the:

  • Himalayan Oak and Rhododendron
  • Teak and Sal
  • Babul and Mexican kikar
  • None of the above

  • 4. 
    Which one of the following is not responsible for the decline in India's biodiversity?

  • Mining activities
  • Hunting and poaching
  • Forest fire
  • Afforestation

  • 5. 
    Which one of the following is not a direct outcome of environmental destruction?

  • Biological loss
  • Loss of cultural diversity
  • Severe droughts
  • River Valley Projects

  • 6. 
    We need to conserve our forests and wildlife:

  • to preserve the ecological diversity
  • to preserve the genetic diversity
  • for maintenance of aquatic biodiversity
  • so that we are able to over-extract plant and animal species

  • 7. 
    The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in:

  • 1972
  • 1971
  • 2010
  • 1982

  • 8. 
    Which is not a threat to tiger population in India?

  • Shrinking habitat
  • The trade of tiger skins
  • Use of their bones in traditional medicines
  • "Project Tiger"

  • 9. 
    Reserved and protected forests are also referred to as:

  • Unclassed forest
  • Permanent forest estate
  • Open forest
  • Mangrove forest

  • 10. 
    Unclassed forests are mainly found in:

  • All north-eastern states and parts of Gujarat
  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu
  • Punjab and Haryana
  • West Bengal and Bihar
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