RAMAGYA SCHOOL, NOIDA

WORKHEET, 2019-2020
SUBJECT:SOCIAL SCIENCE

CLASS: X TOPIC:FOREST AND WILDLIFE

TICK THE CORRECT OPTION

Q.1. The Gangetic dolphin belongs to which of the following categories of fauna?
(a) Endangered species
(b) Vulnerable species
(c) Rare species
(d) Extinct species

Q.2. Which of the following species of animals is a rare species?

(a) Wild Asiatic buffalo
(b) Gangetic dolphin
(c) Indian rhino
(d) Black buck

Q.3. Which of the following species was declared extinct in India long back in 1952?
(a) Leopard
(b) Gangetic dolphin
(c) Black buck
(d) Asiatic cheetah

Q.4. Which one of the following is not a major product directly obtained from the forests?
(a) Firewood
(b) Timber wood and barks
(c) Medicines
(d) Fodder

Q.5. Which of the following types of agriculture has led to ride scale deforestation and degradation
of forests in north-eastern and central India?
(a) Plantations
(b) Intensive Subsistence Farming
(c) Shifting Cultivation
(d) Commercial Agriculture

Q.6. What is the Himalayan Yew?

(a) A type of deer
(b) A medicinal plant
(c) A species of bird
(d) A food crop grown in the Himalayas

Q.7. Cleaning of forests is still continuing in Madhya Pradesh mainly due to which of the following
reasons? (a) Dolomite mining
(b) Commercial plantations
(c) Industrialisation and urbanisation
(d) Narmada Sagar (River Valley) Project
Q.8. In which of the following year was the Indian wildlife (protection) Act implemented?
(a) 1962
(b) 1972
(c) 1992
(d) 1999

Q.9. In which of the following years was the ‘Project Tiger’ launched?
(a) 1951
(b) 1973
(c) 1993
(d) 2009
Ans. (b)

Q.10. Which of the following species was included for the first time in list of protected species in
1991?
(a) Insects
(b) Fishes
(c) Plants
(d) Reptiles