GEOGRAPHY

Chapter-2
Forest and Wildlife Resources
WORKSHEET 2A
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Questions 1-4, select the correct alternative.

1. What percentage of the total numbers of species discovered in the world are found in India?
(a) 3 percent (b) 8 percent
(c) 15 percent (d) 30 percent
2. The destruction of forests and wildlife is not just a biological issue. The biological loss isstrongly
correlated with the loss of which of the following:
(a) ecological diversity (b) cultural diversity
(c) human diversity (d) plant diversity
3. Which of the following animals have recently been given full or partial legal protection against hunting
and trade throughout India?
(a) Blue sheep, Gangetic dolphin, hornbill
(b) Indian elephant, black buck,snow leopard, great Indian bustard
(c) Asiatic buffalo, desert fox, hornbill
(d) Andaman teal, mithun, Andaman wild fig
4. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in.
(a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) West Bengal

In the questions given below, there are two statementsmarked as Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.
5. Assertion (A) :In the notification under wildlife Act of 1980 and 1986, several hundred butterflies,
moths, beetles and one dragonfly have been added to the list of protected species.
Reason (R) :Inereasingly, even insects are beginning to find a place in conservation planning.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) (A) is correct but (R)is wrong.
(c) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

6. Assertion (A): In and around Bishnoi Villages in Rajathan, herds of blackbuck,

(chinkara), nilgai
and peacocks can be seen as an integral part of the community and nobody harms them.
Reason (R):Sacred qualities are often ascribed to springs, mountain peaks, plants and animals
which are closely protected.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
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 (c) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the
correct explanation of (A).

Complete the following sentences:

7. The clear lesson from the dynamics of both environmental destruction and reconstruction in India is
that

8. Nature worship is an age old tribal belief based on the premise that

9. All North- eastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very high percentage of their forests as

10. The major threats to tiger population are numerous, such as

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
11. Case Based Question
The famous chipko movement in the Himalayas has not only successfully resisted deforestation in
several areas but has also shown that community forestation with indigenous species can be
enormously successful. Attempts to revive the traditional conservation methods or developing new
methods of ecological farming are now widespread. Farmers and citizens groups like the Beej Bachao
Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production
without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable.
(a) Which programme furnishes a good example for involving local communities in the restoration
of degraded forests?

(b) Certain societies rever a particular tree which they have preserved from time immemorial'. Give
any twO examples of such trees.
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(c) Where in India have

people declared
against any outside encroachments? their own set of rules and regulations for protecting wildife

(d) Name any community group that has supported the cause of organic
farming.

12. Which factors have led to a decline in

India's biodiversity and environmental destruction?

13. Enumerate the features of joint Forest Management Programme.

14. How has the destruction of forests and wildlife resulted in the loss of cultrual diversity?
15. Why do we need to conserve our forests and wildlife?