Daily Prelims Practice Subject: Environment Topic: Biodiversity Conservation Batch: DEC 2020 Issue: Environment Protection and institutions Date: 21/04/2021

SOLUTIONS 1. (d) : China, Narmada, Tapti, Mahi, Sabarmati, 128m. 2nd highest . etc. : Kevadiya, , Educational objective: To know 182m highest statue of the world. about important national parks of : Statue of saint . Ramanuja in Hyderabad, Telangana, 65m in height. 4. (b) Statement 1 is correct: Silent Statue of Liberty: Liberty, the Valley National Park is a beautiful Roman Goddess. New York, USA. representation of the last remaining Only 46m in height rain forest of Kerala. It is situated Educational objective: To know near the Palakkad district of Kerala. about important monuments and Statement 2 is not correct: Periyar sites of the world. river is situated in the south of Silent and does not flow through it. River Kunthipuzha or Kunthi flows 2. (b) Hirakund Dam on the Mahanadi through the national park. river in Odisha is the longest earthen Dam in the world. The main Statement 3 is correct: The Periyar Hirakud Dam has an overall length River is the longest in the state of of 4.8 km. Kerala, India, with a length of 244 km. The Periyar is known as The Educational objective: To know lifeline of Kerala. about the highest, largest, longest, etc in India. Educational objective: To know about rivers and national parks they

are crossing. 3. (c) Statement 1 is correct: Narmada Bachao Andolan – NBA is an Indian 5. (c) Sunderlal is most famous for his social movement started in 1985, work to stop the creation of the led by native tribes, farmers, Tehri Dam. This Dam affects the environmentalists and human flow of the Ganges River from the rights activists against the Himalayan Mountains. construction of many large dams He is an Indian noted Garhwali (including ) environmentalist and Chipko under the Narmada Dam Project. movement leader. The idea of the Statement 2 is not correct: The river Chipko movement was of his wife Narmada flows through the three and the action was taken by him. states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Educational objective: To know and . about the important environmental Statement 3 is not correct: There are conservation movements of India. many West flowing rivers in India. www.laexias.com Page 1 https://elearn.laex.in

Daily Prelims Practice Subject: Environment Topic: Biodiversity Conservation Batch: DEC 2020 Issue: Environment Protection and institutions Date: 21/04/2021

6. (a) Statement 1 is not correct: The confluence of Bhagirathi and 8. (a) Statement 1 is correct: Alaknanda is known as Deva Mangroves are a group of trees and Prayag. Refer to the map. shrubs that live in the coastal Statement 2 is correct: Pindar meets intertidal zone or brackish water. Alaknanda river at Karna Prayag. Statement 2 is not correct: Statement 3 is correct: The source of Mangrove tree respires with their the Alaknanda River is the Pneumatophore roots. This root confluence of Satopanth Glacier and tends to come out of the soil to Bhagirathi Kharak Glacier. The respire. length of the Alaknanda River is 190 Educational objective: To know km. Alaknanda River is considered about mangroves and their the source stream of Ganga River. functions.

9. (b) Statement 1 is not correct: The legal and statutory obligations of WII is fulfilled by the project the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; and Environmental Protection Act,

1986. It is an autonomous and Educational objective: To know statutory institute but not located in about the important rivers, their Rishikesh. It is headquartered in origin, etc. Dehradun. Statement 2 is correct: It is an 7. (d) The tropical evergreen forests institution under the Ministry of usually occur in areas receiving Environment Forest and Climate more than 200 cm of rainfall and change, Government of India, was having a temperature of 15 to 30 established in 1982. degrees Celsius. Educational objective: To have an Some of the commercially important understanding of the important trees of the tropical evergreen forest research and conservation institutes are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, related to the environment. rubber and cinchona. The trees like Babul, Sandalwood, 10. (b) The Forest Research Institute is Teak, Shisham, etc are found in a Natural Resource Service training deciduous forests. institute of the Indian Council of Educational objective: To know Forestry Research and Education about the different types of forests established in 1906. and flora associated with them. www.laexias.com Page 2 https://elearn.laex.in

Daily Prelims Practice Subject: Environment Topic: Biodiversity Conservation Batch: DEC 2020 Issue: Environment Protection and institutions Date: 21/04/2021

Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is one of India's biggest Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) that was founded in 1883. It is also the oldest scientific organisations in India, working for nature conservation since 1883. (during Lord Ripon). The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) was established on 1st July 1916 to promote survey, exploration and research. The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of India. Educational objective: To know about the important environmental research and conservation institutions of India.

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