Test Your Knowledge UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES Vinaya Kumar Sethi 1. Which of the following is the correct expansion of 8. Out of ...........properties included under World UNESCO? Heritage List of UNESCO around the globe, ......... (a) United Nations Education, Science and Cultural fall under Cultural category, .......... fall under Organisation Natural category and 38 fall under .......... category. (b) United Nations Environmental, Social and Cultural (a) 1092, 845, 209, Mixed Office (b) 3055, 1540, 1477, Threat (c) Union Nations Enterprise, Science and Cultural (c) 841, 561, 242, Historical Organisation (d) 2290, 1018, 1234, Spiritual (d) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 9. Which country is the home of the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites i.e. 54? 2. When was the ‘Convention concerning the Protection (a) China (b) Spain (c) India (d) Italy of World Cultural and Natural Heritage’ adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO? 10. Read the following sentences and answer the question (a) 1965 (b) 1972 (c) 1985 (d) 2003 given below: (i) UNESCO encourages States Parties to establish 3. UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to encourage management plans and set up reporting systems countries to sign the ‘World Heritage Convention’ on the state of conservation of their World and to ensure the protection of their natural and Heritage sites. cultural heritage. So far, how many State Parties/ (ii) UNESCO helps States Parties safeguard World Countries have ratified this Convention? Heritage properties by providing technical assistance (a) 102 (b) 152 (c) 180 (d) 193 and professional training. (iii) UNESCO encourages participation of the local 4. How many properties/sites have so far been included population in the preservation of their cultural and under ‘World Heritage List’of the UNESCO in the natural heritage. world? (iv) UNESCO provides emergency assistance for (a) 746 (b) 1092 (c) 2219 (d) 3560 World Heritage sites in immediate danger. 5. Which of the following is the correct combination of Which of the above statements is not true? three categories for the sites to be included as World (a) Only (i) (b) Both (i) and (iv) Heritage Sites by the UNESCO? (c) Only (iv) (d) All are true (a) Cultural, Scientific and Spiritual (b) Historical, Natural and Mixed 11. Following is a city inscribed in UNESCO World (c) Natural, Spiritual and Scientific Heritage Site and is popularly known as the (d) Cultural, Natural and Mixed Marvellous City? (a) Kuala Lumpur (b) Rio de Janeiro 6. To be included on the World Heritage List, a site (c)Tsodilo (d)Salzburg must be of outstanding universal value and should meet at least one out of ....... selection criteria of the 12. The World Heritage Convention sets out the duties of UNESCO. States Parties in identifying potential sites and their (a) Five (b) Seven (c) Ten (d) Twelve role in protecting and preserving them. How many properties (sites) have been inscribed on the World 7. Which of the following countries have only one Heritage List from India? UNESCO World Heritage Site each in their territorial (a) 13 (b) 37 (c) 63 (d) 91 boundaries? (i) Fiji (ii) Dominica 13. Where is ‘Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell)’, a (iii) Jamaica (iv) Congo UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site, located in India? (a) Only (i) (b) Both (i) and (iv) (a) Uttarakhand (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Both (ii) and (iv) (d) All of the above (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat 62 | Science Reporter | March 2019 14. Khangchendzonga National Park is a World Heritage 21. ‘Tentative List’ is a provision of the UNESCO, Site from India identified by the UNESCO. To which where the member nation (State Party) proposes category of Heritage sites this National Park belongs? an inventory of those properties which it intends to (a) Cultural (b) Natural consider for nomination in UNESCO World Heritage (c) Social (d) Mixed List. How many Indian locations/sites are currently in the ‘Tentative List’ of the UNESCO? 15. Western Ghats is a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site (a) 17 (b) 33 (c) 41 (d) 74 of India belonging to ‘Natural category’. Identify the Indian state that does not belong to the Western 22. Which of the following locations is not on the Ghats. ‘Tentative list’ of UNESCO World Heritage sites? (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (a) Jaipur city, Rajasthan (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu (b) Har ki Pauri, Uttarakhand (c) Chilika Lake, Orissa 16. Which of the following properties inscribed on the (d) Mattancherry Palace, Kerala World Heritage List from India does not fall under ‘Cultural’ category? 23. The UNESCO, in accordance with Article 11 (4) of (i) Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi the Convention, brings out a ‘List of World Heritage (ii) Taj Mahal in Danger’ to inform the international community (iii) Western Ghats of conditions that threaten the very characteristics (iv) Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of for which a property was inscribed on the World Mumbai Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. (a) Only (i) (b) Both (i) and (iv) How many properties, so far, have been identified (c) Only (iii) (d) Only (iv) on the List of World Heritage in danger? (a) 39 (b) 54 (c) 76 (d) 119 17. Which of the following sites does not fall under ‘Natural category’ of UNESCO World Heritage 24. Which of the following Indian Heritage Sites were criterion? once included in ‘UNESCO List of World Heritage (a) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Sites in Danger’ but fortunately subsequent improved (b) Khangchendzonga National Park conservation allowed the World Heritage Committee (c) Kaziranga National Park to remove them from the danger list? (d) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (i) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (ii) The Jantar Mantar 18. Identify the incorrect pair of the UNESCO Cultural (iii) Ellora Caves Heritage Site and its location in India? (iv) Group of Monuments at Hampi (a) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary – Assam (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (i), (ii) and (iv) (b) Khajuraho Group of Monuments – Madhya Pradesh (c) (i) and (iv) (d) All of the above (c) Elephanta Caves – Maharashtra (d) Humayun’s Tomb – Uttar Pradesh 25. Which of the following Indian site has recently been included in UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018? 19. Which of the following UNESCO natural World (a) Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai Heritage site is placed with incorrect location? (b) Kaziranga National Park of Assam (a) Kaziranga National Park – Assam (c) Taj Mahal of Agra (b) Sundarbans National Park – West Bengal (d) Corbett National Park of Uttarakhand (c) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks – Uttarakhand (d) Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area Answers: – Jammu and Kashmir 1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (d) 20. Which of the following Indian sites is on the ‘Tentative 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (a) 21. (c) list’ of UNESCO World Heritage sites? 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a) (a) Sri Harimandir Sahib (b) Sun Temple Contributed by Dr Vinaya Kumar Sethi, Assistant Professor (c) Great Living Chola Temples (Environmental Science), Faculty of Modern Studies, Uttarakhand (d) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Sanskrit University, Haridwar. E-mail: [email protected] March 2019 | Science Reporter | 63.