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Conservation Areas of India MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements: 1. The Central Government may declare a sanctuary where an area under State Government control is transferred to it and the conditions of section 18 are fulfilled. 2. The Central Government has no power under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to declare a National Park. 3. For a sanctuary or National Park declared by the Central Government, references to the State Government in the relevant provisions are construed as references to the Central Government. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: Section 38 allows the Central Government to declare such transferred areas as sanctuaries when section 18 conditions are met. Statement 2 is incorrect: the same section also allows declaration of a National Park when section 35 conditions are fulfilled. Statement 3 is correct: the Act says references to the State Government are construed as references to the Central Government in such cases.
Q2Consider the following statements about tiger reserve administration: 1. The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. 2. The NTCA was constituted under enabling provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. 3. The NTCA is a private trust outside the Government of India framework. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: NTCA describes itself as a statutory body under MoEFCC constituted under the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Statement 3 is incorrect because this directly contradicts the statutory body description.
Q3Consider the following statements: 1. Biosphere reserves pursue conservation, sustainable economic development and logistic support as three main functions. 2. Buffer zones in biosphere reserves surround or adjoin core areas and allow activities compatible with conservation. 3. The buffer zone is the outer area where communities live and work for sustainable development. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: UNESCO lists conservation, sustainable economic development and logistic support as the three functions. Statement 2 is correct: buffer zones surround or adjoin core areas and allow conservation-compatible activities. Statement 3 is incorrect: the outer area where communities live and work is the transition area, not the buffer zone.
Q4Consider the following statements: 1. The Central Government may declare an area as a sanctuary or national park if it is satisfied that conditions specified in the Act are fulfilled. 2. The Central Government has no statutory power at all in relation to declaration of sanctuaries or national parks. 3. The Act separately provides for declaration and management of conservation reserves. 4. The Act separately provides for declaration and management of community reserves. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is true under section 38. Statement 2 is false. Statements 3 and 4 are true because the Act contains separate sections for conservation reserves and community reserves.
Q5Consider the following statements: 1. Buffer or peripheral areas of a tiger reserve have a lesser degree of habitat protection than core or critical tiger habitats. 2. The purpose of buffer areas includes promoting co-existence between wildlife and human activity with due recognition of local people's rights. 3. Core or critical tiger habitats are mainly meant for intensive human activity inside tiger reserves. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect: the core or critical tiger habitat is to be kept inviolate for tiger conservation, not for intensive human activity.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. India's centrally sponsored scheme for wildlife habitats supports protected areas such as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. 2. The same scheme has a component for the recovery programme of critically endangered species and habitats. 3. Project Tiger and Project Elephant are completely outside centrally sponsored support for wildlife habitats. 4. The wildlife-habitat scheme is limited only to botanical gardens and ex-situ conservation facilities. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements about the Western Ghats World Heritage property: 1. It is made up of thirty-nine component parts. 2. UNESCO describes the Western Ghats as older than the Himalaya mountains. 3. The Western Ghats World Heritage property lies only in Rajasthan. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements: 1. A key commitment under the Ramsar Convention is to identify and place suitable wetlands on the List of Wetlands of International Importance. 2. Ramsar Sites are selected only for zoological significance, not for ecological, botanical, limnological or hydrological significance. 3. A wetland meeting at least one Ramsar criterion can be designated by the appropriate national authority for addition to the Ramsar List. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. The Ramsar Convention's mission is the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation. 2. The Convention's broad definition of wetlands excludes human-made sites such as fish ponds, reservoirs and salt pans. 3. One of the Convention's three pillars is international cooperation on transboundary wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements: 1. A Community Reserve may be declared where a community or an individual has volunteered to conserve wildlife and its habitat. 2. A Community Reserve can cover private or community land not comprised within a National Park, sanctuary or Conservation Reserve. 3. The Community Reserve management committee is only an advisory body to the Chief Wildlife Warden. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements about the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972: 1. Section 35 deals with the declaration of National Parks. 2. Section 36A deals with the declaration and management of a conservation reserve. 3. Section 36D deals with the declaration of National Parks. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements: 1. Commercial mining, stone quarrying and crushing units are among the activities listed as prohibited exceptions in Eco-Sensitive Zones. 2. New commercial construction within one kilometre of the boundary of a protected area or an Eco-Sensitive Zone is not permitted. 3. Local people are barred from constructing on their own land for their own use within the one-kilometre restriction. 4. Major hydropower projects and management of hazardous substances are among the listed prohibited activities in Eco-Sensitive Zones. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements: 1. A National Park may be constituted from an area whether within a sanctuary or not. 2. A National Park is declared before all rights over lands proposed for inclusion have vested in the State Government. 3. Boundary alteration of a National Park by the State Government requires a recommendation of the National Board. 4. In a National Park, destruction or diversion of wildlife habitat is absolutely barred even when a permit is granted by the Chief Wild Life Warden. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements: 1. According to the Ramsar Convention definition used by MoEFCC, wetlands may be natural or artificial and permanent or temporary. 2. The Ramsar definition includes areas of marine water where the depth at low tide does not exceed six metres. 3. Under the Ramsar definition, only freshwater lakes qualify as wetlands. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements: 1. A conservation reserve may be declared only on privately owned land volunteered by an individual or community. 2. A conservation reserve may include an area owned by the Government, particularly areas adjacent to national parks and sanctuaries or linking one protected area with another. 3. A community reserve is declared without reference to community or individual willingness. 4. A community reserve may be declared where a community or an individual has volunteered to conserve wildlife and its habitat. Which of the statements given above are correct?