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Hasdeo-Arand Forest Clearance MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 2 Hasdeo-Arand Forest Clearance questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1With reference to the in-principle forest clearance for the Kente Extension Coal Block (KECB) in Hasdeo-Arand, consider the following statements: 1. The KECB was allotted to the Adani Group in October 2015 for captive use at its own power plants. 2. The 2021 biodiversity assessment by WII and ICFRE recommended that mining be expanded across all Hasdeo-Arand coal fields. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Both statements are false. Statement 1: The KECB was allotted to Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL) in October 2015 for captive use at the Chhabra and Suratgarh plants, not to the Adani Group (the Adani Group is to mine it). Statement 2: The 2021 WII-ICFRE biodiversity assessment recommended that NO mining should be carried out in the Hasdeo-Arand coal fields, except in the already operational Parsa East Kente Basan mine. Hence neither statement is correct.
Q2Consider the following with reference to the Kente Extension Coal Block clearance: Assertion (A): The MoEFCC has approved compensatory afforestation over 130.6 hectares of non-forest land and 4,450.326 hectares of degraded forest land for the Kente Extension Coal Block. Reason (R): The Hasdeo-Arand forest area to be diverted is home to nine Schedule-I species, including leopards, sloth bears and elephants. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Both statements are factually true as per the clearance document. Compensatory afforestation has been approved over 130.6 hectares of non-forest land and 4,450.326 hectares of degraded forest land (A is true), and the forest area to be diverted hosts nine Schedule-I species including leopards, sloth bears and elephants (R is true). However, R does not explain A: compensatory afforestation is a statutory requirement to offset forest diversion, while the presence of Schedule-I species is a separate biodiversity feature of the area. Hence both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
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