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Mountain & Forest – Geography – WBCS Main Question Paper

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Mountain & Forest - Geography - WBCS Main Question Paper

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WBCS Main Question Paper – 2019

27. ‘Sal’ tree is found in _____ forest.

(A) Moist Tropical

(B) Alpine

(D) None of the above

28. Tropical Moist deciduous is not found in

(A) West Bengal

(B) Bihar

(D) Orrisa

40. Khar Dung La pass joins

(A) Leh and Chumbi valley

(B) Leh and Siachen glacier

(D) Valley of Kashmir and Kargil

41. _____ is the oldest denudated mountain of India.

(A) Eastern Ghats

(B) Nilgiri Hills

(D) Zaskar

42. The coal belt of peninsular India developed during period

(600-300 M years ago)

(A) Tertiary

(B) Pleistocene

(D) None of the above

43. _____ is the highest peak of Meghalaya Plateau.

(A) Nokrek

(B) Shilong

(D) None of the above

46. _____ is the highest peak of Sahayadris.

(A) Anaimudi

(B) Mahabaleswar

(D) Aroya-Konda

47. Dalma Trap is located in ______ state of India.

(A) Bihar

(B) Orrisa

(D) None of the above

77. Wet temperate forest is found in ____ region of India.

(1000-2000 m above sea level)

(A) Nilgiri

(B) Eastern Ghats

(D) Kachch Peninsula

84. The is first national park established in India in the year 1936.

(Nainital, Uttarakhand)

(A) Bandhavgarh

(B) Gir

(D) Jim Corbett

86. _____ is declared as national park in the year 2014 and became the newest national park of India.
(no new NP was decled in 2014)

(Kuno National Park, MP 2018)

(A) Dachigam

(B) Gorumara

(D) Inderkilla (2010, Himachal Pradesh)

87. The Indian Wild Life Protection Act was passed in the year

(A) 1962

(B) 1972

(D) 1965

89. Barren Island Wildlife Sanctuary is located In

(A) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(B) Pondicherry

(D) Lakshwadeep

90. The Dravidian rock system is found in _____ region.

(A) Krishna Valley

(B) Chotanagpur plateau

(D) Damodar Valley

91. ______ valley lies in between Pir Panjal and Zaskar range.

(A) Kangra

(B) Kashmir

(D) Dun

92. The famous _____ glacier is located at Nubra Valley.

(A) Baltora

(B) Punmah

(D) Kanchenjunga

93. The Zoji La pass is located in ______ state of India.

(Srinagar to Leh)

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

95. ______ plateau is separated from the main peninsular plateau of India by the wide gap of Garo Rajmahal Gap.

(A) Madhya Bharat Pathar

(B) Meghalaya

(D) Malwa

96. ______ pass is in Arunachal Pradesh.

(Tawang)

(A) Bum La

(B) Jelep La

(D) Bazil

97. ______ hill range is also known as Sahyadris.

(A) Western Ghats

(B) Eastern Ghats

(D) Satpura

119. Introduction of Joint Forest Management was an Important objective of ____

(Arabari, West Midnapore)

(A) National Forest Policy, 1988

(B) Man and Biosphere Program

(D) None of the above

120. Woods of Sundari tree is used mainly for making _____

(A) Railway sleepers

(B) Boat making

(D) None of the above

125. Chandra Tal is located in ______ valley.

(Himachal Pradesh)

(A) Kashmir

(B) Lahaul and Spiti

(D) None of the above

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2018

122. What should be the proportion of forest cover for India to maintain ecological balance?

(A) 11.1%

(B) 22.2%

(D) 44.4%

124. Where is the Bandipur National Park

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Assam

125. Where is the Forest Research institute located?

(1878)

(A) Dehradun

(B) Bhopal

(D) Delhi

128. World’s maximum newsprint paper comes from

(A) Deciduous forest

(B) Monsoon forest

(D) Rain forest

128. The Gir Forest is noted for its

(A) Lion sanctuary

(B) Deer Park

(D) Crocodile Park

29. When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India?

(A) 1952

(B) 1940

(D) 1999

130. Namdapha National Park is in

(A) Mizoram

(B) Manipur’

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

131. Which wildlife sanctuary has the project to conserve the rhinos in India?

(A) Bandipur

(B) Pariyar

(D) Gir

132. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is

(A) Sal

(B) Pines

(D) Teak

133. Where was the first Bio-reserve established in India?

(MAB Programme, 2000)

(A) Nokrek

(B) Kanha

(D) Perlyar

136. Which is the best known bird sanctuary in Haryana?

(A) Sultanpur

(B) Bharatpur

(D) Sanska

137. Which of the following Cities in India is considered as greenest?

(Evergreen city of India)

(A) Bengaluru

(B) Delhi

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

138. Biosphere Reserve of India, Nanda Devi (UNESCO) is located in the state of

(1982)

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Sikkim

(D) Himachal Pradesh

139. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Jharkhand

152. A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is

(A) Teak

(B) Shisam

(6) Sal .

182. Where are the Saltoro Ranges located?

(A) Ladakh

(B) Along the Vindhyas

(D) Pan of the Western Ghat

184. Which part of the Himalayas has the maximum stretch from east to west?

(A) Kumaun Himalayas

(B) Assam Himalayas

(D) Nepal Himalayas

186. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in

(Garo & Khasi Hills are part of Meghalaya Plateau)

(A) Purvanchal Ranges

(B) Karakorarn Ranges

(D) Himalaya Ranges

187. Nathu La, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed after 44 years is located on the Indian border in

(A) Sikkim

(B) Aruriachal Pradesh

(D) Jammu & Kashmir

189. Baltoro glacier is located in

(A) Karakoram ranges

(B) Pamir plateau

(D) Alps

193. The Deccan trap was formed by the

(A) Dharwar Vulcanicity

(B) Mesozoic Vulcanicity

(D) Palcozoic Vulcanicity

195. Guru Shikhar on the Abu Hills is the highest peak of which mountain ranges?

(A) Sahyadn

(B) Purvanchal

(D) Aravallis

198. Palghat joins which of the following states?

(Palakkad to Coimbatore)

(A) Sikkim and West Bengal

(B) Maharashtra and Orissa

(D) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

199. Central Highlands of Indian peninsular block are formed of

(A) Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

(B) Igneous and sedimentary rocks

(C) Igneous and metamorphic rocks

(D) Sedimentary rocks

200. Which Himalayan peak is also called ‘Sagar Matha’?

(A) Nanga parbat

(B) Dhaulagiri

(D) Kanchanjunga

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2017

111.The headquarters of the Forest Survey of India is located in

(1981)

(A) Dehradun

(B) New Delhi

(D) Coimbatore

112. Which one of the following is not a wood from the Himalayan forests ?

(tropical hardwood)

(A) Deodar

(B) Chir

(D) Cypress

114. Which one of the following states has the maximum forest cover compared to its total area ?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Chattisgarh

(D) Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%)

118. Tropical wet evergreen forests are found in

(A) the Andaman-Nicobar islands

(B) the Assam valley

(D) the Lesser Himalayan region

121. Which one of the following Biosphere Reserves in India is not correctly matched ?

(A) Nanda devi – Uttarakhand

(B) Namdhapa – Assam

(D) Nokrek – Meghalaya

102. ‘Pat Lands’ are found in

(A) Malwa Plateau

(B) Bundelkhand Uplands

(D) Maharashtra Plateau

117. Most of the highest peaks of the Himalayas are located in

(A) the Trans Himalayas

(B) The Central Himalayas

(D) the Outer Himalayas

119. The Eastern Ghats and The Western Ghats meet at the

(A) Nilgiris

(B) Vindhyas

(D) Paini hills

125. The foot hill areas of the Himalayas are called

(A) Basic Himalayas

(B) Southern Himalayas

(D) Doon

126. The ‘Deccan Trap’ cannot be found in the state of

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Tamil Nadu

129.The earliest rock formation in India can be found in

(A) the Deccan plateau region

(B) the Himalayan region

(D) the Deltaic region

131. ‘Jelep La’ is a mountain pass located in

(Sikkim – Tibet)

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(D) Sikkim

132. The Mt. Everest is located in

(A) Sub-Himalayan region

(B) Lesser Himalayan region

(D) Trans-Himalayan region

159. ‘Syntaxial bend’ is associated with

(A) the origin of the Himalayas.

(B) deep gorges of the Indus and the Brahmaputra.

(D) Rajmahal Gap.

168. ‘Sagarmatha’ in the Himalayas is also known as

(A) Dhaulagiri

(B) Kanchenjunga

(D) Mt. Everest

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2016

98. The highest peak of South India is :

(A) Annamalai hill

(B) Palini hill

(D) Anaimudi

126. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(A) Dhupgarh : Satpura

(B) Panchmarhi : Mahadev

(D) Mahendragiri : Estern Ghats

141.The Garo, Khashi, Jainto hills were formed in the same age as

(A) Himalaya

(B) Malwa Plateau

(D) Himachal Range

152. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends to

(A) Mizo hills

(B) Himachal Himalayas

(D) Assam valley

167. Which one of the following mountain range is latest in its origin ?

(A) Greater Himalayas

(B) Vlndhyas

(D) Satpura

168. The oldest mountain range of India is

(A) Satpura

(B) Vindhya

(D) Himalayas

183. Zojila is a pass between

(NH -1)

(A) Kashmir valley and Laddakh

(B) Lahaul vally and Spiti

(D) Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet

189. Baralachala pass is in

(Leh–Manali Highway)

(A) Punjab

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Himachal Pradesh

191. Saramati is the highest peak of

(Nagaland)

(A) Naga

(B) Aravali

(D) Nilgiri

199. The highest peak of India in Himalayan range is:

(A) Mt. Everest

(B) Nanda Devi

(D) K2

65. The mangrove forests are found in

(A) Western Ghat

(B) Eastern Ghat

(D) North-East Himalaya

108. Moist Tropical Evergreen forests are found in

(A) the Deccan Plateau

(B) the Shillong Plateau

(D) the Siwaliks

153. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(Chandra Prabha Sanctuary – UP)

(A) Kaziranaga – Assam

(B) Shivpuri – Madhya Pradesh

(D) Corbett National Park – Uttaranchal

185. In which state silent valley is located ?

(Nilgiri hills)

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Assam

(D) Rajasthan

195. The largest reserve of Sal forest is found in

(A) Eastern Peninsula

(B) Nilgiri hills

(D) Aravali

160. Dandakaranya Project is situated in

(Odisha & Chhattisgarh)

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Goa

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2015

17. Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known as –

(a) Nilgiris

(b) Cardamom Hills

(d) Sahyadris

18. The upliftment of the Himalayas was first initiated during the period of-

(a) Middle Pliocene

(b) Middle Oligocene

(d) Middle Miocene

19. Structurally, the Great Himalaya is –

(a) an autochthonous zone

(b) A par-autochthonous zone

(d) A Suture zone

39. Which one of the following is most prone to earth quake ?

(a) High hill-tops

(b) Young folded mountain

(e) Oil shields

(d) All of the above

40. The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in:

(Kangchenjunga – 8,586 m)

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Kashmir

(d) Himachal Pradesh

44. The typical area of ‘Sal’ forests in the Indian Peninsula occurs

(a) On the Western Ghats

(b) Between the Tapti and the Narmada

(d) On the Malwa Plateau

12. Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Karnataka

(d) Tamil Nadu

15. Which one of the following does not belong to biosphere reserves set-up so far?

(a) Great Nicobar

(b) Sunderbans

(d) Gulf of Kachch

16. Reserved Forest is a forest-

(a) Totally under Government control

(b) Meant mainly for tribal people

(d) With wild life protection

47. Which Sanctuary in Kerala is known for elephants ?

(a) Parakal

(b) Periyar

(d) Kanha

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2014

51. The Hindustan Tibet Road connecting Shimla with Western Tibet passes through –

(Himachal Pradesh)

(a) Shipki La pass

(b) Zoji La Pass

(d) Jelep La pass

53. The Zaskar is one of the main ranges of

(a)The great Himalayan Systems

(b) The Trans Himalayan Systems

(d) The Middle Himalayan Systems

63. ‘Silent Valley’ is located in

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(d) Uttarakhand

71. Wildlife Protection Act was passed in

(a) 1970

(b) 1972

(d) 1986

65. Which one is not a component/part of Social Forestry?

(a) Urban forestry

(b) Agro forestry

(d) None of the above

66. Which one is not an objective of the social forestry?

(a) Securing revenue

(b) Improving aesthetic values

(d) To reduce pressure on the traditional forest areas

67. In which year the first Forest Policy of independent India was declared?

(a) 1950

(b) 1951

(d) 1956

69. The Little Rann of Kutch is the only home of the

(a) Great Indian Bustard

(b) Blackbuck

(d) Indian Wild Ass

64. Kudremukh National Park is located in

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

68. In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

(a) Tropical Moist Deciduous (37%)

(b) Montane Wet Temperate

(d) Tropical Wet Evergreen

70. The Shola grass lands are found in

(a) The Himalaya

(b) The Vindhyan

(c)The western Ghats

(d) The Eastern Ghats