The Environmental studies MCQ section provides the most important question and answer session in the environment and ecology section as a part of any competitive examination. These environmental studies MCQ are very important and provide a handy practice before any exam.
Forest and Forest Wildlife MCQ-Environmental studies
1.  To maintain ecological balance, the area under forest should be
(A)Â 10%Â
(B)Â 23%
(C)Â 33%
(D)Â 53%
2. Which one of the following has anevergreen forest?
(A)Â Malwa Plateau
(B)Â Eastern Ghat
(C)Â Western Ghat
(D)Â Chhotanagpur Plateau
3.  Which of the following state has the largest area under forests?
(A) KeralaÂ
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
4. Which one of the following areas of India is famous for its mangrove vegetation?
(A) Kaziranga
(B) Silent Valley
(C) Sunderbans
(D) Himalayan Terai
5.  Which one of the following has a protected mangrove region?
(A) Eastern GhatsÂ
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Goa
(D) Chandra Tal
6. The national forest policy aims at maintaining how much of the total geographical area under forests?
(A) One-fourth
(B) Half
(C) One-fifth
(D) One-third
7.  Which of the following has not been categorized as forest under the National Forest Policy ?Â
(A) National Forests
(B) National Park
(C) Protected Forests
(D) Village Forests
8.  In Uttarakhand, Oak-Rhododendron are characteristic plants of___?
(A) Subtropical forest
(B) Subalpine forest
(C) Temperate forest
(D) All of the above
9. How much geographical area of Indian land is covered by forest ?
(A) 33.5%
(B) 22.7%
(C) 21.71 %
(D) 17.7%
10.  Which of the following is not the impact of deforestation in India?
(A) Drying of water sources in Himalaya
(B) Loss of biodiversity
(C) Urbanization
(D) Soil erosion
11.  Which of the following states has the second largest mangrove forest in India ?Â
(A) Andaman and Nicobar
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Odisha
12. Which one of the following areas of India is famous for its mangrove vegetation?
(A) Kaziranga
(B) Silent Valley
(C) Sunderbans
(D) Himalayan Terai
13.  Which of the following is not the impact of deforestation in India?
(A) Drying of water sources in Himalaya
(B) Loss of biodiversity
(C) Urbanization
(D) Soil erosion
14. Which one of the following regions of India has a combination of mangrove forest, evergreen forest and deciduous forest?
(A) North Coastal Andhra Pradesh
(B) South-West Bengal
(C) Southern SaurashtraÂ
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Island
15. Nagaland mountains are becoming increasingly barren mountains mainly due to___?
(A) Insurgency
(B) Urbanization
(C) Shifting cultivation
(D) Rapid population growthÂ
16. In which year the Wildlife Protection Act was introduced in India?
(A) 1962Â
(B) 1970
(C) 1972
(D) 1982
17. In India, if a species of tortoise is declared protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, what does it imply?Â
(A) It enjoys the same level of protection as the tiger
(B) It no longer exists in the wild, a few individuals are under captive protection; and nowit i s impossible to prevent it’s extinction
(C) It is endemic to a particular region of India
(D) Both (B) and (C) stated above are correct in this context
18. The Government of India enacted the Forest Conservation Act in the year
(A) 1976Â
(B) 1980
(C) 1983
(D) 1988
19. Forest Research Institute is located at
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Nainital
(C) SolanÂ
(D) Dehradun
20.  India’s largest fish is____?
(A) Stone fishÂ
(B) Whale shark
(C) Marlin
(D) Hilsa
21. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?
(A) TigerÂ
(B) Giant Panda
(C) Hornbill
(D) White Bear
22. Gavialis crocodilia are found plenty in ?Â
(A) Ganga
(B) Godawari
(C) Krishna
(D) Cauvery
23. ‘Chipko movement’ was basically against?
(A) Water pollution
(B) Noise pollutionÂ
(C) Deforestation
(D) Cultural pollution
24.  Who among the following is considered as the leader of the Chipko Movement?
(A) Medha PatkarÂ
(B) Baba Amte
(C) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(D) Kiran Bedi
25. Under whose leadership the movement against deforestation was launched in the Raini village of Chamoli?
(A) Sunderlal BahugunaÂ
(B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
(C) Gaura Devi
(D) Kalyan Rawat
26. In a particular region in India, the local people train the roots of living trees into robust bridges across the streams. As the time passes, these bridges become stronger. These unique living root bridges are found in?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Tamil Nadu
27. The pugmark technique is used____?
(A) for bird watching in forests
(B) for breeding rare wildlife in captivity
(C) for estimation of population of various wild animals
(D) for tattooing wildlife to distinguish one species from the other
28. The main causes for the forest loss is
(A) Road DevelopmentÂ
(B) River Valley Projects
(C) Industrial Development
(D) Agricultural Development
29. The greatest diversity of plants and animals is characteristic of
(A) Temperate deciduous forests
(B) Tropical moist forestsÂ
(C) Savana
(D) Temperate grasslands
30. National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources is situated at
(A) New DelhiÂ
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
