Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 25.01.22

Q1. Arrange following national parks of Assam in east to west order

1. Dibru-saikhowa National Park
2. Kaziranga National Park
3. Manas National Park
4. Raimona National Park

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

a. 4, 1, 2, 3
b. 3, 2, 1, 4
c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 3, 2, 4

Answer : c

Why is the Question ?

A=Dibru-saikhowa National Park
B=Kaziranga National Park
C=Manas National Park
D=Raimona National Park

Q2. Consider the following statements about the Sundarbans National Park

1. The Sundarbans is estimated to comprise about 55% forest land and 45% wetlands in the form of tidal rivers, creeks, canals and vast estuarine mouths of the river
2. Most of the sundarbans mangrove area is located in India and some part in Bangladesh
3. The mangrove habitat supports the single largest population of tigers in the world which have adapted to an almost amphibious life

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3

Answer : c

Why is the Question ?

Sundarbans National Park
The Sundarbans covers 10,000 km2 of land and water (more than half of it in India, the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world's largest area of mangrove forests. A number of rare or endangered species live in the park, including tigers, aquatic mammals, birds and reptiles.
The Sundarbans contain the world's largest mangrove forests and one of the most biologically productive of all natural ecosystems. Located at the mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers between India and Bangladesh, its forest and waterways support a wide range of fauna including a number of species threatened with extinction. The mangrove habitat supports the single largest population of tigers in the world which have adapted to an almost amphibious life, being capable of swimming for long distances and feeding on fish, crab and water monitor lizards. They are also renowned for being “man-eaters”, most probably due to their relatively high frequency of encounters with local people.

The islands are also of great economic importance as a storm barrier, shore stabiliser, nutrient and sediment trap, a source of timber and natural resources, and support a wide variety of aquatic, benthic and terrestrial organisms. They are an excellent example of the ecological processes of monsoon rain flooding, delta formation, tidal influence and plant colonisation. Covering 133,010 ha, the area is estimated to comprise about 55% forest land and 45% wetlands in the form of tidal rivers, creeks, canals and vast estuarine mouths of the river. About 66% of the entire mangrove forest area is estimated to occur in Bangladesh, with the remaining 34% in India.

Q3. Upgrading Dehing Patkai has been a long-felt need for the conservation of rainforest and elephant habitats. Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, under stress for unregulated coal mining in the vicinity, is in the process of becoming the seventh national park of the State. The state is discussion is

a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Mizoram
d. Sikkim

Answer : b

Why is the Question ?

Eastern Assam’s Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, under stress for unregulated coal mining in the vicinity, is in the process of becoming the seventh national park. Upgrading Dehing Patkai has been a long-felt need for the conservation of rainforest and elephant habitats.

Q4. Consider the following statements about the Raimona National Park

1. It is famous for the Golden Langur
2. It is situated in the Bodoland Territorial Region

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : c

Why is the Question ?

Within Bodoland Territorial Region
1. The Raimona National Park is within the Bodoland Territorial Region. The area of the park includes the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest (508.62 sq. km), which forms the western-most buffer to the Manas National Park that straddles the India-Bhutan border.
2. Raimona was bounded on the west by the Sonkosh river along the Assam-West Bengal border running southward from the India-Bhutan border and the Saralbhanga river on the east till it touched the India-Bhutan border on the north and the southern part of the Ripu Reserve Forest. The Pekua river defines Raimona’s southern boundary.
3. Raimona also shares contiguous forest patches of the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan (total area of 1,999 sq. km) creating a transboundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 sq. km.
4. Such secured transboundary ecological landscape will ensure the long-term conservation of endemic species like the golden langur, the mascot of Bodoland Territorial Council and endangered species such as the Asian elephant, the Bengal tiger and various other flora and faunal species it supports.