Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon (Environment) – May 9, 2020

Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary.

Statement 1 is correct: Gir forests of Gujarat (India) are the only place where this race of lion’s i.e. Asiatic lion is found in its natural habitat.

Statement 2 is correct: “Maldharis” are who have survived through the ages by having symbiotic relationship with the lion. They are religious pastoral communities living in Gir. Their settlements are called “nesses“.

Biogeochemical cycles can be classed as gaseous, in which the reservoir is the air or the oceans (via evaporation), and sedimentary, in which the reservoir is the Earth’s crust. Gaseous cycles include those of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, and water; sedimentary cycles include those of iron, calcium, phosphorus, sulphur and other more earthbound elements.

Madhya Pradesh is also known as the ‘Tiger State’ as it harbors nearly 20% of India’s Wild Tiger Population and nearly 10% of the world’s tiger population as per the current estimates. The six Tiger Reserves in MP are:

• Kanha Tiger Reserve
• Pench Tiger Reserve
• Panna Tiger Reserve
• Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
• Satpuda Tiger Reserve
• Sanjay Tiger Reserve

Temperate deciduous forests.

Statement 1 is correct: Temperate deciduous forests are located in the mid-latitude areas which means that they are found between the Polar Regions and the tropics.

Statement 2 is correct: Temperate deciduous forests are most notable because they go through four seasons. Leaves change color in autumn, fall off in the winter, and grow back in the spring; this adaptation allows plants to survive cold winters.

Burning of crop residues emits traces of carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide and particulates which affect human health. It is estimated that India annually emits 1,44,719 mg of total particulate matter from open burning of stubble.