KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIA’S WILD LIFE / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIA’S WILD LIFE / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIA’S WILD LIFE / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      India, a country of diverse wildlife & it is the second largest country on the planet to have such diverse life forms.

·      India is home to several well-known large mammals including the Asian elephant, Bengal Tiger, Asiatic Lion, Leopard, Sloth Bear and Indian Rhinoceros.

·      Other well-known large Indian mammals include ungulates such as the rare Wild Asian Water buffalo, common Domestic Asian Water buffalo, Nilgai, Gaur.

·      India displays significant biodiversity. One of eighteen megadiverse countries, it is home to 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all avian, 6.2% of all reptilian, 4.4% of all amphibian, 11.7% of all fish, and 6.0% of all flowering plant species.

·      The wild life reserves of India are of two types: The Wild Life sanctuaries and National Parks

·      Wild life protection in India was given statutory status with the adoption of the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 by all the Indian states except Jammu and Kashmir.

·      Keibul Lamjo  is the only floating National Park in the country, is located in Manipur in Loktak Lake.

·      Trade in endangered species is subject to strict rules under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of wild flora and fauna, to which India is a signatory.

·      Some of the endangered species are Asiatic Lion, One Horned Rhinocerous, Hangul, Royal Bengal Tiger, wild Ass etc…

·      The Animal Welfare Board of India was established in 1962. Research programmes in wildlife are carried out by the Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun and the Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore.

·      Project Tiger is the centrally sponsored scheme launched on April 1, 1973 to save the tigers from extinction on India. It has become the most successful conservation ventures in modern history.

·      Project Elephant was launched to protect the wild life and elephant population.

·      Most of India’s rhinos today survive in the Kaziranga National Park

·      A wild life week is observed in the first week of October every year.

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIA’S WILD LIFE / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE