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KERALA PSC / FORESTRY / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / FORESTRY / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      Turpentine oil is obtained from pinus tree

·      Sweet potato is a modification of adventitious roots

·      Plants and animals living in a given area form a community

·      Rain forests occur in Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas

·      Herbarium is a collection of ‘preserved plants’

·      The ‘Great Banyan Tree’ is in Indian Botanical Garden Sibpur, Kolkata

·      Wild Life Protection Act was enacted in India in 1972

·      The threat of extinction of tigers forced the India government to initiate the ‘Project Tiger’ on April 1, 1973

·      In India, paper is mainly manufactured from Bamboos

·      Mango, Papaya, Banana, Guava, Pineapple, Mangosteens etc are included in tropical fruits.

·      Silent valley is a conserved forest

·      Tropical rain forest is seen in Assam

·      Nicotine is a poisonous alkaloid present in Tobacco

·      Brazil is the native place of Cashewnut

·      Rainforests occur in Western Ghat and Eastern Himalayas

·      ‘Vanamahotsav’ started in 1950

·      Chipko Movement is connected with plant conservation

·      Botanical survey of India (BSI) with its head office in Kolkata came into existence in 1890

·      National Botanical Garden (National Botanical Research Institute, NBRI) is situated in Lucknow.

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