Assam is full of natural beauty. It has big rivers, forests, wildlife, and many green plants. The environment of Assam is very important for exams. In many Assam government exams like APSC, Assam Police, Assam Rifles, ADRE, APDCL, questions are asked from this topic. So, you must know about Assam’s environment to score good marks.
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Environment of Assam Quiz
Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Environment of Assam for General Knowledge preparation for APSC, ADRE, Assam Police Recruitment, Assam Rifles Recruitment, APDCL, and other Assam competitive exams.
1. The term ecology was coined by whom?
Correct Answer: C [Ernst Haeckel]
2. Who developed the concept of “Evolution of Species”?
Correct Answer: D [Charles Darwin]
3. E. Haeckel coined the term “ecology” in which year?
Correct Answer: A [1869]
4. The Evolution of Species was propounded in which year?
Correct Answer: B [1859]
5. Riparian vegetation is found along _____.
Correct Answer: B [River banks]
6. Who first introduced the concept of “ecological niche”?
Correct Answer: A [J. Grinel]
7. Who first coined the term “ecosystem”?
Correct Answer: B [A.G. Tansley]
8. In which year was the term ecosystem introduced?
Correct Answer: C [1935]
9. Which of the following factors is responsible for ecological diversity in Assam?
Correct Answer: D [All of them]
10. Which one of the following is not a subdivision of spaceology?
Correct Answer: B [Grassland ecology]
11. The Elephant Conservation Act was passed in which year?
Correct Answer: A [1879]
12. The Wild Bird Conservation Act was adopted in which year?
Correct Answer: A [1887]
13. The Forest Conservation Act was adopted in which year?
Correct Answer: C [1891]
14. Which river flows near Orang National Park?
Correct Answer: A [Jia Dhansiri]
15. Which of the following is a Biosphere Reserve in Assam?
Correct Answer: D [Dibru-Saikhowa]
16. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is famous for which of the following animals?
Correct Answer: B [White winged wood duck]
17. Which river flows through Nameri National Park?
Correct Answer: A [Jia Bharali]
18. The only Ramsar site, Deepor Beel was declared a Bird Sanctuary in which year?
Correct Answer: B [1989]
19. How many Tiger Reserves are there in Assam?
Correct Answer: D [Three]
20. How many Elephant Reserves are there in the state?
Correct Answer: A [Five]
21. Which Wildlife Sanctuary is also known as the Milroy Buffalo Sanctuary?
Correct Answer: C [Pabha]
22. What is the percentage of area covered by forests in Assam?
Correct Answer: D [35.28%]
23. Which of the following trees provide raw material for the plywood industry?
Correct Answer: A [Hollong]
24. Which type of forest is extensively found in Assam?
Correct Answer: B [Tropical Deciduous]
25. Which tree is widely found in a deciduous forest?
Correct Answer: B [Sal]
26. Which is the only rainforest in Assam?
Correct Answer: C [Dehing Patkai]
27. Which forest is often known as Amazon of the East?
Correct Answer: D [Dehing Patkai]
28. What is the average rainfall required by the tropical evergreen forests?
Correct Answer: A [Above 200 cm]
29. Manas National Park is found in which geographic region?
Correct Answer: B [Terai]
30. What is the total area covered by the tropical deciduous forest?
Correct Answer: A [14,788 km²]
31. The fauna of Assam has affinity with which group?
Correct Answer: C [Indo-Chinese]
32. Which Wildlife Sanctuary has been named after the important animal found there?
Correct Answer: D [Gibbon]
33. What is the scientific name of Sal tree?
Correct Answer: C [Shore Robusta]
34. Which district has the highest concentration of forests in Assam?
Correct Answer: A [Karbi Anglong]
35. Pine trees are found in which region of Assam?
Correct Answer: B [Borail Range]
36. Which is the state bird of Assam?
Correct Answer: C [White winged wood duck]
37. Which is the state tree of Assam?
Correct Answer: A [Hollong]
38. Which of the following comes under riparian vegetation?
Correct Answer: C [Ikra]
39. Evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests are found in which district?
Correct Answer: A [North Cachar Hills]
40. Which of the following district has the maximum rubber plantations in Assam?
Correct Answer: B [Goalpara]
41. What is the total length of Brahmaputra from the source to the mouth?
Correct Answer: B [2,880 km]
42. What is the total basin area of Brahmaputra within Assam?
Correct Answer: A [70,635 km²]
43. What is the source of Brahmaputra?
Correct Answer: C [Angsi Glacier]
44. Which is the last tributary of Brahmaputra?
Correct Answer: A [Teesta]
45. Which is the last north-bank tributary of Brahmaputra within Assam?
Correct Answer: D [Sankosh]
46. Which tributary of Brahmaputra is the largest?
Correct Answer: C [Subansiri]
47. What is the name of the Brahmaputra after entering Bangladesh?
Correct Answer: A [Jamuna]
48. From where does the Barak River originate?
Correct Answer: D [Japvo Peak]
49. What is the total length of the Barak River in Assam?
Correct Answer: C [85 km]
50. Which river in Assam is famous for river dolphins?
Correct Answer: A [Kulsi]
51. Who is known as the Waterman of India?
Correct Answer: C [Rajendra Singh]
52. Who is the Birdman of India?
Correct Answer: A [Salim Ali]
53. Who is known as the Falcon of the World?
Correct Answer: D [Bano Haralu]
54. Which is the largest wetland in Assam?
Correct Answer: C [Sone Beel]
55. Whose autobiography is known as Fall of A Sparrow?
Correct Answer: D [Salim Ali]
56. Narmada Bachao Andolan was announced in which year?
Correct Answer: B [1995]
57. Jungle Bachao Andolan started in which state?
Correct Answer: A [Bihar]
58. The Chipko Movement is related to which division of the Himalayas?
Correct Answer: B [Gharwal]
59. The Chipko Movement started in which year?
Correct Answer: C [1973]
60. Who is the leading person of the Navdanya Movement?
Correct Answer: D [Vandana Shiva]
61. Currently, the number of National Parks in Assam is ______.
Correct Answer: C [7]
62. The Rain Forest Research Institute in Assam is located in
Correct Answer: D [Jorhat]
63. Which of the following was started in 1973 to save the evergreen tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India from being flooded by a hydroelectric project?
Correct Answer: B [Silent Valley Movement]
64. India’s Y. Nuklu Phom has been named the winner of Whitley Awards 2021 for his conservational efforts in which Indian state?
Correct Answer: B [Nagaland]
65. Which forest is single-handedly planted by Padmashree Jadav Payeng?
Correct Answer: B [Molai forest]
66. Which environmental activist from Assam has received the Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award in the year 2020?
Correct Answer: A [Jadav Payeng]
67. Which of the following is the only Ramsar site of Manipur?
Correct Answer: B [Loktak Lake]
68. Which of the following National Parks in Assam have boundary with the Sankosh River on the West, along with the inter-state boundary of West Bengal?
Correct Answer: C [Raimona National Park]
69. Which of the following National Park is located on the western side of the river ‘Jia Dhansiri’ to the north of Brahmaputra?
Correct Answer: B [Orang]
70. Which of the following Tiger Reserve is also a World Heritage Site?
Correct Answer: C [Manas National Park]
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