Natural Vegetation and Wildlife


 
 
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Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

India is one of the twelve mega bio-diversity countries of the world. They are a group of countries that have the majority of the Earth s species and thereforeextremely bio diverse.Being a vast country, India having 47,000 plant species (out of which 15,000 are flowering plants, i.e, 6 per cent in the world), occupies 10th position worldwide and 4th in Asia. Non-flowering plants such as ferns, algae and fungi also grow here. It also has around 90,C00 species of animals (including marine and water fishes)and insects.

Natural Vegetation: Natural or virgin vegetation means the plant community which has grown naturally without any human intervention for a long time. Those natural vegetation, which are left undisturbed over a long period of time are called virgin vegetation.Virgin vegetation are of two types

(i) Endemic species Those plant species which originated from the country, are termed as endemic species.

(ii) Exotic species Those plant species which originated outside the country are termed as exotic species

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Question : 1

Wild life week is observed every year in the first week of____________. 

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Which part of Himalaya covered with dense forest?

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Parrots, pigeons, geese etc are examples of__________ Birds. 

Right Option : C
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