CBSE Class 10 Social Science Competency Based Questions Forest and Wildlife Resources available here. We have included total 3 set of passage. Each passage has 3 questions. Students who are going to prepare their Board exam please Read the passage below and answer the following questions.
Forest and Wildlife Resources Class 10 Competency Based Questions
1) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
Conversationists demanded the protection of wildlife under a comprehensive wildlife protection act. The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in 1972, which had various provisions for protecting habitats. An all-India list of protected species was also published. It aimed at protecting certain endangered species by banning hunting, giving legal protection to their habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife.
1.) Read the following statements.
a) Only centre can establish the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
b) Only saltwater crocodile has been protected under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
c) Kashmiri stag is also known as Hangul.
Identify the correct pair of statements.
a.) Only a and b are correct.
b) Only b and c are correct.
c) Only b is correct.
d) Only c is correct.
2.) Identify the incorrect statement.
a) Reserved forests are the most valuable forest as far as the conservation of wildlife and forests is concerned.
b) More than half of the forests are classified under the protected forests category.
c) Reserved forests and protected forests are also known as permanent forest estates.
d) None of the above.
3.) Explain about the ambit of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
Initially the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 included endangered species like tiger, one horned rhinoceros, Kashmiri stag, crocodiles, Asiatic lion, and others. Under separate notification insects were also included in it in 1980 and 1986. Butterflies, moths, betels, and dragonfly were included through this notification. Later in 1991, plants were also added in the list for conservation.
2) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
Community conservation has an important role in the conservation of forests. In some areas of India, local communities are struggling to conserve these habitats along with government officials, recognising that only this will secure their own long-term livelihood. In many areas, villagers themselves are protecting habitats and explicitly rejecting government involvement.
1.) In Sariska Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan people fought against the-
a) Illegal encroachment
b) Riverbed mining
c) Mining
d) Deforestation
2.) Bhairodev Dakav ‘Sonchuri’ is in Alwar district of Rajasthan which has its own set of rules and regulations for wildlife conservation. It was declared by-
a) Central government
b) State government
c) Gram panchayat
d) Local inhabitants of the villages.
3.) How Navdanya is related to the conservation of environment?
Navdanya is the crop diversification program with an attempt to revive the traditional conservation methods. It was an environmentally sound way of crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals and making it economically viable.
3) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
Nature worship is an age-old tribal belief based on the premise that all creations of nature must be protected. Such beliefs have preserved several virgin forests in pristine form called Sacred Groves (the forests of God and Goddesses). These patches of forest or parts of large forests have been left untouched by the local people and any interference with them is banned.
1.) Joint Forest Management has been in formal existence since 1988, when the state of _________ passed the first resolution for its implementation.
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
2.) The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship-
a) Bassia latifolia and Tamarindus indica
b) Bassia latifolia and Anthocaphalus cadamba
c) Tamarindus indica and Mangifera indica
d) Tamarindus indica and Antocaphalus cadamba.
3.) DIRECTIONS for the question: In each of the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:
Assertion(A): With Joint Forest management local communities are entitled to intermediary benefits.
Reason(R): Under Joint Forest Management village institutions are formed.
a) A is true but R is false.
b) A is false but R is true.
c) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
d) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
4.) What are the benefits which communities get when they engage in Joint Forest Management?
Under Joint Forest management communities are entitled to intermediary benefits like non-timber forest produces and share in the timber harvested by successful protection. Under this village institutions are established for the same conservation purpose which offers the above benefits in return.