Right Answer to Quiz on rivers/lakes originating in national parks/sanctuaries

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Right Answer toQuiz on rivers/lakes originating in national parks/sanctuaries

1.The water bodies inside India’s forests have been assessed for the first time by

The State of Forests Report, 2003

The Centrally Empowered Committee of the Supreme court

The Tiger Task Force

2.An estimated ---------------------------sq.km of water bodies exist within the forested areas of the country.

5396

10, 396

17396

3.--------------------Tiger Reserve feeds the Tapi River supplying 30% of the fresh water requirement of the Vidharba area in Maharashtra

Tadoba

Melghat

Satpura

4.The city of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu gets its water from the dam in

Kalakad-Mundanthurai tiger reserve

Bandipur

Bhadra

5.The town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan gets its water through deep tube wells at the edge of the

Ranthambore tiger reserve

Bharatpur sanctuary

Sariska tiger reserve

6.Tulsi and Vihar lakes in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tansa and Modak Sagar in Tansa wildlife sanctuary provide fresh water to the city of

Nagpur

Ahmedabad

Mumbai

7.The Pench river whose catchment forests are part of the Pench tiger reserve is the main source of water supply to

Raipur city

Nagpur city

Bhopal

8.This is an important water body in Calcutta which is a unique mix of wetland and waterbody. The name is

Suraj Kund

Vikram Jheel

Damdama Lake

9.The total area of Sunderbans tiger reserve is 2585 sq.km of which ------sq.km covers water body

585 sq.km

285 sq.km

985 sq.km

10.India’s first of the 16 water transfer link projects was signed by Madhya Pradesh and U.P on 25 Aug.2005. This 2000 crore project links the rivers……….

Parbati and KaliSindh

Parbati and Chambal

Ken and Betwa

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Indian Wildlife Club Ezine (September, 2005)

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Right Answer to Quiz on rivers/lakes originating in national parks/sanctuaries