National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Odisha MCQ with Answer

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National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Odisha MCQ

1 How many National Parks are there in Odisha ?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 11
(d) 15
[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) 2 [/expand]

2 Bhitarkanika National Park is located in which district of Odisha ?
(a) Kendrapara
(b) Ganjam
(c) Kandhamal
(d) Boudh
[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Kendrapara [/expand]

3 Bhitarkanika National Park came into existence in
(a) 1962
(b) 1973
(c) 1998
(d) 2000
[expand title=”View Answer”](c) 1998 [/expand]

4 Simlipal National Park is located in which district of Odisha?
(a) Kalahandi
(b) Nuapada
(c) Mayurbhanj
(d) Koraput
[expand title=”View Answer”](c) Mayurbhanj [/expand]

5 Which wildlife sanctuary of Odisha has a unique feature of being a tiger reserve, biosphere reserve and national park?
(a) Simlipal
(b) Bhitarkanika
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Simlipal [/expand]

6 Which wildlife sanctuary is also known as ‘Ushakothi Sanctuary’?
(a) Gahirmatha Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary
[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary [/expand]

7 Bhitarkanika was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in the year
(a) 1984
(b) 1975
(c) 1962
(d) 1948
[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) 1975 [/expand]

8 The wildlife sanctuary around Satkosia Gorge gets water from which river in Odisha?
(a) Brahmani
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Subarnarekha
(d) Indravati
[expand title=”View Answer”](b) Mahanadi [/expand]

9 Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
(a) Khurda
(b) Cuttack
(c) Boudh
(d) Both (a) and (b)
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) Both (a) and (b) [/expand]

10 Which among the following wildlife sanctuary is located along the sea coast of Odisha?
(a) Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuary
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuary [/expand]

11 Which of the following sanctuaries is also known as Nalabana Bird Sanctuary?
(a) Chilika
(b) Gahirmatha
(c) Bhitarkanika
(d) Badrama
[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Chilika [/expand]

12 Birds island is a part of which sanctuary of Odisha?
(a) Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Chilika Lake Bird Sanctuary
(c) Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary
[expand title=”View Answer”](b) Chilika Lake Bird Sanctuary [/expand]

13 Which wildlife sanctuary in Odisha lies adjoining to Udanti Sanctuary of
Chhattisgarh?
(a) Sunabeda
(b) Hadgarh
(c) Kuldiha
(d) Lakhari
[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Sunabeda [/expand]

14 Which is the only marine sanctuary in Odisha?
(a) Gahirmatha
(b) Nalabana
(c) Bhitarkanika
(d) Debrigarh
[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Gahirmatha [/expand]

15 Which of the following sanctuaries is the world’s largest nesting beach of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles?
(a) Gahirmatha Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Simlipal Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Gahirmatha Wildlife Sanctuary [/expand]

16 Simlipal Tiger Reserve came into existence in which year?
(a) 1956
(b) 1967
(c) 1986
(d) 1999
[expand title=”View Answer”](a) 1956 [/expand]

17 The Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve is comprised of which of the following protected areas of Odisha?
(a) Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Simlipal Tiger Reserve
(c) Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) All of the above
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) All of the above [/expand]

18 Mahanadi Elephant Reserve is located in which district of Odisha?
(a) Angul
(b) Cuttack
(c) Nayagarh
(d) All of these
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) All of these [/expand]

19 Simlipal Biosphere Reserve was notified by the Government of India in which year?
(a) 1956
(b) 1974
(c) 1994
(d) 2001
[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) 1994 [/expand]

20 Bhitarkanika Mangrove was designated as Ramsar Site in which year?
(a) 1966
(b) 1978
(c) 1999
(d) 2002
[expand title=”View Answer”](d) 2002 [/expand]

21 Which wildlife sanctuary is also a tiger reserve Odisha?
(a) Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Simlipal Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Both (a) and (b) [/expand]

22 With reference to Nandankanan Zoological Park, the world ‘Nandankanan’ literally means
(a) Garden of Gods
(b) Garden of Miseries
(c) Garden of Pleasure
(d) Garden of Sorrow
[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Garden of Pleasure [/expand]

23 Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar is located along the bank of which lake?
(a) Kania
(b) Chilika
(c) Kolab
(d) Phurlijharan
[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Kania [/expand]

24 Odisha Wildlife Organisation of Odisha came into existence in which year?
(a) 1966
(b) 1974
(c) 1987
(d) 1999
[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) 1974 [/expand]

25 Ramatirtha Conservation Centre in Odisha runs conservation programme for protecting which endangered species?
(a) Sea turtle
(b) Royal Bengal tiger
(c) Elephant
(d) Crocodile
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) Crocodile [/expand]

26 The ‘Olive Ridley Turtles’ are considered to be endangered because of their few remaining nesting sites in the world. In this context, which among the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Their peculiar behaviour of synchronised nesting in mass numbers is known as ‘Arribada’.
2. Gahirmatha Beach in Orissa is one of their few nesting grounds in the world.
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Both 1 and 2 [/expand]

27 Consider the following statements about Simlipal National Park.
I. It provides shelter to many Royal Bengal Tigers.
II. The park is a rich source of countless medicinal and aromatic plants. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) None of these
(d) All of these
[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) All of these [/expand]

28 Match the following Wildlife Sanctuaries Districts
(a) Baisipalli 1. Kalahandi
(b) Karlapat 2. Dhenkanal
(c) Kapilash 3. Kandhamal
(d) Kotagarh 4. Nayagarh
Code
A B C D A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 3 1 4
[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) 4 1 2 3 [/expand]

29 Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary Irrawady dolphins
(b) Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary Asiatic elephants
(c) Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary Barasingha
(d) Nandankanan
[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary Asiatic elephants [/expand]

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