Forests

India is a very vast country with __________ of the total land covered with forests.

• 25%

• 30%

• 29%

• 24%

About 20% of the total forest cover of India is located in the state of __________.

• Rajasthan

• Madhya Pradesh

• Goa

• None of these

About __________species of plants are found exclusively in India.

• 4000

• 5000

• 7000

• 6000

_________________ are found along the Western Ghats and in the hilly areas of North-eastern India and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

_________________forests cover more than half of the total forest area of India.

Deciduous forests are mostly found in the Deccan plateau and the ____________.

• foothills of Malwa Plateau

• Kailash

• foothills of Himalayan Mountains

Deciduous forests are also known as ____________forests.

Thorn and shrub forests are also known as ___________forests.

Match the following

• Tropical Rain Forests Evergreen Forests

• Sundari

• Coniferous trees used in construction

• Mahogany, ebony, sandal wood and rosewood

• Desert forest

• pine, deodar, spruce and silver fir.

• Mangroove or Tidal forest

• Teak, Sal, and Shisham

• Deciduous Forests

• Kikar, babul and wild palm

Match the following

• Kikar, babul and wild palm

• Their wood is soft and expensive and used mainly for furniture and buildings.

• pine, deodar, spruce and silver fir.

• They have long roots and thorns.

• Teak, Sal, and Shisham.

• very hard and expensive.

• Mahogany, ebony, sandal wood and rosewoo

• The pulp of these trees is used for making paper.