Kalesar National Park is best known for the forest of which tree?
- A.Teak
- B.Sal
- C.Khejri
- D.Mangrove
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, sal. Kalesar in Yamunanagar district is the one place in Haryana with a genuine sal forest, a Shivalik type of dry deciduous forest mixed with khair, shisham, sain and semul, with chir pine on the higher slopes. The forest supports leopard, sambar, chital, ghoral, barking deer and wild boar, and it continues across the state boundary into Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Option A, teak, is the characteristic tree of the moist and dry deciduous forests of central and peninsular India, not of the Shivaliks of Haryana. Option C, khejri, is the hardy tree of the dry south-west of the state and of the Rajasthan desert, the very opposite environment to Kalesar. Option D, mangrove, grows only on tidal coasts and deltas, and Haryana is landlocked. The sal patch at Kalesar is the exception that makes the park worth protecting, so the tree and the park are asked together.
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Practice Questions
View allSultanpur National Park is located in which district of Haryana?
- A.Jhajjar
- B.Gurugram
- C.Rewari
- D.Kurukshetra
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Sultanpur National Park stands near Farrukhnagar in Gurugram district, on the road from Gurugram to Jhajjar. It is a shallow freshwater lake ringed by grassland and scrub, the best known protected area of Haryana, and it draws thousands of migratory waterbirds every winter.
Read the full explanation →Kalesar National Park is situated in which district?
- A.Yamunanagar
- B.Panchkula
- C.Ambala
- D.Kaithal
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Kalesar National Park lies in the Shivalik foothills of Yamunanagar district at the north-eastern corner of Haryana, where the state meets Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand along the Yamuna.
Read the full explanation →Which two protected areas of Haryana were designated Ramsar sites in 2021?
- A.Kalesar National Park and Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary
- B.Sultanpur National Park and Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
- C.Chhilchhila and Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuaries
- D.Saraswati and Nahar Wildlife Sanctuaries
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These were Haryana's first two wetlands recognised under the Ramsar Convention as wetlands of international importance, both in 2021. Sultanpur is in Gurugram district and Bhindawas, the largest wetland in the state, is in Jhajjar district and is filled by overflow from the Jawaharlal Nehru canal.
Read the full explanation →Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest wetland of Haryana, lies in which district?
- A.Sirsa
- B.Jhajjar
- C.Kaithal
- D.Rewari
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Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is a man-made wetland in Jhajjar district, filled by overflow water from the Jawaharlal Nehru canal. It is the largest wetland in Haryana, was recognised as a Ramsar site in 2021, and hosts a long list of migratory waterbirds each winter.
Read the full explanation →India's first vulture conservation and breeding centre, the Jatayu centre, was set up at which place in Haryana?
- A.Pinjore
- B.Morni
- C.Kalesar
- D.Bhor Saidan
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The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore in Panchkula district was India's first centre for breeding vultures in captivity, run by the Haryana forest department with the Bombay Natural History Society.
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