Forest In India

According to the National Forest Policy, at least what percentage of the country's area is required to be covered by forests from the environmental point of view?

Answer: 33 percent

In which year was the new forest policy announced by the Central Government?

Answer: 1988

Where is the headquarters of the Indian Forest Survey Department located?

Answer: Dehradun

Where are the Forest Research Institutes located in India?

Answer: Dehradun

Where is the National Environmental Research Institute located?

Answer: Nagpur

Who is the founder of the tree plantation festival in India known as Van Mahotsav?

Answer:  K.M.Munshi

Who issues the report regarding the latest status of forests in India?

Answer: Indian Forest Survey Department, Dehradun

At an interval of how many years, forest related reports are issued by the Forest Survey of India based in Dehradun?

Answer: Two years

Afforestation process is-

Answer: To plant more trees

The total forest and tree covered area in India is-

Answer: 7,89,164 square km.

On what percentage of the total geographical area of ​​India (32,87,263 sq. km.) is the expansion of forest and tree covered areas found?

Answer: 24.16 percent

What percentage of the total area of ​​the country is covered by forests?

Answer: 21.34 percent

The main resources of the Western Himalayan resource state are-

Answer: forest

Which state has the maximum forest area in the country?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

The correct descending order of the first three states of India in terms of total forest area is-

Answer:  Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

In which state the extent of forests is found in the smallest part of the total geographical area?

Answer: Punjab

Which among the states and union territories has the highest percentage of geographical area covered by natural forests?

Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Is minimum forest cover necessary to maintain ecological balance?

Answer: 33 percent of the entire land

In which state of India is the maximum percentage of its area covered with forests?

Answer: Mizoram

Which tree is of coniferous forest?

Answer: Spruce

Where is the largest mango swamp found in the Indian subcontinent, which is part of the world's largest delta formed by huge rivers such as the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna?

Answer: Sundarban

Which plant is considered a plant of high altitude?

Answer: mountain forest

Which district of Bihar is most forest covered?

Answer: Kaimur

Nilambar teak was recently given Geographical Indication (GI), in which state is this tree found?

Answer: Kerala

According to the India Forest State Report 2021, which state has recorded the maximum increase in forest area in the last two years?

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Which forest is also known as monsoon forest?

Answer: tropical deciduous forest

Which district of Uttar Pradesh has the least area under forest?

Answer: Bhadohi

Which Indian state has the largest area under forest cover?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Who is known as the flame of the forest?

Answer: Palash

In which type of forests does sandalwood grow?

Answer: tropical deciduous forest

Palm, coconut, kewda, if any are the common trees of which forest in India?

Answer:  Mangrove forest

In which state are cactus plants found in dry areas of thorny bushes?

Answer: Rajasthan

Anaconda, one of the largest snakes in the world, is found in?

Answer: tropical evergreen forest