HBSE 10th Class Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources

Haryana State Board HBSE 10th Class Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

Haryana Board 10th Class Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources

HBSE 10th Class Geography Forest and Wildlife Resources Intext Questions and Answers

Textbook (Page No. 13)

Forest and Wildlife Resources HBSE 10th Class Geography Question 1.
Find out stories prevalent in your region which are about the harmonious relationship between human beings and nature.
Answer:
Do it yourself with the help of your teacher.

Textbook (Page No. 15)

Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources Geography HBSE Question 2.
What are the negative factors that cause such fearful depletion of the flora and fauna? Ans. The negative factors that cause such fearful depletion of the flora, and fauna are :

1. Expansion of railways in the colonial period.
2. Formation of agricultural land by clearing the forests.
3. Commercial forestry.
4. Construction of large-scale river projects.
5. Mining activities.
6. Hunting and poaching.
7. Grazing and fuelwood collection.
8. Environmental pollution.

Textbook (Page No. 18)

Forest and Wildlife Resources Chapter 2 Question and Answer HBSE Question 3.
Have you noticed any activity which leads to the loss of bio-diversity around you? Write a note on it and suggest some measures to prevent it.
Answer:
Yes, I have noticed some activities around me which lead to the loss of bio-diversity. These activities are as follows:

1. In my neighborhood, some families who are living in huts, use wood as a daily fuel. This causes loss to the bio-diversity.
2. The demand of wooden furniture is increasing in my city. This results in increasing loss of forests.
3. Many people living in my neighbourhood are non-vegetarian. This results in increasing demand of meat of many birds and animals.
4. In the last few days, I saw a group of Nilgai which had been grazing in a farm. This group was shot dead by the landlord of the farm.

Measures to Prevent the loss of Biodiversity:

1. Hunting and Poaching should be strictly restricted by the state and central governments.
2. Use of plastic furniture should be promoted, thus wood cutting could be decreased.
3. People should be inspired to become vegetarian to save the birds and animals.

Textbook (Page No. 19)

Question 4.
Collect more information on the Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of India and cite their locations on the map of India.
Answer:
See map printed on the last page of this chapter.

Textbook (Page No. 21)

Question 5.
Write a short essay on any practices which you may have observed and practised in your everyday lives that conserve and protect the environment around you.
Answer:
Do it yourself with the help of your teacher.

HBSE 10th Class Geography Forest and Wildlife Resources Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Multiple Choice Questions

(i) Which of these statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna?
(a) Agricultural expansion
(b) Large-scale developmental projects
(c) Grazing and fuelwood collection
(d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.
Answer:
(c) Grazing and fuel wood collection.

(ii) Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation ?
(a) Joint Forest Management
(b) Chipko Movement
(c) Beej Bachao Andolan
(d) Demarcation of Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Answer:
(d) Demarcation of Wildlife Sanctuaries.

2. Match the following animals with their category of existence:
Animals/Plants Category of existence

1. Black buck	A. Extinct
2. Asiatic elephant	B. Rare
3. Andaman wild pig	C. Endangered
4. Himalayan brown bear	D. Vulnerable
5. Pink head duck	E. Endemic

3. Match the following:

1. Reserved forests	(A) Other forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities.
2. Protected Forests	(B) Forests are regarded as most valuable for the conservation of forest and wildlife resources.
3. Unclassed Forests	(C) Forest lands are protected from any further depletion.

Answer:
1 → (B)
2 → (C)
3 → (A)

4. Answer the following questions in about 30 words:

(i) What is bio-diversity? Why is bio-diversity important for human lives?
Answer:
Bio-diversity itself is a combination of two words – Bio means life and diversity means variety. Thus, it is the sum total of all the varieties of plants, animals and micro¬organisms found within a specified geographical region. Bio-diversity is very important for human lives because we cannot imagine life on earth without flora and fauna.

(ii) How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain.
Answer:
Habitat destruction, hunting, poaching, over-exploitation, environmental pollution, poisoning, deforestation are the factors created by human beings which have led to the depletion of flora and fauna. Other important causes of environmental destruction are- unequal access, inequitable consumption of resources and differential sharing of responsibility for environmental well – being. Overpopulation in third world countries is often cited as the cause of environmental degradation.

Answer the following questions in about 120 words:

Describe how communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife in India?
Answer:
in some areas of the country, local communities are struggling to conserve forests and wildlife:
(i) In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, villagers have fought against mining, by citing the Wildlife Protection Act.
(ii) In some areas, villagers themselves are protecting habitats and explicitly rejecting government involvement.
(iii) The inhabitants of five villages in the Alwar district of Rajasthan have declared 1,200 hectares of forest as the Bhairodev Dakav ‘Sonchuri’, declaring their own set of rules and regulations which do not allow hunting, and are protecting the wildlife against any outside encroachments.
(iv) The famous Chipko Movement in the Himalayas has not only successfully resisted deforestation in several areas, but has also shown that community afforestation with indigenous species can be enormously successful.
(v) Farmers and citizen groups like the Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals is possible and economically viable.
(vi) The Mundas and the Santhals of Chhota Nagpur region worship and conserve the mahua and kadamba trees.
(vii) In and around Bishnoi villages in Rajasthan, herds of black buck, (Chinkara), Nilgai and peacocks can be seen as an integral part of the community, and nobody harms them.

(ii) Write a note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
Answer:
(A) Practices to conserve Forests:

1. Cutting of timber should be restricted.
2. Afforestation should be on a large scale.
3. Special functions like Van Mahotsavas should be celebrated.
4. All the fallow lands should be planted with trees.
5. Women should be involved in all massive community programmes for conserving forests.
6. Community forestry, farm forestry and social forestry should be made people’s programmes.

(B) Conservation of Wildlife:

1. Numerous species like Lion, Tiger, Blackbuck etc. have been declared endangered because of their constantly decreasing numbers.
2. Wildlife is being provided security, protection and conservation by setting up of National Parks, Bird Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves and Zoological Parks.
3. Census operations have been conducted to ascertain the exact number of wildlife.
4. Various schemes and programmes like ‘Project Tiger’, ‘Project Elephant’ etc. have been taken up and success has been achieved in these programmes.

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Question 1.
Make a chart of normal species, Endangered species, Vulnerable species, Rare species, Endemic species, and Extinct species.
Answer:

Types of Species:	Example of Species:
1. Normal Species	Cattle, Sal, Pine, etc.
2. Endangered species	Black buck, Asiatic lion, Indian wild ass. etc.
3. Vulnerable Species	Blue sheep, Asiatic elephant etc.
4. Rare Species	Himalayan brawn bear, wild Asiatic buffalo etc.
5. Endemic Species	Nicobar Pigeon, Andman wild pig etc.

Question 2.
Make a poster on depletion of forests.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 3.
Study the following two pictures carefully and answer the following questions

(i) Which animal do you see in Fig. 1?
(ii) Which animal is shown in Fig. 2?
(iii) These two pictures are from the same National Park. Give the name of the park?
Answer:
(i) The animal shown in Fig. 1 is the Indian Rhino.
(ii) The animal shown in Fig. 2 is deer.
(iii) These two pictures are related to the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.