Social Science 1 Marks Each

The protected area for the plants of country (wildlife) and maintenance of nature’s beauty is a called National Park.

• Animals which live independently without ; depending on man are called ‘Wild animals’.

• the wildlife animals are in danger in India because of deforestation, hunting of animals and birds for hobby, anti-animal human activities, vanishing water resources at many places in forests, etc.

• Corbett National Park is located at the foothills of Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand.

• Keoladeo sanctuary is located in Bharatpur - Rajasthan.

• The Kanha National Park is located in Madhya Pradesh.

• During the regime of Great Maurya king' Ashoka, laws were made to protect the wild animals.

• Kachchh desert sanctuary is the largest sanctuary in Gujarat.

• Asiatic lion, Ghudkhar (wild ass) and stripped lizards are found only in Gujarat in India.

• The varieties of reptiles found in India are . King cobra, snakes, pythons, iguana (patlagho), etc.

• Nicobari dove is the rare bird found in ‘ Nicobar Islands.

• Ghudkhar (wild ass) are found in the Little Rann of Kachchh and the flamingos in the wetlands of Greater Rann of Kachchh.

• The wild goats and the musk deer are found in Jammu-Kashmiir.

• Asiatic elephants are found in the forests of peninsular India.

• Animals which live independently without ; depending on man are called ‘Wild animals’.

• Hangool Project

• Ashoka

• Corbett

• Dachigam

• Bandipur

• Velavadar Kaliar

• Gir

• Kanha

• Thar desert

• Kaziranga

• Chilotro

• Shyam Garud

• Cranes

• Gir forests

• Cheetah

• Corals

• Dense forests of Western Ghats

• Grassland areas

• Flamingo

• Ghudkhar

• Tiger

• Wild buffalo (Indian Bison

• Jammu-Kashmir

• Snow leopards

• One-horned rhino

• Asiatic elephants

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• Animals like fox, wolf, nilgai, deer, mongoose, rabbits, wild hog, hedgehog, etc. and birds like cuckoo, parrot, peacock, weaver-bird, owl, chibri, kite, kabar, dhor bagala, etc. are found in the agricultural land, pasture land and waste land in India.

• Sea snake, dolphin, shark, dugong (sea cow), octopus (rangara), mackerel, bumla, pomfret, herring, salmon, whale, etc. are marine animals . found along the seacoasts and other water bodies in India.

• Porbandar bird sanctuary has the smallest ‘area in Gujarat.

• Wild buffalo (Indian bison), elephant, leopard, large Indian squirrel, tiger, etc. are not found in the forests of Gujarat.

• Lion is the state animal and flamingo is the state bird of Gujarat.

• The animals are killed for their meat, hides, horns, teeth, feathers, etc. or for hobby or to show the adventurous spirit.

• Rare species of corals are found in the Gulf of Kachchh and in the Lakshadweep - archipelago.