GATE 2024 AR — Architecture – Question 33

Environmental Planning and Landscape · Landscape conservation - principles and techniques · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match reserves P Gulf of Mannar, Q Sundarbans, R Nanda Devi, S Nilgiri with 1 ridges/glaciers, 2 tropical/subtropical forested hills, 3 mangrove swamp, 4 coral reefs/seagrass, 5 flat salt marsh.

P–1; Q–3; R–4; S–5
P–3; Q–5; R–1; S–2
P–4; Q–3; R–1; S–2
P–4; Q–2; R–3; S–5

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Correct answer: (C) P–4; Q–3; R–1; S–2

Explanation

Gulf of Mannar has marine coral/seagrass habitats(4); Sundarbans is the mangrove delta(3); Nanda Devi is high Himalayan terrain(1); Nilgiri is the forested southern hill region(2). These geographic/ecological matches give C.

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