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GATE 2022 AR — Planning – Question 38

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

Match P Agasthyamala, Q Nokrek, R Cold Desert, S Simlipal biosphere reserves with 1 western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh; 2 Western Ghats, Kerala/Tamil Nadu; 3 Tura range, Meghalaya; 4 Kachchh/Rajkot/Surendranagar/Patan, Gujarat; 5 Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

  1. P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3
  2. P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-5
  3. P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-5
  4. P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3

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Correct answer: (B) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-5

Explanation

Agasthyamala is in the southern Western Ghats (2), Nokrek in Meghalaya (3), Cold Desert in Himachal Pradesh (1), and Simlipal in Odisha (5). Thus 2, 3, 1, 5, B. Gujarat’s listed districts correspond to a different reserve.

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