Kerala Facts 3

കേരളത്തെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളിൽ കേരളത്തിലെ ദേശീയോദ്യാനങ്ങൾ, സംരക്ഷിത വനങ്ങൾ, എന്നിവയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• First community reserve in India

                    Kadalundi-Vallikunnu (2007)

• Project introduced in schools to planting trees

                    Ente Maram (It won Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra award)

• Project introduced to protect coastal area of Kerala by planting trees

                    Haritha theeram (By Kerala fisheries and forest departments)

• Project introduced in colleges to planting trees

                    Nammude Maram (Project of forest with support of trade unions: Vazhiyorathanal)

• Project introduced to promote the farming of medicinal plants 

                    Sanjeevani Vanam

• Project introduced by education department to know and respect environment in students

                    Mannezhuth

• Total number of wildlife sancturies in Kerala

                    18 (First one Periyar which is also called as Thekkadi wildlife sanctury)

• Former name of Periyar wild life sanctury

                    Nellikkampetti Game Sanctury (At the time of Sri Chithira Thirunal Balaramavarma)

• Wild life sanctury at which Sabarimala temple situated

                    Periyar Wild life sanctury

• Taluk in which Periyar wild life sanctury situated

                    Peerumed

• Southern most wild life sanctury in Kerala

                    Neyyar, Thiruvananthapuram

• Northern most wild life sanctury in Kerala

                    Aaralam, Kannur

• Largest wild life sanctury in Kerala

                    Periyar (Smallest Mangalavanam bird sanctuary, Eranakulam)

• Second largest wild life sanctury in Kerala

                    Wayanad wild life sanctuary (Also called as Muttanga wild life sanctuary)

• Biosphere reserves in Kerala

                    Nilgiri and Agasthyamala

• Tiger reserves in Kerala

                    Periyar (Idukki) and Parambikulam (Palakkad)

• Elephant reserves in Kerala

                    Wayanad, Periyar, Anamudi (Idukki), Nilambur (Malappuram)

• Shenduruney wild life sanctury is in

                    Kollam

• Peechi-Vazhani    : Thrissur

• Chinnar                : Idukki

• Chimminy            : Thrissur

• Peppara                : Thiruvananthapuram

• Kurinjimala          : Idukki

• Thattekkad           : Ernakulam

• Choolanoor          : Palakkad

• Malabar               : Kozhikode

• Kottiyur               : Kannur

• Thirunelli             : Wayanad

• Wayanad wild life sanctury is a part of

                    Nilgiri Biosphere reserve (Headquarters is in Sulthanbatery)

• Wild life sanctury located in border of Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka

                    Wayanad wildlife sanctury

• Mangala Devi temple is in

                    Periyar wild life sanctury

• Wild life sanctury which is known as Lungs of Kochi

                    Mangalavanam (Kumarakam known as Bakers estate)

• Wild life sanctury which is known as Heaven of migratory birds

                    Kadalundi bird sanctuary

• Wild life sanctury in Kerala in which entry is possible only through Tamil nadu

                    Parambikulam (Located in Muthalamada grama panchayat)

• Wild life sanctury which is included in Red data book

                    Parambikulam

• Head quarters of Parambikulam wild life sanctury

                    Thunakadavu

• Only lion safari park in Kerala located at

                    Marakkunnam islands, Trivandrum

• Steve Irwin crocodile rehabitation and research center is in 

                    Neyyar

• Wild life sancturies in Agasthyamala biosphere reserve

                    Neyyar, Peppara, Shenduruni

• Wild life sanctury which is known in the name of a tree

                    Shenduruni (Part of Kulathupuzha reserve forest)

• Botanical name of Schenduruni is

                    Glutta Travancorica

• First sanctury in India for the conservation of a particular plant species

                    Kurinjimala sanctuary (For Neelakurinji)

• The plant which is known as Queen of Western Ghat

                    Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana)

• Year in which postal department introduced stamp of Neelakurinji

                    2006

• Wild life sanctury in which rare species like grey-colored squirrel, Indian start tortoise are seen

                    Chinnar wild life sanctuary

• In Kerala, reed frogs are found at

                    Kakkayam

• Headquarters of Idukki wild life sanctuary

                    Painavu

• First tiger reserve in Kerala and 10th in India

                    Periyar (1978)

• First and largest bird sanctury in Kerala

                    Thattekkad, Salim Ali bird sanctuary (1983)

• Pakshi gramam in Kerala

                    Nooranad (Pakshipathalam is in Wayanad)

• Asia's first butterfly safari park

                    Thenmala (2008)

• The bird sanctury established to conserve peacock

                    Choolannoor (KK Neelakandan) bird sanctuary

• Smallest bird sanctury in Kerala

                    Mangalavanam (Only wild life sanctuary having mangroove forest)

• No of national parks in Kerala

                    5 (As per central forest ministry 6 national parks in Kerala)

• District in Kerala having maximum number of national parks

                    Idukki (Only one national park outside Idukki-In Palakkad-Silent valley)

• First national park in Kerala

                    Eravikulam, 1978 (In Devikulam Taluk)

• Largest national park in Kerala

                    Periyar (350 Sq Km. Eravikulam as per the PSC answer key the biggest have 97 Sq Km)

• Eravikulam national park is a sanctuary for

                    Nilgiri thars (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)

• Anamudi located in which national park

                    Eravikulam (Rajamala tourism zone is in Eravikulam)

• Second largest national park in Kerala

                    Silent valley (Part of Nilgiri biosphere reserve. In Mannarcaud Taluk)

• Endangered animal species conserve at silent valley

                    Lion tailed macaque (Macaque silanus)

• The name silent valey is due to the absence of

                    Cicades

• Largest rain forest in Kerala

                    Silent valley

• The only virgin forest in Kerala

                    Silent valley

• National park which is included in world heritage list

                    Silent valley

• In Mahabharatha, Silent valley was depicited as

                    Sirendri forest

• Smallest national park in Kerala

                    Pambadum Shola
                                                                                 (To be Continued...)