Wildlife Conservation | MCQs

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• Ostrich is the largest living bird in the world.
• An adult ostrich weighs up to 150 kilograms and has a maximum height of 6 feet.
• They also held the record for the fastest speed of any bird in the land and largest egg of any living birds.
• The flightless ostriches are native to Africa.
  
• Ostriches mainly feed on seeds, shrubs, fruits, flowers and small insects.
• Ostriches can also live without water for several days.
• The powerful long legs help ostriches for attacking predators.
• Ostriches usually live in groups that contain 10 to 50 birds.
• A female ostrich lays up to 60 eggs in a year.  an ostrich egg measures 5.1 inches in diameter and up to 1.4 kg in weight.

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It was started in Cholistan, Bahawalpur  in 2020.

Also Known as Indian Antelope.

In 2018, Bollywood actor Salman Khan, was sentenced to 5 year imprisonment for poaching a blackbuck in 1998.

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• Lal Suhanra is a national park of Pakistan situated in Bahawalpur
• district of Punjab province.
• which is one of the largest national parks in South Asia.

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Blind Dolphins are found in Indus river in Pakistan and Ganges river in India and Bangladesh.

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The Indus River dolphin, also known as the “bhulan,” is one of the world's most endangered cetaceans. 

It is endemic to the Indus River Basin of Pakistan and northwestern India. 

Blind Dolphins are found in the lower parts of the Indus River in Pakistan and in River Beas, a tributary of the Indus River in Punjab, India.

ND20-6-2023

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• The National Fish of Pakistan is Mahseer
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• Mahseer fish are found in every province throughout Pakistan in semi-cold fresh water.
• It is also known as the “King of Swat”.
• Pakistan is an excellent place to find Mahseer.
• It is the national fish of Pakistan.

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South America is referred to as the Bird continent.

Because it is inhabited by a large number of birds.

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Hazarganji Chiltan National Park is a national park in the Mastung District of western Balochistan Province of Pakistan. 

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Hingol National Park is the largest national park in Pakistan, located in the Makran coastal region.

The park covers an area of about 6,100 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi).

It is located 190 km from Karachi in the three districts of Gwadar, Lasbela and Awaran in Balochistan.

Hingol was declared a national park in 1988.

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"From" indicates the cause or source of something.

In this sentence, "from" implies that the lack of food is the reason for the animal's death.