Daily Static Quiz Prelims Practice 2027
- Sultanpur National Park — Haryana
- Kolleru Lake — Telangana
- Pong Dam Lake — Himachal Pradesh
Sultanpur National Park is correctly placed in Haryana and Pong Dam Lake is correctly placed in Himachal Pradesh. Pair 2 is incorrect — Kolleru Lake is located in Andhra Pradesh, not Telangana.
The Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971 in the city of Ramsar, Iran, from which it derives its name.
Loktak Lake in Manipur is famous for its floating phumdis — heterogeneous masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter at various stages of decomposition. It is also home to Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world's only floating national park.
- Chilika Lake
- Keoladeo National Park
- Loktak Lake
All three — Chilika Lake, Keoladeo National Park, and Loktak Lake — were placed on the Montreux Record due to ecological degradation concerns. Chilika Lake was subsequently removed after successful restoration measures, making it a globally cited conservation success story.
- Ramsar Sites are designated under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
- India became a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention in 1982.
- Montreux Record is a register of Ramsar Sites facing ecological changes.
Statement 1 is incorrect — Ramsar Sites are designated under the Ramsar Convention itself, not the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Statement 2 is correct — India became a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention in 1982. Statement 3 is correct — the Montreux Record identifies Ramsar wetlands where the ecological character has changed, is changing, or is likely to change due to technological developments, pollution, or other human interference.
