what is the status of markhor
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Answer:
. Where is the Markhor found?
Ans. Markhor is an endangered animal. It is found in high wooded mountains of Northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and the Pir Panjal range of India
2. What does ‘Markhor’ mean?
Ans. The name ‘Markhor’ is derived from the two Persian word; mar–a snake and khor–eating. Hence, the name Markhor means ‘snake-eater’.
3. What are the dangers that the Markhor faces?
Ans. Human warfare, hunting pressure and increasing disturbances and competition from domestic goats and sheep are threats faced by Markhor. Markhor is facing the danger of extinction. These animals serve as a prey for wolves, leopards and humans. They will vanish from this living world if the conservation efforts are not maintained.
4. Why does the Markhor climb cliffs?
Ans. Markhor finds itself safe at high slopes. To protect itself from human hunting it climbs steep cliffs. Moreover, it also enjoys the morning sun and freely grazing there.
5. What is the status of Markhor?
Ans. There are about 2000 to 4000 Markhors existing in the wild forests. But it has been classified as an endangered species, means it is in danger of facing extinction in the near future, if conservation efforts are not maintained.
6. Give a physical description of the Markhor?
Ans. Physical Description of Markhor:
Length: 132 – 186cm / 4.4 – 6.2ft
Height: 65 – 115cm / 2.1 – 3.8ft
Tail Length: 8 –20cm / 3.2 – 8inch
Weight: 32 – 110kg / 70 – 242lb.
Language Work
Make sentences from the given jumbled words:
1. Railway / we / at / meet / will / station / the
Ans. We will meet ate the railway station.
2. Cot / the / is / the / baby / sleeping / on
Ans. The baby is sleeping on the cot.
3. People / slowly / very / walk / old
Ans. Old people walk very slowly.
4. Team / goals/ our / five / easily / by / won
Ans. Our team easily won by five goals.
5. Students / punctual / be / must
Ans. Students must be punctual.
6. Problems / taking / long / are / you / how / solve / to / the / in
Ans. How long you are taking to solve the problems.
7. Garden / flowers / not / do / from / pluck / these
Ans. Do not pluck these flowers from garden.
8. Animals / many / strange / are / there / zoo / the / in
Ans. There are many strange animals in the zoo.
9. Chocolates / child / fond / very / off / my / is
Ans. My child is very fond of chocolates.
10. Boy / has / kidnaped / the / somebody
Ans. somebody has kidnaped the boy.
Answer:
Markhor is an endangered animal. It is is found in high wooded mountains of Northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and the Pir Panjal range of India.