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UPSC 1998: Forest areas have been labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough outline map given. Among these, those which were threatened in 1997 by a serious epidemic include
(a)Teak forests of 3 and 4
(b)Oak forests of 1 and sal forests of 2
(c)Sal forests of 3
(d)Sandalwood forests of 4
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Sal forests of 3
The 1997 outbreak of the sal-heartwood borer (Hoplocerambyx spinicornis) devastated Shorea robusta stands in Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh. On the UPSC map this sal belt is marked as area 3, so only the sal forests of 3 were under serious epidemic threat. Other listed forest types (oak, teak, sandalwood) were not hit by that 1997 epidemic. ([edurev.in](https://edurev.in/t/203268/Geography-of-India-Solved-Questions--1995-2002-?utm_source=openai))
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