Gap Filling Exercise

Complete the following passage.

Two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinoceros …………………… (live / are living / has lived) in the Kaziranga National Park. It …………………… (located / has located / is located) in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam . A World Heritage Site, Kaziranga also …………………….. (is / has / have) the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world. It ……………………… (declared / was declared / had declared) a Tiger Reserve in 2006.

The park is a biodiversity ‘hotspot’. ……………………… (Except / Apart from / beside) the rhinos and the big cats, the forest has large breeding populations of elephants, water buffalo and swamp deer. Nine of the 14 primate species found in India are present in the park. Prominent among them …………………….. (is / are / have) the Assamese Macaque, Capped, Golden Langur and the Hoolock Gibbon, the only ape found in India. Kaziranga’s rivers are home to the endangered Ganges Dolphin. It is also ……………………… (recognizing / recognized) as an Important Bird Area.

 Answers

Two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinoceros live in the Kaziranga National Park. It is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam. A World Heritage Site, Kaziranga also has the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.

The park is a biodiversity ‘hotspot’. Apart from the rhinos and the big cats, the forest has large breeding populations of elephants, water buffalo and swamp deer. Nine of the 14 primate species found in India are present in the park. Prominent among them are the Assamese Macaque, Capped, Golden Langur and the Hoolock Gibbon, the only ape found in India. Kaziranga’s rivers are home to the endangered Ganges Dolphin. It is also recognized as an Important Bird Area.