Consider the following statements:

1. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has been constituted under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

2. The authority consists of the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests as Chairperson.

Different types of Indian Mural Paintings:
Tempera Painting: Tempera painting is done by the preparation of pigment into a water-miscible medium.
Oil Painting: Oil Painting is a standard of painting in oil colours that grips suspension of pigments into drying oils.
Fresco Painting: Fresco Painting is an ancient practice that engrossed the painting of water-based pigments on recently applied plaster, usually on a wall façade.



The earliest evidence of the murals is the beautiful frescoes painted on the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, the Bagh caves, and the Sittanvasal cave.


Murals from this period depict mainly religious themes of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu.

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Land use is the term used to describe the human use of land.

On the basis of certain common features such as predominant vegetation type and climatic regions, Indian forests can be divided into the following groups:
Tropical Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forests
Tropical Deciduous forests
Tropical Thorn forests
Montane forests
Littoral and Swamp forests.