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Natural vegetation of india - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    The forest group covering most of India is
    1. Tropical Moist Deciduous
    2. Tropical Dry Deciduous
    3. Tropical Wet Evergreen
    4. Sub-Tropical Dry Evergreen
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  2. Question 2

    Pneumatophores are
    1. Pnecumonia Victims of Sundarbans
    2. Marshy areas of Sundarbans
    3. Stems of Sundari trees
    4. Breathing roots of mangrove
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  3. Question 3

    Sal is a type of
    1. Coniferous tree
    2. Deciduoud tree
    3. Evergreen tree
    4. Xerophytic tree
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  4. Question 4

    Neem is a
    1. Tropical wet evergreen tree
    2. Tropical moist deciduous tree
    3. Tropical dry deciduous tree
    4. Tropical dry evergreen tree
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  5. Question 5

    A person overlying India saw the natural vegetation below in the sequential order of tropical evergreen forest, savanna, dry deciduous and deciduous. His flight was from
    1. Kolkata to Delhi
    2. Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar
    3. Trivandrum to Delhi
    4. Delhi to Madurai
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  6. Question 6

    Which one of the following mountains has two dissimilar types of vegetation on its two slopes?
    1. Aravallis
    2. Vindhyas
    3. Eastern Ghats
    4. Western Ghats
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  7. Question 7

    Xerophytic vegetation is a characteristic feature of
    1. Chhotanagpur plateau
    2. Khasi hills
    3. Eastern ghats
    4. Kutcha
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  8. Question 8

    The Shola forest found in
    1. The Himalayas
    2. The Western Ghats
    3. The Vindhyan
    4. The Eastern Ghats
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  9. Question 9

    In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?
    1. Tropical Wet evergreen
    2. Tropical Moist deciduous
    3. Montane Wet temperate
    4. Tropical Dry deciduous
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  10. Question 10

    'Loringa' mangrove is located in
    1. Gujarat
    2. Kerala
    3. Odisha
    4. Andhra Pradesh
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  11. Question 11

    The region of India is very important from Biodiversity point of view is
    1. Eastern Himalayas
    2. Eastern Ghat
    3. Panchmari Hill
    4. Kashmir Valley
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  12. Question 12

    The highest area under forest in india lies in
    1. Arunachal Pradesh
    2. Jammu and Kashmir
    3. Mizoram
    4. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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  13. Question 13

    The tropical forest in India have been exploited more in India as
    1. They are the only forest we have.
    2. They provide good quality timber.
    3. They are more accessible.
    4. They are restrictions on cutting of temperateforests.
    1. 1 and 2 are true
    2. 2 and 3 are true
    3. 3 and 4 are true
    4. 1 and 3 are true
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  14. Question 14

    The minimum forest cover necessary to maintain ecological balance is
    1. 50% of the total land area.
    2. 40% of the total land area.
    3. 33% of the total land area.
    4. 25% of the total land area.
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  15. Question 15

    With reference to India forests, consider the following pairs:
    1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest: Sandalwood (Santalum album)
    2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest: (Shorearobusta)
    3. Tropical Thorn Forests: Shisham (Dalbeigiasissoo)
    Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
    1. 1 Only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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  16. Question 16

    The main species of the coniferous forests of the Himalayas between the altitudes 1600 metres and 3300 meters are
    1. Cedar, Pine, Sine, Silverfir, Spruce
    2. Sagon and Sakhu
    3. Sandalwood and Rosewood
    4. Oak, Chestnut, Chir, Chil
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  17. Question 17

    Introduction of Joint Forest Management was an important objective of
    1. National Forest Policy, 1988
    2. Man and Biosphere Program
    3. Wild Life Protection Act, 1972
    4. None of the above
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  18. Question 18

    Wet temperate forest in found in _________ region of India.
    1. Nilgiri
    2. Eastern Ghats
    3. Kashmir Himalayas
    4. Kachch peninsula
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  19. Question 19

    'Sal' tree is found in ______________ forest.
    1. Moist Tropical
    2. Alpine
    3. Dry Tropical
    4. None of the above
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  20. Question 20

    Tropical Moist deciduous is not found in ___________
    1. West Bengal
    2. Bihar
    3. Gujarat
    4. Orissa
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