Major types of Alpine vegetation is classified into the:

Related Mcqs:

1. These are generally, but not always, developed above the birch zone and in patches, sometimes extensive, within it, probably conditioned by edaphic and biotic factors, in Kashmir, Gilgit, Chitral and Hazara. This type ascends normally to ______ or more above the sub-alpine forests and climate must be similar but more severe than in sub-alpine forests:

   A. 140 m
   B. 150 m
   C. 160 m
   D. 170 m

2. The major types of vegetation removed is:

   A. There is no need to eliminate any plant that is not going to suppress, endanger
   B. Or hamper the growth of a distinctly desirable member of the new stand
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. Major characteristics of the vegetation of a locality are controlled:

   A. By man only
   B. Mainly by climate
   C. By animals only
   D. By altitude of a place only

4. The areas laying above an altitude of about ______ and below zone of perpetual snow constitute alpine pastures:

   A. 3000 m
   B. 4000 m
   C. 5000 m
   D. 6000 m

5. Alpine pastures, Trans-Himalayan ranges and Himalayan forest grazing lands have a large number of:

   A. Rivers
   B. Perennial springs
   C. Seepage water for livestock
   D. All of the above

6. Alpine Scrub is:

   A. Shrub formations often forming a quite dense cover 0.4 to 1.4 m
   B. Shrub formations often forming a quite dense cover 0.5 to 1.6 m
   C. Shrub formations often forming a quite dense cover 0.6 to 1.8 m
   D. None of these

7. Sub-alpine forest is:

   A. Coniferous trees limited to Abies (Fir)
   B. Pinus wallichiana (blue pine) stand singly
   C. In groups over an irregular, sometimes dense, lower storey of broadleaved trees
   D. All of the above

8. Sub-alpine forests found in:

   A. Kashmir
   B. Dir
   C. Swat
   D. Chitral
   E. All of the above

9. The alpine forests are classed under the plant group called:

   A. Mesotherms
   B. Megatherms
   C. Microtherms
   D. Hekistotherms

10. Alpine forests occur at an altitude:

    A. 3,900-6,000 m
    B. 1,900-3,000 m
    C. 1,000-1,5000 m
    D. 500-1,000 m