Watershed regions of Pakistan is/are:

Related Mcqs:

1. Government of Pakistan has realized the importance of watershed management and an extensive watershed development programme is being implemented in:

   A. Northern part of the country
   B. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. Main watershed regions and their problems are:

   A. The northern mountain region
   B. The uplands of northern Punjab
   C. The western mountain region
   D. The southwest Boluchistan plateau
   E. All of the above

3. The importance of watershed management was realized when Pakistan signed Indus Water Treaty with India through which right of water of ______ was given to India while Pakistan has the right on river Indus and Jhelum:

   A. Chenab
   B. Ravi
   C. Sutlij
   D. All of the above

4. Watershed management planning phases is / are:

   A. Reconnaissance Survey
   B. Local or watershed level survey
   C. Watershed inventory
   D. All of the above

5. Watershed management is:

   A. The management of watershed area to achieve certain objectives of management
   B. The objective can be conservation of soil and water, regulation of stream flow regime, flood control, reduction of sediment, ground water recharge etc.
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. A watershed may be just be small depression of the land or it may comprise whole sub-continents as for the large river basins of the earth:

   A. Wolga
   B. Indus
   C. Ganges
   D. Amazonas
   E. All of the above

7. The Watershed is:

   A. It is a Land body which drains into a stream system
   B. Its an other name of catchment watershed
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Cropping methods in watershed areas are:

   A. Land consideration: Land is divided into small pieces of different owners
   B. Land classification: Should be done according to (i) Permeability (ii) Percentage of cover (iii) Type of vegetation cover
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. Managing watershed in forest area is / are :

   A. Practices for soil protection and flood control
   B. Practices for increasing water yield
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. The terms and definitions used in watershed management are:

    A. Albedo
    B. Alluvial fans
    C. Alluvium
    D. Aquiclude
    E. All of the above