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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Watershed management planning phases is / are:

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

3. 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

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

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

5. What is the strategy for watershed management?

   A. The importance of integrating the resource bae and sound land use within the web of the catchments making up Pakistan rivers
   B. The production of quality water at the right time & place is a extremely important function of uplans
   C. There is little r public investment o projects related to dams, irrigation, canals and road construction except for governmental funded project
   D. All of the above

6. What are the helping factors of Watershed Management?

   A. To cope with country’s energy crises
   B. Appropriate funds must be allocated
   C. Alternatives must be provided to the local community
   D. Evolve a long watershed policy for conserving the country’s watershed
   E. All of the above

7. What is the object of watershed management?

   A. An increase in agricultural production which maintains the quantity of affordable food available to majority of population
   B. Increasing or maintaining standard of buying of growig population
   C. Increasing Gross National Product and employment opportunities in all areas of nation
   D. Reduce siltation in the major reservoirs like Tarbela & Mangla Dams
   E. All of the above

8. The projects are being implemented either through the country’s own resources or with the help of donor agencies such as:

   A. World Food Organization
   B. UNDP
   C. The World Bank
   D. All of the above

9. Watershed regions of Pakistan is/are:

   A. Which are sufficiently homogeneous in themselves
   B. But distinct from each other in two major characteristics i.e., land form and climate, the factors which mainly determine the framework for watershed management
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. In order to overcome this shortcoming, an appropriate development programme will be undertaken with emphasis on:

    A. Development of fodder tree planting programmes to increase availability of green fodder
    B. Creation of grazing lots on an experimental basis to induce private investment by livestock owners in rangeland management
    C. Reseeding of depleted rangelands with nutritious and high yielding grasses
    D. Introduction of legislation to support range management agencies and their programmes
    E. All of the above