Major types recognized in That Desert are:

Related Mcqs:

1. The major types of soil are recognized on the basis of their mode of accumulation and include:

   A. Residual
   B. Transported
   C. Colluvial
   D. Alluvial
   E. All of the above

2. The biggest desert belt running from the Atlantic to _______ , including Sahara and some other samaller deserts such s the Arabian Desert (Arrub-al-Khali):

   A. China
   B. India
   C. Australia
   D. Iran

3. The major range type found in Tharparkar Desert Range is:

   A. Sand dunes
   B. Valleys
   C. Flat alluvial plains
   D. Rocky hills
   E. All of the above

4. Major land forms Cholistan Desert ranges is / are :

   A. Subrecent river plain
   B. The first sandy terrace above the Hakra River (late pleistocene)
   C. The second sandy terrace above the Kakra River plain (late pleistocene)
   D. The third sandy terrace above the Hakra River plain (middle pleistocene)
   E. All of the above

5. Major types of Alpine vegetation is classified into the:

   A. Alpine scrub type consisting of moist deciduous Apline scrub, dry sone alpine scrub, moist Alpine pasture, dry Alpine plateau pastures, dwarf juniper scrub, and dwarf Rhododendron scrub forest
   B. Most Alpine scrub comprises dry alpine scrub and moist alpine scrub
   C. Alpine forests contain Alpine fir birch forest, Rhododendron forest and high level bluepine forests
   D. All of the above

6. The major range types found in Cholistan are:

   A. Lasiurus sindicus / Haloxylon salicornicum
   B. Eleusine compressa/Haloxylon salicornicum
   C. Haloxylon recurvum/salsola foetida and suaeda fruticosa
   D. All of the above

7. The major types of floods are:

   A. Long rain floods
   B. Snow melt floods
   C. Slash floods (high rains)
   D. Tidal flood
   E. All of the above

8. The major types of soil erosion are:

   A. Normal or geological
   B. Accelerated
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. The major types of mulching are:

   A. Artificial mulches
   B. Natural inorganic mulches
   C. Stone mulch
   D. Organic mulches
   E. All of the above

10. The major types of thinning are:

    A. Mechanical
    B. Selection
    C. Ordinary/low
    D. Crown
    E. All of the above