The desert areas in Indo-Pakistan subcontinent covers about ________.

Related Mcqs:

1. The terms used for various programmes of extending tree cover to non-forestry areas, used rather loosely in Indo-Pak subcontinent are:

   A. Social forestry, farm forestry, agroforestry
   B. Community forestry, environmental forestry, tree farming
   C. Forest farming, village woodlots, small-scale forestry
   D. All of the above

2. Cholistan Desert ranges covers about ________.

   A. 2.7 million ha
   B. 2.8 million ha
   C. 2.9 million ha
   D. None of these

3. Tharparkar Desert ranges covers ______ million ha.

   A. 2.65
   B. 2.7
   C. 2.75
   D. 2.8

4. 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

5. The desert range areas are generally ploughed with a disc, followed by a cultivator, the general characteristics of an ideal seedbed are:

   A. Very firm below seeding depth
   B. Well pulverized and mellow on top
   C. Not cloddy or puddled
   D. Free from plant competition
   E. All of the above

6. Pakistan being located on the confluence of the western end of the Indian subcontinent and the Iranian plateau supports a varied and interesting mix of flora and fauna belonging to the:

   A. Indo-Malayan
   B. Palaearctic regions
   C. Some forms originating from the Ethiopian region
   D. All of the above

7. Migration flows: Some projects are undertaken to stop the movement of people from nural areas to urban areas / and:

   A. Rural industry projects
   B. Electrification of rural areas
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. The regulations towards the management of wildlife in the subcontinent date back to _____ . When the policy guidelines were given for the conservation of natural resources:

   A. 1894
   B. 1896
   C. 1898
   D. 1900

9. Beating up (Replacement) covers:

   A. Hundred percent successful stocking from the first sowing
   B. Or planting out is rarely attained except with the more elaborate methods
   C. The causalities have to be replaced to give good results
   D. All of the above

10. The black mushrooms (Morchella spp) are being collected from the temperate forest areas of ________.

    A. Murree
    B. Gallies
    C. Kaghan
    D. Swat
    E. All of the above