Alpine Scrub is:

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. Himalayan foothills and the Potwar region including ______ are covered with the scrub forests which have been reduced to scanty growth at most of the places:

   A. Salt Range
   B. Kala Chitta Range
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. 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

4. Sub-alpine forests found in:

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

5. The ecosystem lying in the alpine zone between taiga and polar ice is called:

   A. Savana
   B. Autotrophic
   C. Heterotrophic
   D. Tundra

6. Plants growing in alpine zone are dwarf due to:

   A. Low temperature
   B. High wind velocity
   C. High light intensity
   D. None of these

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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