Carrying capacity is a balance between _______.

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1. The concepts of population dynamics and carrying capacity lead to management of wildlife which may be defined as:

   A. Art
   B. Science of manipulating the centrum of wild animal populations to meet specific objectives
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. Carrying capacity is not a fixed factor of the land and will change as ______ with the seasons or over long periods so the process is dynamic as the populations are:

   A. Food
   B. Cover
   C. Water change
   D. All of the above

3. The ecosystem exists in a state of ‘balance’. Supposing one of the heterotrophs, says the rabbit, multiplies and increases in number suddenly then:

   A. The balance will be permanently upset because the rabbits will eat the grass in the system and die of starvation
   B. The ‘balance’ will be restored by an increase in the wolf population
   C. Epidemics will break out in the rabbits and kill all of them
   D. Rabbits will starts eating each other

4. In order to maintain proper ecological balance:

   A. The existing forests should be cleared and new ones should be planted
   B. Some quick growing anuals should be planted if a tree must be cut for other uses
   C. Tree must be cut whenever necessary because the underground part performs the useful purpose
   D. A tree should be planted in place of one to be cut

5. Field capacity is the extent to which a soil can hold:

   A. Gravitational water
   B. Capillary water
   C. Hygroscopic water
   D. Capillary water plus hygroscopic water

6. The storage capacity of a soil equals:

   A. Field capacity
   B. Field capacity less capillary water
   C. Field capacity less hygroscopic water
   D. Field capacity plus gravitational water

7. Water holding capacity is highest in:

   A. Clayey soil
   B. Loamy soil
   C. Silty soil
   D. Sandy soil

8. Measurement of infiltration capacity include:

   A. Direct measurement in water artificially applied
   B. Indirect method: several empirical methods have been developed toestimate total infiltration in a catchment
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. The factors which affects of Infiltration Capacity (f):

   A. Solid density increase, f increase
   B. As degree of aggregation increases f increases
   C. Soil frost, reduces “f”
   D. All of the above

10. Realising the need for a better management policy for wildlife, a high powered Wildlife, a high powered Wildlife Enquiry Committee, constituted by the Government of Pakistan presented their (draft) report in 1970, following which all the provinces and administrative unit promulgated their own Wildlife Act within administrative units promulgated their own Wildlife Act within a span of two years _______

    A. 1974 and 1975
    B. 1975 and 1976
    C. 1976 and 1977
    D. None of these