Efforts made to improve the watersheds in Pakistan is /are:

Related Mcqs:

1. Forest policies in the past were meant to promote forestry and improve rangelands; watersheds, research and education were ineffective due to the main reasons:

   A. No proper mechanism existed for implementing policy directives
   B. Provinces felt no follow to comply with national policies because forestry is a provincial responsibility
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. The socioeconomic condition of the people in watersheds areas are:

   A. The people living in these areas have small holding
   B. The average size being less than even 2 acres
   C. They have too little education and lack the requisite skills to improve their lot
   D. All of the above

3. In the Pakistan Forest Policy and efforts will be made to:

   A. Implement programmes to minimize environmental pollution and environmental hazards through tree conservation and planting
   B. Develop a framework and prepare programmes for establishing green wind breaks on arid lands to check erosion and desertification
   C. Establish green areas in all cities having populations of 50,000 or more
   D. All of the above

4. Concentrate water saving efforts with:

   A. Vegetation
   B. Engineering structures
   C. Check dams
   D. Diversion channels
   E. All of the above

5. Improve wood utilizations means:

   A. Introduce more efficient wood burning stoves
   B. Encourage use of reconstituted wood over solid wood
   C. Research and develop more efficient and suitable logging technology
   D. Evolve technology for industrial uses of inferior and small sized woods
   E. All of the above

6. The strategy 1992 to improve the situation is:

   A. Updating inventory of floral and faunal diversity, reviewing current field research presently undertaken and planning for future to fill in the gaps in the knowledge of bio-diversity in Pakistan
   B. Indentification of species and delineation of areas of importance with the stand point of biodiversity values
   C. Achieve consensus on te long term strategy and prioritise biodiversity conservation
   D. All of the above

7. 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

8. National forest policy for Pakistan – The needs and principles in the case of Pakistan are:

   A. Pakistan’s mainstay is agriculture, which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
   B. Because of inadequate forest resources Pakistan must concentrate on developing new plantations.
   C. The country is heavily populated and faces an energy crisis. Since there is little scope to increase the area of state forests, agro-forestry programmes should be of vital concern to meet fuelwood requirements.
   D. Both (a) & (b)
   E. None of these

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. Recoeions for improvement of range management in Pakistan are:

    A. The biological techniques like stabilization of sand dunes should be expanded over to other ranges also
    B. Range lands provide habitat for the conservation of wildlife and preservation of other natural resources
    C. New innovations like urea molasses etc may help in meeting nutritional requirements of the livestock
    D. Research on range lands must be augmented
    E. All of the above