Pakistan has a total livestock population of about 100 million heads, composed primarily of ______:

Related Mcqs:

1. Of the ________ million ha area under cultivation, 15.62 million ha area (76%) is under irrigation:

   A. 21
   B. 22
   C. 23
   D. 24

2. The reservoir of Mangla is being silted at the rate of 48.27 million m3 per year and that of Tarbela at the rate of _____ million cubic meters per year:

   A. 160.5
   B. 167.75
   C. 170.6
   D. 175.8

3. About _______ people in this country living from Himalayas to the coast of Arabian sea depend on livestock for their bread and butter and are engaged in its herding and rearing:

   A. 1.5 million
   B. 2 million
   C. 2.5 million
   D. 3 million

4. Range suitability is the adoptability of range area to grazing by livestock. Factor to be considered for it:

   A. Kind of vegetation
   B. Topography
   C. Availability of drinking water
   D. All of the above

5. _______ is the oldest known practice used by man to manipulate range vegetation for livestock grazing:

   A. Range burning
   B. Water spreading
   C. Sand dune fixation
   D. None of these

6. Land in Koshistan is used for livestock grazing:

   A. Dryland farming
   B. Wildlife habitat
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

7. Survey conducted by WAPDA has revealed that 2.0 M ha of land have become severely waterlogged affecting a population of million:

   A. 3.4
   B. 4.4
   C. 5.5
   D. 6.5

8. Agriculture is the major land-use in Pakistan. The cultivable area is _____ million ha. i.e. 36.7% of total area:

   A. 32.23
   B. 33.3
   C. 35.4
   D. None of these

9. Tharparkar Desert ranges covers ______ million ha.

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

10. Feed for the livestock from ranges and forest is:

    A. 100 million cattle, sheep, goats, camel, donkeys, horses, yaks
    B. And other kind of livestock thrive on the natural vegetation growing in the forest areas making use of a forest product
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these