Tamarix-Poplar Forest is a dense thicket of Tamarix spp. With varying number of poplar trees are distributed on fresh silt alluvium of the riverain tract of the Indus between Muzaffargarh and Hyderabad with isolated occurrences as far north as _________

Related Mcqs:

1. A three year old plant of poplar and Tamarix gallica consumes ______ liters and ____ liters of water per day, respectively under optimum supply conditions:

   A. 45,60
   B. 50,70
   C. 60,80
   D. None of these

2. Riverain forests are:

   A. It is an important seral stage of tropical thorn forest type.
   B. It forms a fairly complete canopy 12-15 m. High
   C. Which Acacia arabica usually strongly predominates with varying amounts of Populus euphratica
   D. All of the above

3. 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

4. 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

5. The deserts of the world are discontinuously distributed in a pair of parallel belts lying about ______ North and South of the equator.

   A. 25
   B. 30
   C. 35
   D. 40

6. Tamarix aphylla period of ripening of seed is:

   A. January – March
   B. March – April
   C. November – December
   D. December – January

7. Common combinations of the agroforestry system in Pakistan are: Trees species: Agricultural crops grown with trees:

   A. Poplars: wheat / maize / turmeric / sugarcane / vegetables / fodder
   B. Eucalypts: wheat/sunflower/tomatoes/potatoes/chilies
   C. Simal: maize/sunflower/vegetables/fodder
   D. Shisham: turmeric/wheat/maize/vegetables
   E. All of the above

8. Poplar and eucalypt wood has proved suitable for new and uses such as ______.

   A. Furniture
   B. Cross arms
   C. Scaffolding
   D. Shuttering
   E. All of the above

9. Poplar (Populus deltoidies) utilization of timber:

   A. Packing cases and crates, match splint and boxes, veneer
   B. Plywood, rural house construction and pulp and paper
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. Hybrid Poplar (Populus euroamericam) utilization of timber :

    A. Packing cases and crates, match splint and boxes, veneer
    B. Plywood, rural house construction and pulp and paper
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these