The major range type found in Tharparkar Desert Range is:

Related Mcqs:

1. Tharparkar Desert ranges covers ______ million ha.

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

2. The Tharparkar Desert is situated in:

   A. Tharparkar
   B. Sanghar
   C. Mirpur Khas
   D. All of the above

3. The biggest desert belt running from the Atlantic to _______ , including Sahara and some other samaller deserts such s the Arabian Desert (Arrub-al-Khali):

   A. China
   B. India
   C. Australia
   D. Iran

4. The desert range areas are generally ploughed with a disc, followed by a cultivator, the general characteristics of an ideal seedbed are:

   A. Very firm below seeding depth
   B. Well pulverized and mellow on top
   C. Not cloddy or puddled
   D. Free from plant competition
   E. All of the above

5. Major land forms Cholistan Desert ranges is / are :

   A. Subrecent river plain
   B. The first sandy terrace above the Hakra River (late pleistocene)
   C. The second sandy terrace above the Kakra River plain (late pleistocene)
   D. The third sandy terrace above the Hakra River plain (middle pleistocene)
   E. All of the above

6. Major types recognized in That Desert are:

   A. Dunes
   B. Slopes
   C. Foot of dunes flats
   D. Kankor sites
   E. All of the above

7. 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

8. The major range types found in Cholistan are:

   A. Lasiurus sindicus / Haloxylon salicornicum
   B. Eleusine compressa/Haloxylon salicornicum
   C. Haloxylon recurvum/salsola foetida and suaeda fruticosa
   D. All of the above

9. In desert grasslands, which type of animals are relatively more abundant?

   A. Diurnal
   B. Arboreal
   C. Aquatic
   D. Fossorial

10. The desert rangelands of ______ are within the reach of monsoon rainfall:

    A. Thal
    B. Cholistan
    C. Thar
    D. All of the above