The uplands of northern Punjab problems is / are:

Related Mcqs:

1. The northern mountain region problems is / are:

   A. The inland Indus Basin above Attock with Swat-Chitral and Gilgit tributary catchments
   B. The inland in Jhelum Basin upstream of Mangla
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. A research institute has been established at Gatwala in ________ by the Government of Punjab where it is proposed to conduct research on regional problems:

   A. Peshawar
   B. Faisalabad
   C. Lahore
   D. None of these

3. Grazing systems in the northern mountains are:

   A. Nomadic grazing
   B. Semi nomadic grazing
   C. Local grazing
   D. All of the above

4. Trans-Himalayan grazing lands spread over northern mountains in:

   A. Dir
   B. Chitral
   C. Swat
   D. Gilgit
   E. All of the above

5. The northern mountainous system, comprising the Karakoram, the great _______, is one of the most exciting and important tracts of the world:

   A. Himalayas
   B. Hindu Kush
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. Main threats to the population of wild animals in northern mountainous region include:

   A. The competition with the domestic livestock for existing natural forage
   B. Increasing human interference in the form of cultivation
   C. As trade objects e.g., furs and skins
   D. All of the above

7. The Indus plain problems is / are:

   A. The region is not in itself a water producing area
   B. In the north, several large tributaries join the Indus
   C. The Jhelum Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej flow in to it from the east and the Kabul, Swat, Kurram and Gomel descend from the western ranges
   D. All of the above

8. The coastal belt problems is / are:

   A. It includes Hub, Parli-Kud, and Dasht river catchments
   B. It comprise the land berween the Makran range and the Arabian sea
   C. Most of the coastal zone is desertic or grass-land much oversued as pasture
   D. All of the above

9. Main watershed regions and their problems are:

   A. The northern mountain region
   B. The uplands of northern Punjab
   C. The western mountain region
   D. The southwest Boluchistan plateau
   E. All of the above

10. The first international conference for globalizing the environmental problems ws held at:

    A. Stockholm
    B. Paris
    C. London
    D. Tokyo