The vegetation of Cholistan consists of:

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1. 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

2. 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

3. Cholistan Desert ranges covers about ________.

   A. 2.7 million ha
   B. 2.8 million ha
   C. 2.9 million ha
   D. None of these

4. The Cholistan desert is located in:

   A. Bahawalpur
   B. Rahim Yar khan
   C. Bahawalnagar
   D. All of the above

5. The Cholistan and Thar deserts comprise ______

   A. Duneland
   B. Consisting of ridges of sand
   C. Drifted and piled up by wind
   D. All of the above

6. The Cholistan Desert lies in Bahawalpur in Punjab and its continuation in ______ , in Sindh province:

   A. Shahkar Pur
   B. Khairpur
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

7. Major types of Alpine vegetation is classified into the:

   A. Alpine scrub type consisting of moist deciduous Apline scrub, dry sone alpine scrub, moist Alpine pasture, dry Alpine plateau pastures, dwarf juniper scrub, and dwarf Rhododendron scrub forest
   B. Most Alpine scrub comprises dry alpine scrub and moist alpine scrub
   C. Alpine forests contain Alpine fir birch forest, Rhododendron forest and high level bluepine forests
   D. All of the above

8. _______ 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

9. The vegetation of Kohistan is dictated by:

   A. Topography
   B. Soil type and relief
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. Vegetation of Trans-Himalayan grazing land can be divided into:

    A. The foothill ranges
    B. Dry temperate ranges
    C. Valley depression grazing land
    D. Alpine pastures
    E. All of the above