This is the topmost tree formation in the Himalayas developed between about ______ on northerly aspects and perhaps 150 m. Higher on warmer slopes:

Related Mcqs:

1. It has been possible to raise the yield of resin from chir pine from the existing 1.5 kg per tree to 3.5 kg on the average per tree by using the American Bark Hack method in conjunction with ______ sulfuric acid:

   A. 30%
   B. 40%
   C. 50%
   D. 60%

2. The earliest species of tree still surviving is the Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) of Zhexiang, ______, which first appeared about 165,000,000 years ago, during the Jurassic era:

   A. Korea
   B. Japan
   C. China
   D. Malaysia

3. The cold season, lasting from ______ , enjoys its major share from western disturbances which are also the source of snowfall in the Himalayas, Hindu Kush and Karakoram:

   A. December to February
   B. January to March
   C. March to May
   D. None of these

4. Tree marriages is a symbolic nuptial ceremony or union of a person with a tree and is widespread in _________.

   A. India
   B. China
   C. Malaysia
   D. Japan

5. In western Himalayas, the Betula trees usually occur in:

   A. Tropical zone
   B. Sub-tropical zone
   C. Alpine zone
   D. Temperate zone

6. 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

7. The altitudinal range is from about 1,525 m. To 3,350 m. Extending to ______ on southerly aspects in case of dry temperate forests:

   A. 3,550 m
   B. 3,650 m
   C. 3,750 m
   D. 3,850 m

8. A minima rotation worth the name is specified which corresponds to the age at which the trees reach the exploitable size which is usually 120 years, but is 150 years for the deodar, fir and kail in the moist zone of Kaghan 200 years for the ry zone of ______

   A. Swat
   B. Naran
   C. Kaghan
   D. None of these

9. Moist depressions, steep cool slopes and the flatter deep soil carry deciduous broadleaved forest consisting of genera like:

   A. Acer
   B. Prunus
   C. Fraxinus
   D. Aesculus
   E. All of the above

10. Fastest rate of growth recorded (excluding Bamboo, which is not a tree botanically but woody grass) is known from Albizia falcate, planted on 17th June 1974 in Sabah, ______.

    A. Malaysia
    B. China
    C. Korea
    D. Japan