Tropical dense forest is due to:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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 _________

   A. Peshawar
   B. Mardan
   C. Swat
   D. Gilgit

2. Forest fires cause millions of rupee of damage each year to the forest. Within the span of a few hours, hard work of generations of forest officers can be ruined. Causes of fires is / are :

   A. Burning of grass and undergrowth along patches frequented by villagers for easy passage
   B. Burning to facilitate the collection of minor produce
   C. Burning of grass by graziers for the sake of the tender grass, which comes up after a fire
   D. Fires caused by sparks from locomotive engines passing through the forest
   E. All of the above

3. The major tool in the hands of the Forest Departments to protect forest areas is the Forest Act of 1927. Its salient features are:

   A. Government is the supreme owner of forestland
   B. Forests have been classed as reserved forests, protected forests, unclassed forests and community forests (Guzara forests), according to the need of protection
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

4. The moist tropical deciduous forest biomes show predominace of plants like:

   A. Larix and Abies
   B. Zizyphus and Butea
   C. Shorea and Tectona
   D. All of these

5. Sub-tropical pine forest depict:

   A. High forest in which Pinus roxburghii (Chir) forms practically whole of the top canopy
   B. Which may be upto 37.5 m. High with trees upto 2.0 or 2.5 m. In girth
   C. The pine canopy tends to be nearly even aged over compact areas sometimes of considerable extent
   D. All of the above

6. Tropical dry deciduous forest having:

   A. An open rather low forest composed
   B. A few trees of the thorn forest type
   C. With a predominantly deciduous shrub layer
   D. All of the above

7. The Forest Act of 1927 needs to be reversed again to bring it in consonance with the modern day requirements of protecting preserving and expanding the country’s meager forest resources and the attended benefits such as:

   A. Water
   B. Wood
   C. Wildlife
   D. Energy
   E. All of the above

8. Suggestions for revising forest Act 1927 and forest policy are:

   A. Punishment for the wood damage should be revised
   B. Undue political involvement should be stopped
   C. Organizational set up of the forest department must be strong and broad based
   D. Agroforestry practices should be increased in irrigated plantations
   E. All of the above

9. Plants, such as Prosopis, Acacia, and Capparis represent examples of tropical:

   A. Grasslands
   B. Evergreen forests
   C. Deciduous forests
   D. Thorn forests

10. The most striking difference between tropical rain forests and temperate forests is that:

    A. The tropical rain forests have preponderance of angiosperms while the temperate ones have preponderance of gymnosperms
    B. The trees of temperate forests are taller than these of tropical rain forests
    C. Plants of temperate forests are comparatively more mesophytic
    D. Tropical forests are comparatively homogenous