Vast Indus food plains have been cleared of natural vegetation to grow crops. Very little wildlife habitat has been left. Only the animals like ______ and the wild hare occur in these areas:

Related Mcqs:

1. Realising the need for a better management policy for wildlife, a high powered Wildlife, a high powered Wildlife Enquiry Committee, constituted by the Government of Pakistan presented their (draft) report in 1970, following which all the provinces and administrative unit promulgated their own Wildlife Act within administrative units promulgated their own Wildlife Act within a span of two years _______

   A. 1974 and 1975
   B. 1975 and 1976
   C. 1976 and 1977
   D. None of these

2. Habitat destruction is the indirectly acting factor while _____ hunting are the main direct human factors affecting wildlife populations:

   A. Legal
   B. Illegal
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. An excellent habitat for wildlife in the form of:

   A. Alpine grazing lands
   B. Sub-alpine scrub
   C. Temperate forests
   D. All of the above

4. Plants that grow in a marshy saline habitat are called:

   A. Hydrophytes
   B. Xerophytes
   C. Mesophytes
   D. Mangroves

5. The Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, ______, (Act VIII of 1912)

   A. 1970
   B. 1971
   C. 1972
   D. 1973

6. The importance of watershed management was realized when Pakistan signed Indus Water Treaty with India through which right of water of ______ was given to India while Pakistan has the right on river Indus and Jhelum:

   A. Chenab
   B. Ravi
   C. Sutlij
   D. All of the above

7. Wildlife were managed under West Pakistan Wildlife Managment Ordinance _________.

   A. 1955
   B. 1957
   C. 1959
   D. 1961

8. 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

9. Different kinds of wild animals have been named in the:

   A. Bible
   B. Isaiah (7:24)
   C. Solomon (2:12)
   D. Moses Law (Deureronomy (22:6)
   E. All of the above

10. Winds – Hot and desiccating winds blow from _____ at the rate of 80-96 km per hour and decrease the efficiency of the already meager rainfall in the plains areas:

    A. April to September
    B. June to October
    C. July to November
    D. None of these