What is the object of watershed management?

A. An increase in agricultural production which maintains the quantity of affordable food available to majority of population
B. Increasing or maintaining standard of buying of growig population
C. Increasing Gross National Product and employment opportunities in all areas of nation
D. Reduce siltation in the major reservoirs like Tarbela & Mangla Dams
E. All of the above

Related Mcqs:

Government of Pakistan has realized the importance of watershed management and an extensive watershed development programme is being implemented in:
A. Northern part of the country
B. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
Watershed management planning phases is / are:
A. Reconnaissance Survey
B. Local or watershed level survey
C. Watershed inventory
D. All of the above
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
Watershed management is:
A. The management of watershed area to achieve certain objectives of management
B. The objective can be conservation of soil and water, regulation of stream flow regime, flood control, reduction of sediment, ground water recharge etc.
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
The terms and definitions used in watershed management are:
A. Albedo
B. Alluvial fans
C. Alluvium
D. Aquiclude
E. All of the above
What is the strategy for watershed management?
A. The importance of integrating the resource bae and sound land use within the web of the catchments making up Pakistan rivers
B. The production of quality water at the right time & place is a extremely important function of uplans
C. There is little r public investment o projects related to dams, irrigation, canals and road construction except for governmental funded project
D. All of the above
What are the helping factors of Watershed Management?
A. To cope with country’s energy crises
B. Appropriate funds must be allocated
C. Alternatives must be provided to the local community
D. Evolve a long watershed policy for conserving the country’s watershed
E. All of the above
Management constraints – the constraints of management need to be identified in the initial phase of planning:
A. Physical
B. Biological
C. Social
D. Institutional
E. All of the above
Watershed planning approaches is / are:
A. Management of a catchment to provide maximum benefit for man implies utilization of the planning process
B. Identification of the existing conditions of a catchment in terms of physical, social and economic consideration with subsequent development of management plans to attain short and long term goals is prerequisite to maintaining productive watersheds
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
Watershed’ is preferred in U.S. Literature, and ‘Catchment’ is more common in _______ terminology:
A. English
B. German
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these

The correct answer to the question: "What is the object of watershed management?" is "All of the above ".