Natural Vegetation - II
Natural vegetation and forest types in India
Questions
Which of the following types of forests is the most widespread in India?
- Tropical evergreen forests
- Tropical deciduous forests
- Tropical thorn forests
- Montane forests
- Littoral forests
Which of the following are types of species that can be found in semi evergreen forests of India?
a. White cedar
b. Hollock
c. Ebony
d. Kail
- a, b, c and d
- a, b and c
- a, b and d
- a, c and d
- b, c and d
At which altitude do chinar and walnut grow?
- Below 1000 m
- Between 1,000-2,000 m
- Between 1,500-1,750 m
- Between 2,225-3,048 m
- Between 3,000-4,000 m
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Tropical deciduous forests are found in warm and humid areas with an annual precipitation of over 200 cm and mean annual temperature above 22oC.
b. Tropical evergreen forests are well stratified, with layers closer to the ground and are covered with shrubs and creepers.
c. Semi evergreen forests have a mixture of evergreen and moist deciduous trees.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. According to state records, the forest area covers 23.28 percent of the total land area of the country.
b. Forest cover is the area notified and recorded as the forest land, irrespective of the existence of trees.
c. Forest cover is based on the records of the State Revenue Department.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- b and c
- a, b and c
The forest policy by the Government of India is aimed at
- bringing 43 percent of the geographical areas under forest cover
- evolving the natural heritage of the country by adding to its biological diversity and genetic pool
- extension of the desert lands
- increasing the forest area in all the sparsley populated states
- creation of a massive peoples movement
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. A comprehensive Wildlife Act was enacted in 1973.
b. The Wildlife Act is aimed to provide protection to the endangered species listed in the Schedule of the Act and to provide legal support to the conservation areas of the country classified as national parks, sanctuaries and closed areas.
c. The Wildlife Act was amended in 1991 and has made provisions for the protection of specified plant species and conservation of endangered species of wild animals.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Match the columns showing Indian states and their respective forest covers:
| a. More than 40 percent | 1. Himachal Pradesh |
| b. Between 20 - 40 percent | 2. Jammu and Kashmir |
| c. Less than 10 percent | 3. Sikkim |
- a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
- a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
- a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
- a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. Out of a total of 593 districts,188 have been identified as tribal districts.
b. The tribal districts account for about 33.63 percent of the total forest cover of the country.
c. The geographical area of the tribal districts forms only 59. 61 33.63 percent of the total geographical area of the country.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- b and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Mangroves consist of a number of salt-tolerant species of plants.
b. 70 percent of the world’s mangrove forests are found in India.
c. Mangroves are highly developed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Sunderbans of West Bengal.
- a only
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following endangered species has the largest known population in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve?
- Flying squirrel
- Sea cow
- Red Panda
- Lion-tailed macaque
- Royal Bengal tiger
Where is the Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve situated?
- Andhra Pradesh
- Mahya Pradesh
- Assam
- Uttarakhand
- Odisha
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. The Himalayan ranges show a succession of vegetation from the tropical to the tundra.
b. Deciduous forests are found in the foothills of the Himalayas.
c. At higher altitudes, mosses and lichens form parts of the alpine vegetation.
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- b only
- c only
Which of the following trees is found in moist deciduous forests?
- Amaltas
- Neem
- Deodar
- Pine
- Sandalwood
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Moist deciduous forest covers vast areas of the country, where rainfall ranges between 70-100 cm.
b. Moist deciduous forests are found in rainier areas of the Peninsula and the plains of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
c. Sal, shisham, hurra, mahua, amla, semul, kusum, etc. are the main species of moist deciduous forests.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c