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Mangrove forests can thrive in _______.

geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

  1. saline water

  2. fresh water

  3. polluted water

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Saline water,

There are about 80 different species of mangrove trees. All of these trees grow in areas with low-oxygen soil, where slow-moving waters allow fine sediments to accumulate. Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.

State weather these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Thorny bushes are found in dry areas of the country.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
True.
The Thorn Forests are found in those states in our country where the average annual rainfall is too less or scanty. The semi-arid regions of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & the dry parts of the Deccan plateau are very much suitable for the thorn forests to thrive well and even sustain themselves for a longer time-period.

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Deodars and firs are a type of __________.

geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

  1. Confierous trees

  2. Deciduous trees

  3. Shrubs

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Confierous trees,
Deodars are native trees to western Himalayas. They are large evergreen coniferous trees reaching 40-50m tall with a trunk up to 3m in diameter. It has a conic crown with level branches.

In tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is ________.

geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

  1. Monkey

  2. Giraffe

  3. Camel

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Monkey

Tropical evergreen forests can be moist, in the case of rainforests, or drier with seasonal rain. Both types of tropical evergreen forests have many species of animals. Rainforest animals include monkeys, parrots, smaller animals and large numbers of insects.

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Sundarbans is in _______.

geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Island

  2. West Bengal 

  3. Orissa

  4. Madhya Pradesh

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mangrove forests are found mainly in Sunderbans in West Bengal and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sundari is a well-known species of trees in mangrove forests after which Sunderbans have been named.

Steppe grassland is found in __________.

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  1. S. Africa

  2. Australia

  3. Central Asia

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Central Asia,

The world's largest steppe region, often referred to as "the Great Steppe", is found in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and neighboring countries stretching from Ukraine in the west through Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the Altai, Koppet Dag and Tian Shan ranges.

One important variety of tree in coniferous forest is ________.

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  1. Rosewood

  2. Pine

  3. Teak

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pine,

Coniferous forests are also called Taiga. They have tall, softwood evergreen trees. Chir, pine, cedar are important variety of trees in these forests.

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Mahogany and rosewood trees are found in ______.

geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

  1. mangrove forests

  2. tropical deciduous forests

  3. tropical evergreen forests

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tropical evergreen forest,

In India, Evergreen forests which are also identified as Tropical rain forest can be located in the in States such as Kerala and Karnataka. These forests are discovered in the westward slopes of the western ghats. They can be also discovered in mountain ranges of Jaintia and Khasi. Some of the trees which can be located in Indian Tropical Forests are ebony, bamboos rosewood, and reeds. 

To which one of the following types of vegetation does rubber belong?

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  1. Tundra

  2. Tidal

  3. Himalayan

  4. Tropical Evergreen

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Some of the commercially important trees of tropical rain forests are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona.

Cinchona trees are found in the areas of rainfall more than _________.

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  1. 100 cm

  2. 50 cm

  3. 70 cm

  4. less than 50 cm

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cinchona is a genus of flowering plant mostly used as medicinal plant because of the quinones present in it. These are found in the areas where the rainfall is above 100 cm. They are native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America.