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Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the tropical savanna region?

  1. Rainfall throughout the year

  2. Rainfall in winter only

  3. An extremely short dry season

  4. A definite dry and wet season


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is true?

  1. The grasses of tropical grasslands are shorter and less nutritious than those of temperate grasslands

  2. The grasses of temperate grasslands are shorter but more nutritious than those of tropical grasslands

  3. The grasses of tropical grasslands are taller and more nutritious than those of temperate grasslands

  4. The grasses of temperate grasslands are taller and more nutritious than those of tropical grasslands


Correct Option: B

Impermeable rock layer that resists the infiltration of ground water, consists of tightly packed or interlocking particles such as in shale is called _______.

  1. aquiclude

  2. aquifer

  3. confined aquifer

  4. unconfined aquifer


Correct Option: A

Plant succession in which vegetation change is brought about by some external environmental factor, such as a disease, is called _______.

  1. pathogenic succession

  2. exogenic succession

  3. allogenic succession

  4. autogenic succession


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following have short life cycle and may form a fairly dense stand after rainfall ?

  1. Perennials

  2. Ephemerals

  3. Succulants

  4. Both 'a' and 'b'


Correct Option: B

The dominant Mediterranean scrub vegetation in Southern California is _______.

  1. chaparral

  2. muskeg

  3. fynbos

  4. campos


Correct Option: A

In which one of the following regions, water availability determines the tree growth and trees exhibit various adaptations to fire?

  1. Tropical rain forest

  2. Tropical savanna

  3. Tropical desert

  4. Taiga


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following terms refer to the particular assemblage of low growing leathery bushes and stunted trees that concentrate in the waterlogged soil bogs and lake filled depressions in the Northern Coniferous Forest Biome ?

  1. Chaparral

  2. Muskeg

  3. Fynbos

  4. Mull


Correct Option: D

1) Biomes are distributional aspect of ecosystem.
2) There are four components of ecosystem that being abiotic, producers, consumers and decomposers.
3) Amount of living material present in biome is called standing crop.
Which of the above statements are correct ?

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 1 and 2

  3. 2 and 3

  4. 1 and 3


Correct Option: A

Consider the following conditions.
1) Podzol soils.
2) Annual temperature range $ 38 °C$.
3) Annual precipitation about $300$ mm which is fairly uniformly distributed throughout the year.
Which of the following vegetation prevails in above conditions?

  1. Thorn Shrub

  2. Coniferous Forest

  3. Temperature Grassland

  4. Monsoon Forest


Correct Option: B