Top 150+ Solved Indian Soil, Seasons and Natural Vegetation MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land:
a. Bihar
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Punjab
Q. During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because:
a. monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
b. western regions are warmer than the eastern region
c. hills do not form barriers for winds
d. the area is far away from the sea
Q. The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of Peninsular India mainly because:
a. the adjoining oceans moderate the temperature
b. the sky is generally cloudy
c. The sun's rays are almost vertical throughout the year
d. strong winds flow throughout the year
Q. Which one of the following types of vegetation is referred as Monsoon forest?
a. Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
b. Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
c. Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
d. Tropical Dry-deciduous forests
Q. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the "Norwesters" of Bengal? [IAS 2003]
a. It is caused due to strong surface heating
b. It originates in the Chhotanagpur plateau region
c. It is a kind of thunderstorm
d. None of the above
Q. The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is : [IAS 2002]
a. Allahabad
b. Chennai
c. Cherapunji
d. Kolkata
Q. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent? [IAS 2002]
a. La Nina
b. Movement of jet streams
c. El Nino and southern oscillations
d. Green-house effect on global level
Q. The most important commercial forests of India are:
a. tropical evergreen
b. tropical deciduous
c. coniferous
d. mangrove
Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [CDS 1999]
a. Flood-prone area: North Bihar Plain
b. Drought-prone area: Kalahandi district of Orissa
c. Seismic zone: Himalayan region
d. Landslide zone: Chhotanaqpur plateau
Q. The wet hill forest are found in the: [CDS 1999]
a. Aravallis
b. Mahadev Hills
c. Nilgiris
d. Satpura Hills
Q. With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2002]
a. About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
b. The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
c. Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
d. The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
Q. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than Shillong because:
a. the former is nearer to the sea
b. the air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunjl from different direction during the rainy season
c. Cherapunji is located on the windward side
d. convective precipitation brings more rain at Cherapunji
Q. Put in descending order of area with the following soils in India: 1. Red soils 2. Black soils 3. Laterite soils 4. Alluvial soils
a. I, IV, II, III
b. IV, II, I, III
c. IV, I, III, II
d. I, III, IV, II
Q. Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at : [CDS 2004]
a. Chennai
b. Kolkata
c. Shillong
d. Thiruvananthapuram