Top 150+ Solved Indian Soil, Seasons and Natural Vegetation MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the erratic behaviour of Indian monsoons?
a. Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from one year to another, as well as at different places
b. Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal, as well as unequal distribution of rain
c. Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years
d. Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from place to place
Q. 'Natural Vegetation' refers to:
a. a plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time
b. plant species which live and grow together
c. a protected area created by using contour bunding
d. all of the above
Q. What do you mean by 'reserved forest' ?
a. Reserved for local use
b. Reserved for commercial exploitation
c. Reserved for hunting
d. Reserved for growing medicinal herbs
Q. Moist tropical evergreen forests are found in:
a. the Shillong plateau
b. the Siwaliks
c. the Deccan plateau
d. southern India
Q. Which of the following is not a species of tropical moist deciduous forests?
a. Mahagony
b. Sal
c. Shisham
d. Teak
Q. The reason for Rajasthan being deficient in rainfall is:
a. the monsoon fail to reach this area
b. it is too hot
c. there is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
d. the winds do not come across any barrier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled
Q. Rainfall from the south-west monsoon reaches:
a. Lahauland Spiti
b. Ladakh
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Delta region of Mahanadi
Q. Select the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution to the forest coveron India: [CPO AC 2003]
a. Dense forest - Open forest - Mangrove forest
b. Open forest – Dense forest – Mangrove forest
c. Dense forest - Mangrove forest - Open forest
d. Open forest - Mangrove forest - Dense forest
Q. Which one of the following is the characteristic vegetation of regions between the snowline and about 3000 meters above mean sea level of the Himalayan region? [CDS 2000]
a. Thick forests of birch, fir, spruce and other trees
b. Forests of oak, deodar, chestnut and maple trees
c. A few dwarf shrubs
d. Forests of khair, sandalwood, palas and other trees
Q. The retreating monsoon withdraws from the:
a. west coast to the east coast
b. north to the south
c. north-east India to the west coast
d. north-west India to Bengal
Q. Which of the following is recognised as a season by the meteorological department ofIndia ?
a. Cold weather
b. Hot weather
c. Retreating monsoon
d. North-eastern monsoon
Q. Which one of the following places ranks second among the coldest places in the world?[CDS 2000]
a. Dras (Jammu and Kashmir)
b. Kullu (Himachal Pradesh)
c. Manali (Himachal Pradesh)
d. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
Q. Which of the following factors does not have influence on the Indian climate?
a. Presence of Indian Ocean
b. Nearness to equator
c. Monsoons
d. Ocean currents
Q. Which of the following is incorrectly matched ?
a. Aandhi - Uttar Pradesh
b. Kalbaisakhi - West Bengal
c. Loo – North - west India
d. Mango-showers – Orissa
Q. Which one of the following cities never experiences vertical rays of the sun duringnoon? [NDA 2002]
a. Chennai
b. Mangalore
c. Mumbai
d. New Delhi