Watershed And Range Management MCQs

Option A: It is a Land body which drains into a stream system

Option B: Its an other name of catchment watershed

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: The divide and has an outlet which is either the moth of the stream

Option B: A measuring point

Option C: Other designated point of interest

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: English

Option B: German

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: English ✔

Option A: Watershed and Catchment

Option B: Land body and dimension depth

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Watershed and Catchment ✔

Option A: Wolga

Option B: Indus

Option C: Ganges

Option D: Amazonas

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The management of watershed area to achieve certain objectives of management

Option B: The objective can be conservation of soil and water, regulation of stream flow regime, flood control, reduction of sediment, ground water recharge etc.

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: The watershed areas are surviving just on subsistence level due to limited resource gradually getting

Option B: Further impoverished on account of over-grazing, removal of vegetation, and cultivation on steep scopes

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: 50-80%

Option B: 55-85%

Option C: 60-90%

Option D: 65-95%

Correct Answer: 50-80% ✔

Option A: 3.7 million

Option B: 3.8 million

Option C: 3.9 million

Option D: 4 million

Correct Answer: 3.7 million ✔

Option A: 40%

Option B: 50%

Option C: 60%

Option D: 70%

Correct Answer: 60% ✔

Option A: Chenab

Option B: Ravi

Option C: Sutlij

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Jhelum

Option B: Chenab

Option C: Indus

Option D: Ravi

Correct Answer: Jhelum ✔

Option A: Jhelum

Option B: Chenab

Option C: Indus

Option D: Ravi

Correct Answer: Indus ✔

Option A: 109000, 42,000

Option B: 110000, 43000

Option C: 115000, 44,000

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 109000, 42,000 ✔

Option A: Hydro-electricity

Option B: Atomic energy

Option C: Coal energy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Hydro-electricity ✔

Option A: Northern part of the country

Option B: Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Pakistan Forest Institute

Option B: Forest Schools

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Which are sufficiently homogeneous in themselves

Option B: But distinct from each other in two major characteristics i.e., land form and climate, the factors which mainly determine the framework for watershed management

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: The northern mountain region

Option B: The uplands of northern Punjab

Option C: The western mountain region

Option D: The southwest Boluchistan plateau

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The inland Indus Basin above Attock with Swat-Chitral and Gilgit tributary catchments

Option B: The inland in Jhelum Basin upstream of Mangla

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: This is a relatively small

Option B: But highly complex upland plain

Option C: Some smaller water shed development projects are included in the region

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: It includes the catchments of Kohat, Toi Kurran, Zhob-Gomel and small streams of the Quetta District

Option B: Since most of the catchments are poorly vegetated, there is a high degree of surface run-off from the land during the rain

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: It includes Hub, Parli-Kud, and Dasht river catchments

Option B: It comprise the land berween the Makran range and the Arabian sea

Option C: Most of the coastal zone is desertic or grass-land much oversued as pasture

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The region is not in itself a water producing area

Option B: In the north, several large tributaries join the Indus

Option C: The Jhelum Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej flow in to it from the east and the Kabul, Swat, Kurram and Gomel descend from the western ranges

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The people living in these areas have small holding

Option B: The average size being less than even 2 acres

Option C: They have too little education and lack the requisite skills to improve their lot

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: To introduce watershed and soil conservation practices in Pakistan are about a 100 years old

Option B: Several organization dealing with soil and water conservation and watershed management are involved

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: World Food Organization

Option B: UNDP

Option C: The World Bank

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Creation of public awareness of the problem

Option B: The use of incentives

Option C: Introduction of small scale rural uplift scheme

Option D: Training and education

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Although the mountain main can see that the ground on which he is living is gradually slipping from under his feet, every other day he comes across land-slips, land-slides, disappearance of once fertile agricultural land, scarce vegetation even becoming s

Option B: He would see village after vanishing around him, but prefers to adopt a casual care-free attitude.

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Due to a variety of measures such as terracing, plantations and restricted grazing

Option B: The traditional freedom of the inhabitants is curbed in the uplands and they become reluctant to accept offers of improvement

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Most of the projects implemented in the watersheds involving soil and water conservation measures

Option B: The major benefits are derived largely by the people living in the plains

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: The inhabitants of the upland areas usually do not have the required known-how for conceiving, planning and implementing the watershed management program

Option B: It would be appropriate that vocational training centers are set up in suitable localities

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Although considerable data have been collected and are available pertaining to the case studies

Option B: And research conducted it is observed that exchange of information

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Management of a catchment to provide maximum benefit for man implies utilization of the planning process

Option B: Identification of the existing conditions of a catchment in terms of physical, social and economic consideration with subsequent development of management plans to attain short and long term goals is prerequisite to maintaining productive watersheds

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Needed to permit appropriate decision making in the plan development phase

Option B: Such as rehabilitation of severely eroded lands, protection of sensitive areas, improvement of water yield, reduction in flooding and / or siltation, etc.

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Physical

Option B: Biological

Option C: Social

Option D: Institutional

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: One agency which is directly involved with the resources to be managed should be responsibly for plan development and implementation

Option B: Planning for multi-resources should include input from all of the technical and social sectors from various agencies, local communities, etc.

Option C: The project funding should be

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Reconnaissance Survey

Option B: Local or watershed level survey

Option C: Watershed inventory

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Physical, climatic, edaphic, geologic, biotic

Option B: Land used and land capability

Option C: Socio-economic data

Option D: Institutional and cultural factors

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Technical soundness of the plan

Option B: Available resources in terms of funding, manpower, infrastructure, etc.

Option C: Institutional (legal, political) potential for success

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Objectives and goals of the plan

Option B: The sequence of operations and procedures

Option C: Procedures to be used for the various segments of the plan

Option D: Time schedule while includes realistic flow from one operational sequence to another

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Range reseeding

Option B: Range burning

Option C: Range fertilization

Option D: Stock water development

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Natural reseeding

Option B: Artificial reseeding

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Tobas

Option B: Karez

Option C: Small dams

Option D: Spring

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Position of apical bud of bud is at surface level more resistant

Option B: High portion of flowering to vegetative stems

Option C: Delay in elevation of apical bud

Option D: Sprout freely from axillary bud

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Correct kind animals

Option B: Correct number of animals

Option C: Correct season of range use

Option D: Correct distribution of livestock

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Kind of vegetation

Option B: Topography

Option C: Availability of drinking water

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Grazing systems in the northern mountains

Option B: Grazing pattern in desert ranges

Option C: Grazing systems in Balochistan and Sulaiman mountain range

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Nomadic grazing

Option B: Semi nomadic grazing

Option C: Local grazing

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Spring – summer nomadic transhumance

Option B: Winter nomadic transhumance

Option C: Sedentary nomadic

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Policies: Develop system for effective periodic closure of range lands, to rehabilitate them and ensure sustainable livelihoods to range dwellers

Option B: Measures: Enforce existing land reform laws where absentee holdings of large tracts of range land are the impediment to proper management

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: The term “Range” refers to a vast area supporting natural vegetation

Option B: It is suitable for grazing and browsing by livestock

Option C: Its application of scientific knowledge on rangelands and related resources for obtaining maximum feed for a variety of livestock on sustained basis

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Goats

Option B: Sheep

Option C: Cattle

Option D: Buffaloes

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: 1.5 million

Option B: 2 million

Option C: 2.5 million

Option D: 3 million

Correct Answer: 2.5 million ✔

Option A: 50 to 55

Option B: 55 to 60

Option C: 65 to 70

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 65 to 70 ✔

Option A: From alpine pastures in the northern mountains to temperate

Option B: Mediterranean ranges in the western mountains

Option C: Arid and semi-arid desert ranges in the Indus plain

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: 50

Option B: 60

Option C: 70

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 70 ✔

Option A: 3000 m

Option B: 4000 m

Option C: 5000 m

Option D: 6000 m

Correct Answer: 3000 m ✔

Option A: Alpine scrub type consisting of moist deciduous Apline scrub, dry sone alpine scrub, moist Alpine pasture, dry Alpine plateau pastures, dwarf juniper scrub, and dwarf Rhododendron scrub forest

Option B: Most Alpine scrub comprises dry alpine scrub and moist alpine scrub

Option C: Alpine forests contain Alpine fir birch forest, Rhododendron forest and high level bluepine forests

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔